Vladimir Manchev (born October 6, 1977) is a Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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n football

Football (soccer)

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 player, who currently plays for Lokomotiv Sofia

PFC Lokomotiv Sofia

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Career

He has also played for Bulgarian teams of Spartak Pleven, Yantra and Hebar, French side Lille OSC

Lille OSC

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 and Spanish teams Levante UD

Levante UD

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, Valladolid

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 and Celta Vigo. He has been top goalscorer of the Bulgarian "A" Professional Football Group in 2001-2002 season with 21 goals scored for CSKA Sofia. He won the Bulgarian Cup

Bulgarian Cup

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 in 1999 with CSKA.
In the last match for the autumn period of the 2008-09 season against Lokomotiv Mezdra he recevied an injury in his knee ligaments, which prevented him from playing football for about 9 months. He was expected to be back in play for the next season. On 30 August 2009, Manchev scored the third goal in the 4:0 home win against Lokomotiv Mezdra in his first game back from injury after coming on as a substitute for Rui Miguel

Rui Miguel

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. Manchev is a CSKA Sofia's fans' favourite. Although he was injured most of the season 2008-09 in which he played only 4 matches, he scored 4 goals and made a few assists, so on 16 June 2009 it was said that in the next few days he will sign new contract which will make him CSKA player for the next two years. After all he signed a new one year contract on 24.07.2009. In the summer 2010 Manchev has transferred to Akademik Sofia

Akademik Sofia

Akademik is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Sofia, currently playing in the West B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football. The team's stadium is located in the Slatina municipality of Sofia and its capacity is 10,000....

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International career

He was part of the Bulgarian 2004 European Football Championship team, who exited in the first round, finishing bottom of Group C, having finished top of Qualifying Group 8 in the pre-tournament phase.