Aleksandar Tunchev

Aleksandar Tunchev
Tunchev in 2018
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Blagov Tunchev[1]
Date of birth (1981-07-10) 10 July 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Arda Kardzhali (manager)
Youth career
Hebar Pazardzhik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Hebar Pazardzhik 38 (5)
2000 → Iskar Sofia (loan) 15 (1)
2001–2002 Belasitsa Petrich 30 (3)
2002–2005 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 65 (4)
2006–2008 CSKA Sofia 63 (11)
2008–2012 Leicester City 26 (1)
2011Crystal Palace (loan) 9 (0)
2012–2013 Zagłębie Lubin 19 (1)
2013–2014 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 29 (1)
2014–2015 CSKA Sofia 28 (4)
2015–2017 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 31 (0)
Total 353 (31)
International career
2004–2009 Bulgaria 26 (1)
Managerial career
2016–2020 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (assistant)
2020–2022 Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2022–2024 Arda Kardzhali
2024– Arda Kardzhali
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandar Blagov Tunchev (Bulgarian: Александър Тунчев; born 10 July 1981) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is currently in charge of Arda Kardzhali.

  1. ^ a b "Aleksandar Tunchev". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Българите с половин сантиметър по-високи" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.