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{{Football player infobox
'''Jeremy Cronin''' (born 1949) is a [[South African]] [[politician]], academic and noted [[poet]].
| playername = Aleksandar Tunchev
| image = [[Image:Tunchev.jpg|200px]]
| fullname = Aleksandar Tunchev
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1981|7|10}}
| cityofbirth = [[Pazardzhik]]
| countryofbirth = [[Bulgaria]]
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}
| currentclub = [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]
| clubnumber = 5
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears = 1992–1999
| youthclubs = [[PFC Hebar Pazardzhik|Hebar Pazardzhik]]
| years = 2000&ndash;2001<br />2001&ndash;2002<br />2002&ndash;2005<br />2005&ndash;2008<br />2008&ndash;
| clubs = [[PFC Hebar Pazardzhik|Hebar]]<br />[[PFC Belasitsa Petrich|Belasitsa]]<br />[[Lokomotiv Plovdiv]]<br />[[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]]<br />[[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]
| caps(goals) = 19 {{0}}(3)<br />31 {{0}}(3)<br />54 {{0}}(9)<br />68 (12)<br />{{0}}8 {{0}}(0)
| nationalyears = 2006&ndash;
| nationalteam = [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]
| nationalcaps(goals) = 16 {{0}}(1)
| pcupdate = 16:57, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 20:10, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
}}
'''Aleksandar Tunchev''' ({{lang-bg|Александър Тунчев}}) (born [[10 July]] [[1981]] [[Pazardzhik Province|Pazardzhik]], Bulgaria) is a [[Bulgaria]]n [[Association football|footballer]], currently playing for [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]]. He is known to Bulgarian fans as ''Sasho''.


==Career==
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Tunchev started his career in his hometown of [[Pazardzhik]] with local team [[Hebar Pazardzhik|Hebar]]. After that he played for [[Belasitsa Petrich]], later joining [[Lokomotiv Plovdiv]] in [[June]], [[2002]]. With Lokomotiv they became Champions of Bulgaria in 2004. In [[2005]], he signed for [[CSKA Sofia]] for a fee of €100,000 and was appointed captain. They were crowned champions in 2005 and 2008, and also won the [[Bulgarian Cup]] and [[Bulgarian Supercup|Supercup]] in 2006.


He joined Leicester City on [[5 July]], [[2008]], signing a three-year contract,<ref name="Bulgarian Tunchev Joins Leicester">{{cite news| title = Bulgarian Tunchev Joins Leicester| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/7492771.stm| publisher = BBC Sport| date = [[2008-07-07]]| accessdate = 2008-07-07}}</ref> making his debut in a 2-0 home win over [[MK Dons]] on [[9 August]], [[2008]].
==Early life==
Cronin was brought up in a middle-class white [[Roman Catholic]] family in [[Rondebosch]] in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]. During [[adolescence]] he considered the idea of entering the priesthood. After a year's military service, which he spent conscripted in the [[South African Navy]], in 1968 Cronin won a bursary to study at the [[University of Cape Town]], where he became a member of the Radical Student Society and was subsequently recruited into the (banned) [[South African Communist Party]] (SACP).


==International career==
In the early 1970s, Cronin visited [[France]] before returning to South Africa, where he began lecturing in the [[Philosophy]] department of the University of Cape Town.
Tunchev currently plays for [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]. He made his debut in a 3-1 win over [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] on [[18 August]] [[2005]], playing for 6 minutes. The defender has been a regular for the Bulgarian team since making his official debut against [[Romania national football team|Romania]] in a [[UEFA Euro 2008]] qualifying match.


On [[11 October]] 2006, Tunchev scored his first international goal in a 1-0 away win over [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]] during a [[UEFA Euro 2008]] qualifying match.
==Activism and imprisonment==
Cronin's work in the [[propaganda]] unit of the SACP brought him to the attention of the South African [[Bureau of State Security]]; he was arrested on charges under the Terrorism and [[Internal Security Act]]s and tried in the [[Cape Town Supreme Court]] in September 1976. The charges included conspiring with members of the [[African National Congress]] (also a [[ban (law)|banned]] organisation) and the SACP, and preparing and distributing pamphlets on these organisations' behalf. Cronin pleaded guilty to all charges and was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment, which he served in [[Pretoria]]. His wife Anne Marie died of a brain tumour during his imprisonment.


