Dimitar Vasev (Bulgarian: Димитър Васев; born 10 September 1965) is a Bulgarian former football player and football manager lastly leading Septemvri Sofia.[1][2]
Born in Sofia, Dimitar Vasev played in his career for Lokomotiv Sofia, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Chinese Shanghai Shenhua and Chivas El Paso Patriots.[3]
After being an assistant manager in his youth club Lokomotiv Sofia, on 31 May 2010 he was appointed as head manager of the team after leaving of Dragan Okuka,[4] but was released from the club on 22 November 2010.
On 7 April 2014 he was appointed as a manager for a second time taking the charge from Stefan Genov.[5] He was chosen by the Association of Professional Footballers in Bulgaria for best manager of season 2014-15 after qualifying the team on 3rd place in A Group, but the team failed to gain license and later was dissolved.[6]
On 8 June 2017 Vasev was announced as the new manager of Septemvri Sofia with Hristo Arangelov, the caretaker manager after Nikolay Mitov's tenure, as his first assistant.[7] He was released from the club on 23 August 2017 for bad results, stepping down from the position in favor of Nikolay Mitov.[8]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | |||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 1 July 2010 | 25 November 2010 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 58.33 | 25 | 12 | +13 |
| 8 April 2014 | 1 July 2015 | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 54.76 | 60 | 40 | +20 | |
| Septemvri Sofia | 8 June 2017 | 23 August 2017 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20.00 | 1 | 6 | -5 |
| Total | 59 | 31 | 8 | 20 | 52.54 | 76 | 58 | +28 | ||
Best manager for the 2014/2015 A PFG season - chosen by the Association of Professional Footballers in Bulgaria[6]
His son Daniel is also a footballer who currently plays for Lokomotiv Sofia.
