Petar Hubchev

Petar Hubchev

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Personal information
Full name	Petar Kanchev Hubchev
Date of birth	(1964-02-26) 26 February 1964
Place of birth	Glozhene, Bulgaria
Height
Position(s)	Sweeper
Team information
Current team	Beroe Stara Zagora (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1989	Osam Lovech	249	(26)
1989–1993	Levski Sofia	125	(5)
1993–1996	Hamburger SV	65	(2)
1996–2001	Eintracht Frankfurt	107	(2)
Total		547	(35)
International career
1984–1996	Bulgaria	35	(0)
Managerial career
2002	Eintracht Frankfurt (assistant)
2003–2005	Bulgaria (assistant)
2005	Slavia Sofia
2006	FV Bad Vilbel
2005–2007	Eintracht Frankfurt II
2008	VfL Wolfsburg II
2009–2011	Chernomorets Pomorie
2011	Botev Plovdiv
2012–	Beroe Stara Zagora
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petar Kanchev Hubchev (Bulgarian: Петър Кънчев Хубчев) (born 26 February 1964) is a Bulgarian former football player and current manager of Beroe Stara Zagora. He was part of the Bulgarian national team that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup and also played at Euro 96.

Career

As a player

Born in the village of Glozhene, Lovech Province, Hubchev initially began his career as a central defender at Osam Lovech (today Litex Lovech) and being called up for the national team while still playing in B PFG. He was subsequently bought by Levski Sofia in 1989 after 249 matches for Osam. He stayed in Sofia until 1994, winning two titles and two national cups. His success during the 1994 World Cup meant he moved to German club Hamburger SV, a team he even captained. He then played for Eintracht Frankfurt since 1997, where he finished his career at the age of 38 and continued as an assistant manager and reserves manager, having played 128 matches and scored two goals in the German Bundesliga, as well as 44 matches in the 2. Bundesliga with another two goals.

As a manager

In 2002, Hubchev became the assistant manager of the Bulgarian national team under head coach Plamen Markov, and he helped Bulgaria qualify for the Euro 2004 tournament. He continued as an assistant manager under new Bulgaria national team manager Hristo Stoichkov, and also briefly worked as Slavia Sofia manager in 2005. From the summer of 2009 he is manager of Chernomorets Pomorie. Houbchev managed the team to the final of the Bulgarian Cup by eliminating Minyor Pernik with 2–0 in the quarter-finals and Kaliakra Kavarna (4–1 after penalties). Chernomorets' players are the second ones from a B PFG team in the Bulgarian Cup history that have reached the final of the competition since Chernomorets Burgas's similar achievement in 1989. Chernomorets Pomorie lost 1–0 the final against Beroe with a late goal scored by Doncho Atanasov. In 2011 he was appointed manager of Botev Plovdiv, but was released after disappointing results. In January 2012, he was appointed director of sport at Beroe Stara Zagora. In October 2012, Houbchev became manager of Beroe.

Managerial statistics

As of 29 December 2015

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
FV Bad Vilbel	20 October 2004	1 March 2005	7	5	0	2	71.43	14	10	+4
Eintracht Frankfurt II	1 January 2006	13 December 2007	68	29	17	22	42.65	124	88	+36
VfL Wolfsburg II	4 January 2008	14 June 2008	17	2	3	12	11.76	6	37	−31
Chernomorets Pomorie	31 July 2009	1 May 2011	–	–	–	–	?	–	–	+–
Botev Plovdiv	16 May 2011	26 October 2011	–	–	–	–	?	–	–	+–
Beroe Stara Zagora	18 October 2012	present	131	67	33	31	51.15	192	125	+67
Total			223	103	53	67	46.19	336	260	+76

Honours

As a player

Levski Sofia

• Bulgarian Championship: 1992–93, 1993–94
• Bulgarian Cup: 1991–92, 1992–93

Bulgaria

• FIFA World Cup: 1994

As a manager

Chernomorets Pomorie

• Bulgarian Cup: Runner-up 2009–10

Beroe Stara Zagora

• Bulgarian A PFG: Runner-up 2014-15
• Bulgarian Cup: 2012–13
• Bulgarian Supercup: 2013

External links

• Petar Houbchev profile at Fussballdaten
• Petar Houbchev at eintracht-archiv.de (German)
• Profile at LevskiSofia.info