Georgi Pachedzhiev

Georgi Pachedzhiev

Personal information
Date of birth	(1916-03-01)1 March 1916
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of death	12 April 2005(2005-04-12) (aged 89)
Place of death	Sofia, Bulgaria
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1932–1936	Sportklub Sofia
1937–1943	AS 23 Sofia
1944–1946	Chavdar Sofia
1946–1950	Levski Sofia	36	(11)
1950–1953	Stroitel Sofia
International career
1935–1950	Bulgaria	9	(2)
Managerial career
1956–1960	Levski Sofia
1960–1962	Bulgaria
1968–1970	AC Omonia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georgi Pachedzhiev (Bulgarian: Γеорги Пачеджиев; 1 March 1916 – 12 April 2005) was a Bulgarian football manager who coached Bulgaria at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the first ever time that Bulgaria did reach the finals. As a footballer, he won the most trophies while playing for Levski Sofia, and was the top scorer in the A Group in 1939 with fourteen goals. He died in April 2005.

Honours

Player

Sportclub Sofia

• Bulgarian A PFG: 1935

Levski Sofia

• Bulgarian A PFG: 1947, 1949
• Bulgarian Cup: 1947, 1949

OSK AS-23

• Bulgarian Cup: 1941

Slavia Sofia

• Bulgarian Cup: 1952

Individual

• Bulgarian A PFG top goalscorer: 1939 (14 goals)

Coach

Levski Sofia

• Bulgarian Cup: 1956, 1957, 1959

AC Omonia

• Cypriot First Division: 1966

External links

• Georgi Pachedzhiev at EU-Football.info