==Awards==
Following Cronin's release from prison he began working with the [[United Democratic Front (South Africa)|United Democratic Front]] (UDF), but in the late 1980s, increased harassment from the security forces forced him and his wife to leave South Africa and move first to [[London]], and subsequently to [[Lusaka]] in [[Zambia]], where he worked closely with [[Joe Slovo]] for the ANC/SACP alliance.
;Lokomotiv Plovdiv
*Winner
**[[Bulgarian A Professional Football Group#Champions|Champion of Bulgaria]]: [[2004]]


;CSKA Sofia
==Poetry==
*Winner
Cronin's first book of poetry, ''Inside'', was published in 1984 following his release from prison. He has recently published a new collection of his poetry, titled ''More Than A Casual Contact'' (2006). He wrote a poem called Motho Ke Motho Ka Batho Babang.
**[[Bulgarian A Professional Football Group#Champions|Champion of Bulgaria]]: [[2005]], [[2008]]
**[[Bulgarian Cup]]: [[2006]]
**[[Bulgarian Supercup]]: [[2006]]


==Political life==
Cronin has been a member of the ANC's Central Committee since 1991 and a member of the SACP Politburo since 1989; he is Deputy General Secretary of the SACP. Since 1999 Cronin has been a Member of Parliament, where he is the Chair of the Standing Committee on Transport.

==Arms Deal==
==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.comms.dcu.ie/sheehanh/za/cronin-aah01.htm Interview with Jeremy Cronin by Dr Helena Sheehan, 2002.]

==External links==
*[http://www.gfdb.com/Player.17610.Aleksandar-Tunchev.aspx Aleksandar Tunchev at gfdb.com]
*{{soccerbase|id=42029|name=Aleksandar Tunchev}}


{{Leicester City F.C. squad}}
==Further reading==
* Jeremy Cronin, ''More than a Casual Contact'' (2006)
* Jeremy Cronin, ''Inside and Out'' (1999)
* Jeremy Cronin, ''Even the Dead: Poems, Parables and a Jeremiad(''1997)


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[[bg:Александър Тунчев]]
{{SouthAfrica-writer-stub}}
[[nl:Aleksandar Toentsjev]]
[[pl:Aleksandyr Tunczew]]

Revision as of 05:27, 11 October 2008

Aleksandar Tunchev
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Tunchev
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 5
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:10, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Aleksandar Tunchev (Bulgarian: Александър Тунчев) (born 10 July 1981 Pazardzhik, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Leicester City as a defender. He is known to Bulgarian fans as Sasho.

Career

Tunchev started his career in his hometown of Pazardzhik with local team Hebar. After that he played for Belasitsa Petrich, later joining Lokomotiv Plovdiv in June, 2002. With Lokomotiv they became Champions of Bulgaria in 2004. In 2005, he signed for CSKA Sofia for a fee of €100,000 and was appointed captain. They were crowned champions in 2005 and 2008, and also won the Bulgarian Cup and Supercup in 2006.

He joined Leicester City on 5 July, 2008, signing a three-year contract,[1] making his debut in a 2-0 home win over MK Dons on 9 August, 2008.

International career

Tunchev currently plays for Bulgaria. He made his debut in a 3-1 win over Turkey on 18 August 2005, playing for 6 minutes. The defender has been a regular for the Bulgarian team since making his official debut against Romania in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match.

On 11 October 2006, Tunchev scored his first international goal in a 1-0 away win over Luxembourg during a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match.

Awards

Lokomotiv Plovdiv
CSKA Sofia

References

  1. ^ "Bulgarian Tunchev Joins Leicester". BBC Sport. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2008-07-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

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