Dimitar Vasev (Bulgarian: Димитър Васев; born 10 September 1965) is a Bulgarian former football player and football manager lastly leading Septemvri Sofia.[1][2]
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Dimitar Nikolaev Vasev | ||
| Date of birth | (1965-09-10) 10 September 1965 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1993 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 224 | (8) |
| 1993–1994 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 13 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 46 | (2) |
| 1997 | Shanghai Shenhua | 2 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 30 | (3) |
| 2000–2001 | El Paso Patriots | 26 | (0) |
| 2001 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 341 | (13) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988–1993 | Bulgaria | 17 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2010 | Lokomotiv Sofia (Assistant) | ||
| 2010 | Lokomotiv Sofia | ||
| 2014–2015 | Lokomotiv Sofia | ||
| 2017 | Septemvri Sofia | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Sofia, Dimitar Vasev played in his career for Lokomotiv Sofia, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Chinese Shanghai Shenhua and Chivas El Paso Patriots.[3]
After being an assistant manager in his youth club Lokomotiv Sofia, on 31 May 2010 he was appointed as head manager of the team after leaving of Dragan Okuka,[4] but was released from the club on 22 November 2010.
On 7 April 2014 he was appointed as a manager for a second time taking the charge from Stefan Genov.[5] He was chosen by the Association of Professional Footballers in Bulgaria for best manager of season 2014-15 after qualifying the team on 3rd place in A Group, but the team failed to gain license and later was dissolved. [6]
On 8 June 2017 Vasev was announced as the new manager of Septemvri Sofia with Hristo Arangelov, the caretaker manager after Nikolay Mitov's tenure, as his first assistant.[7] He was released from the club on 23 August 2017 for bad results, stepping down from the position in favor of Nikolay Mitov.[8]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | |||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 1 July 2010 | 25 November 2010 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 058.33 | 25 | 12 | +13 |
| 8 April 2014 | 1 July 2015 | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 054.76 | 60 | 40 | +20 | |
| Septemvri Sofia | 8 June 2017 | 23 August 2017 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 020.00 | 1 | 6 | -5 |
| Total | 59 | 31 | 8 | 20 | 052.54 | 76 | 58 | +28 | ||
Best manager for the 2014/2015 A PFG season - chosen by the Association of Professional Footballers in Bulgaria[6]
His son Daniel is also a footballer who currently plays for Lokomotiv Sofia.