Vladimir Manchev

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Manchev
Personal information
Full name Vladimir Manchev
Date of birth October 6, 1977 (1977-10-06) (age 30)
Place of birth    Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Real Valladolid
Number 23
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998
1999–2002
2002–2004
2004–2007
2007
2007–2008
2008Jan–
Spartak Pleven
FC Yantra
PFC Hebar Pazardzhik
CSKA Sofia
Lille
Levante
Real Valladolid (loan)
Celta Vigo
Real Valladolid
4 (1)
16 (3)
21 (15)
86 (41)
66 (20)
60 (13)
17 (6)
10 (0)
5 (0)   
National team2
2002– Bulgaria 15 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of August 29, 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of August 29, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Vladimir Manchev (Bulgarian: Владимир Манчев) (born October 6, 1977) is a Bulgarian football player who, as of 2008 plays for Real Valladolid in the Spanish La Liga.

He has also played for the Bulgarien club teams of Spartak Pleven, Yantra, Hebar and CSKA Sofia, the french Lille OSC and the spanish team of Levante UD. He has been a top scorer of the bulgarien First League in 2001-2002 season with 21 goals playing for CSKA. He was honored with the Bulgarian Cup in 1999 with CSKA.

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.