Petar Houbchev

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Petar Houbchev
Full name	Petar Houbchev
Date of birth	February 26, 1964 (1964-02-26) (age 44)
Place of birth	Glozhene, Bulgaria
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Manager (former Defender)
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
-1989 1989-1993 1993-1996 1996-2001	Litex Lovech Levski Sofia Hamburger SV Eintracht Frankfurt	065 (2) 107 (2)
National team²
1984-1996	Bulgaria	035 (0)
Teams managed
2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2005 2006-2007 2008-	Bulgaria (Assistant) FV Bad Vilbel Slavia Sofia Eintracht Frankfurt Reserves VfL Wolfsburg Reserves
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 3, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 3, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Petar Houbchev (Bulgarian: Петър Хубчев) (born 26 February 1964) is a Bulgarian former football player, and since January 2008 manager of the VfL Wolfsburg reserve team. He was part of the Bulgarian national team that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup and also played at Euro 96.

Born in the village of Glozhene, Lovech Province, Houbchev initially began his career as a central defender at Osam Lovech (today Litex Lovech) and being called up for the national team while still playing in B PFG. He was subsequently bought by Levski Sofia in 1989 after 249 matches for Osam. He stayed in Sofia until 1994, winning two titles and two national cups. His success during the 1994 World Cup meant he moved to German club Hamburger SV, a team he even captained. He then played for Eintracht Frankfurt since 1997, where he finished his career at the age of 38 and continuesd as an assistant manager and reserves manager, having played 128 matches and scored two goals in the German Bundesliga, as well as 44 matches in the 2nd Bundesliga with another two goals.

In 2002 Petar Houbchev became the assistant manager of the Bulgarian national team under head coach Plamen Markov, and he helped Bulgaria qualify for the Euro 2004 tournament. He continued as an assistant manager under new Bulgaria national team manager Hristo Stoichkov, and also briefly worked as Slavia Sofia manager in 2005.

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v • d • e Bulgaria squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Mikhailov • 2 Kremenliev • 3 Ivanov • 4 Tsvetanov • 5 Houbchev • 6 Yankov • 7 Kostadinov • 8 Stoichkov • 9 Letchkov • 10 Sirakov • 11 Borimirov • 12 Nikolov • 13 Yordanov • 14 Guentchev • 15 Iliev • 16 Kiriakov • 17 Mihtarski • 18 Aleksandrov • 19 Georgiev • 20 Balakov • 21 Yotov • 22 Andonov • Coach: Penev

v • d • e Bulgaria squad - UEFA Euro 1996

1 Mikhailov • 2 Kishishev • 3 Ivanov • 4 Kiriakov • 5 Houbchev • 6 Yankov • 7 Kostadinov • 8 Stoichkov • 9 L. Penev • 10 Balakov • 11 Letchkov • 12 Popov • 13 Guentchev • 14 Sirakov • 15 Yordanov • 16 Borimirov • 17 Kremenliev • 18 Tsvetanov • 19 Ginchev • 20 Donkov • 21 Georgiev • 22 Zdravkov • Coach: Dimitar Penev