Tenyo Minchev

Bulgarian footballer

Tenyo Minchev
Personal information
Full name	Tenyo Tenev Minchev
Date of birth	(1954-03-03) 3 March 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Lyubenovo, Bulgaria
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1972	Energetik Galabovo
1973–1984	Beroe Stara Zagora	254	(15)
1985	Lokomotiv Stara Zagora
1985–1987	Beroe Stara Zagora	54	(8)
1987–1988	Lokomotiv Stara Zagora
1989	Krylia Sovetov	28	(0)
International career
1978–1980	Bulgaria	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tenyo Tenev Minchev (Bulgarian: Теньо Тенев Минчев; born 3 March 1954) is a Bulgarian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Tenyo Minchev started his career in Energetik Galabovo before moving to Beroe Stara Zagora in 1973. He became one of the key players and was team captain for 12 years.^[1] With Minchev's help, Beroe became champions in 1985–86 season.^[2]

After a short stint in Lokomotiv Stara Zagora, Tenyo Minchev moved to Soviet side Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev.^[1] He became the first foreign player in Soviet football.^[3] After playing 28 matches for Krylia Sovetov, Minchev ended his career.

Minchev played 4 official and 3 unofficial matches for Bulgaria.^[4]

Honours

Bulgarian A PFG winner: 1985-86
Balkans Cup winner: 1983, 1984

References

^ ^a ^b Пономарев, А. М. (1989). Футбол-89. Справочник-календарь (in Russian). Куйбышев: Издательство Куйбышевского обкома КПСС. p. 30.
^ Мозолевский, Е. Ф. (2004). Календарь-справочник. Футбол-2004 (in Russian). Самара: Самарские известия. p. 93.
^ Пастушенко И (27 August 2002). Сначала был Минчев… (in Russian). sovsport.ru. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
^ "Tenyo Minchev - Теньо Минчев Тенев". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 2012-03-09.