Diyan Petkov

Diyan Petkov
Personal information
Full name Diyan Petkov Dimov
Date of birth (1967-08-04) 4 August 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Burgas, Bulgaria
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Neftochimic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1988 Naftex Burgas 94 (26)
1988–1993 Chernomorets Burgas 137 (35)
1993–1994 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 21 (3)
1994–1997 Lokomotiv Sofia 71 (23)
1997 Belenenses 6 (1)
1998 Lokomotiv Sofia 9 (0)
1998–2000 Naftex Burgas 39 (7)
2001 Lokomotiv Sofia 4 (0)
2001–2002 Slanchev Bryag 21 (6)
Total 405 (103)
International career
1992 Bulgaria 1 (0)
Managerial career
2002–2005 Chernomorets Pomorie
2005–2006 Chernomorets Burgas
2007–2008 Chernomorets Burgas (assistant)
2009 Naftex
2009 Sliven
2010–2011 Lokomotiv Sofia
2012–2013 Chernomorets Burgas (scout)
2014–2015 Lokomotiv Sofia (assistant)
2015–2016 Neftochimic
2017 Neftochimic (assistant)
2018– Neftochimic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diyan Petkov Dimov (Bulgarian: Диян Петков Димов; born 4 August 1967) is a former Bulgarian footballer and currently manager of Neftochimic Burgas.

Career

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He played for Naftex Burgas, Chernomorets Burgas, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Lokomotiv Sofia, Nesebar/Slanchev Bryag and C.F. Os Belenenses. In 'A' group has 268 matches and 64 goals. Secondly in 1995 and third place in the 1996 with Lokomotiv Sofia and a finalist for the Bulgarian Cup in 1989 on a Chernomorets Burgas. In UEFA has 14 matches and 2 goals (4 matches with 1 goal for Lokomotiv Sofia and 2 matches with 1 goal for Chernomorets Burgas in SSC, 4 matches for Lokomotiv Sofia and 2 matches Naftex Burgas for the tournament for the Cup of the UEFA).

International career

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He played for the Bulgaria national football team only 1 game.

Coaching career

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Petkov is former coach of Pomorie, Chernomorets Burgas and Naftex Burgas.[1] On 1 July 2009 he was officially presented senior as coach of Sliven and on 3 November 2009 the Coach has quit the club, a replacement has not been named yet.[2]

On 5 July 2017, Petkov was appointed as assistant manager of Neftochimic.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Short Bio at PFC Naftex Archived April 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Three more coaches resign in Bulgaria[dead link]
  3. ^ "Диян Петков се върна в треньорския щаб на Нефтохимик" (in Bulgarian). neftochimic.com. 5 July 2017.
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