Petar Hubchev
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Petar Kanchev Hubchev | ||
Date of birth | 26 February 1964 | ||
Place of birth | Glozhene, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Sweeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bulgaria (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 | 546 | (35) | |
International career | |||
1984–1996 | Bulgaria | 35 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2002 | Eintracht Frankfurt (assistant) | ||
2003–2004 | Bulgaria (assistant) | ||
2004–2005 | FV Bad Vilbel | ||
2005 | Slavia Sofia | ||
2006–2007 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | ||
2008 | VfL Wolfsburg II | ||
2009–2011 | Chernomorets Pomorie | ||
2011 | Botev Plovdiv | ||
2012–2016 | Beroe Stara Zagora | ||
2016− | Bulgaria | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Petar Kanchev Hubchev (Bulgarian: Петър Кънчев Хубчев; born 26 February 1964) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player who is currently in charge of the Bulgaria national team. He was part of the Bulgarian squad that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup and also played at the Euro 1996.
Career
Born in the village of Glozhene, Lovech Province, Hubchev initially began his career as a centre-back at Osam Lovech and being called up for the national team while still playing in the B Group. He made his debut for the Bulgaria national team on 25 April 1984 in a match against Greece.[1] Hubchev was subsequently bought by Levski Sofia in 1989 after 249 matches for Osam. He stayed until 1994, winning two domestic titles and two national cups. His success during the 1994 World Cup led him to a move to German club Hamburger SV, a team which he captained for a brief period. He then played for Eintracht Frankfurt until 2001,[2] where he finished his professional 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.
Coaching and managerial career
In 2002, Hubchev became the assistant manager of the Bulgaria national team under head coach Plamen Markov, as he helped Bulgaria qualify for the Euro 2004. He continued afterwards as an assistant manager under new Bulgaria national team manager Hristo Stoichkov, and also briefly worked as a Slavia Sofia manager in 2005. From the summer of 2009 he went on to manage Chernomorets Pomorie, a feeder club of Chernomorets Burgas at the time in the Bulgarian B Group. Hubchev managed the team to a surprise appearance in the 2010 Bulgarian Cup Final by eliminating Minyor Pernik with 2–0 in the quarter-final and Kaliakra Kavarna (4–1 after penalties) respectively. Chernomorets Pomorie players were the second ones from a B Group side in the Bulgarian Cup history to appear in the final of the competition since Chernomorets Burgas' similar achievement in 1989. Chernomorets Pomorie lost the final 0–1 against Beroe Stara Zagora when Doncho Atanasov scored a late goal during extra time. In 2011, he was appointed as a manager of Botev Plovdiv, but was shortly released after unsatisfying results.
In January 2012, he was appointed as a sports director at Beroe Stara Zagora. In October 2012, Hubchev was announced as the new head coach of Beroe Stara Zagora. The very same season he guided the team to a Bulgarian Cup triumph against Levski Sofia in the final, combined with a Super Cup brace against domestic title holders Ludogorets Razgrad. In the follow-up 2014–15 A Group, he also led Beroe Stara Zagora to a historic second place in the final league ranking, mostly by securing crucial wins at home against title contenders Levski Sofia and CSKA Sofia, alongside Lokomotiv Sofia and Slavia Sofia. Beroe Stara Zagora also avoided losing against these four on the away league matches in Sofia respectively.[3] Hubchev was released from his duties in April 2016, following a 0–2 home loss against CSKA Sofia in a first leg Bulgarian Cup semi-final match,[4][5] with the management of the club proclaiming him to be the most successful manager Beroe Stara Zagora has had in the club's history.
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 13 October 2018
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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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 | 7 April 2016 | 139 | 68 | 36 | 35 | 48.92 | 197 | 134 | +63 |
Bulgaria | 28 September 2016 | Present | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 53.33 | 18 | 20 | –2 |
Total | 246 | 112 | 57 | 77 | 45.53 | 359 | 289 | +70 |
Honours
As player
- Levski Sofia
As manager
- Chernomorets Pomorie
- Bulgarian Cup runners-up: 2009–10
- Beroe Stara Zagora
- A Group runners-up: 2014–15
- Bulgarian Cup: 2012–13
- Bulgarian Supercup: 2013
References
- ^ "Започваме ги с Швеция. 10 години след лудото американско лято се готвим за скок в Европа" (in Bulgarian). standartnews.com. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Houbchev, Petar" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ http://www.gol.bg/nachalo/2015-05-13/beroe-prevarna-sofiya-v-provintsiya
- ^ "Официално: "Берое" уволни Петър Хубчев" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "В Берое вдигнаха мерника на Хубчев, бъдещето на треньора неясно" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
External links
- Petar Houbchev at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Petar Houbchev at eintracht-archiv.de Template:De icon
- Profile at LevskiSofia.info
- Use dmy dates from December 2011
- Bulgarian footballers
- Bulgarian football managers
- 1964 births
- Living people
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- Hamburger SV players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- Eintracht Frankfurt non-playing staff
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- PFC Litex Lovech players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Bulgarian expatriates in Germany
- Bulgarian First League players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Bulgarian expatriate footballers
- Bulgaria international footballers
- People from Lovech
- PFC Beroe Stara Zagora managers
- PFC Slavia Sofia managers
- PFC Botev Plovdiv managers
- Bulgaria national football team managers
- Association football defenders