Tsvetan Yonchev

Tsvetan Yonchev

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Yonchev was born in Vratsa. A youth product of hometown club Botev Vratsa, he spent two seasons with the first team, before switching to CSKA Sofia in 1975. He played 234 matches for the club in the A Group, scoring 54 goals. Yonchev was a key part of the CSKA's team that reached 1980–81 European Cup quarterfinals and 1981–82 European Cup semifinals. On 17 September 1980, he scored in his side's 1–0 home win against holders Nottingham Forest; he also started in the second leg, a 1–0 win at City Ground. In the second round, Yonchev scored a hat-trick for a 4–0 home win over Szombierki Bytom. On 4 March 1981, he netted CSKA's only goal in a 5–1 loss against Liverpool at Anfield, in their quarter-final first leg tie. With CSKA Yonchev won five A Group titles and one Bulgarian Cup. On 3 April 1983, he scored two goals as CSKA beat Spartak Varna 4–0 in the 1983 Bulgarian Cup Final. After nine seasons at CSKA, Yonchev joined Slavia Sofia in 1984.

Club
POFC Botev Vratsa (1973–1975)
Club
PFC CSKA Sofia (1975–1984)
Club
PFC Slavia Sofia (1984–1986)
Club
PFC Ludogorets 1945 (1986–1988)
Club
F.C. Felgueiras (1988–1988)
Club
A.S. Anagennisi Karditsas (1989–1989)
Club
PFC Ludogorets 1945 (1990–1990)
Club
Bulgaria men's national football team (1980–1983)
National team
Bulgaria

Legacy

Honours

Player

CSKA Sofia A Group (5): 1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83 Bulgarian Cup: 1983

Coach

CSKA Sofia Bulgarian Cup: 1993

Clubs

Played together with

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Bulgarian association football player

Position

midfielder

Extract from Wikipedia

Tsvetan Yonchev is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a winger, and a current manager of Minyor Chicago in the United States.

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