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Dobromir Georgiev Zhechev (Bulgarian: Добромир Георгиев Жечев; born 12 November 1942) is a Bulgarian former football player and later manager. Zhechev was born in Sofia.

At club level he played Spartak and Levski in his home town. He was also capped 93 times for the Bulgaria national team and was part of the squad at four World Cups, which makes him the only Bulgarian footballer who has played in four FIFA World Cups so far. European champion with the Bulgarian national under-19 team in 1959. Dobromir Zhechev is also 1973–76 Balkan Cup champion. As manager of Levski Sofia, he won one Bulgarian Cup in 1982.

Honours

Club

Spartak Sofia

• Bulgarian Cup (1): 1967–68

Levski Sofia

• A PFG (2): 1969–70, 1973–74
• Bulgarian Cup (2): 1969–70, 1970–71

External links

• Dobromir Zhechev at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at levskisofia.info