Aleksandar Tunchev

Football player infobox
playername = Aleksandar Tunchev


fullname = Aleksandar Tunchev
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|7|10
cityofbirth = Pazardzhik
countryofbirth = Bulgaria
height = height|ft=6|in=2
currentclub = Leicester City
clubnumber = 5
position = Defender
youthyears = 1992–1999
youthclubs = Hebar Pazardzhik
years = 2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2005
2005–2008
2008–
clubs = Hebar
Belasitsa
Lokomotiv Plovdiv
CSKA Sofia
Leicester City
caps(goals) = 19 0(3)
31 0(3)
54 0(9)
68 (12)
08 0(0)
nationalyears = 2006–
nationalteam = Bulgaria
nationalcaps(goals) = 16 0(1)
pcupdate = 16:57, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 20:10, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Aleksandar Tunchev ( _bg. Александър Тунчев) (born 10 July 1981 Pazardzhik, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Leicester City as a defender. He is known to Bulgarian fans as "Sasho".

Career

Tunchev started his career in his hometown of Pazardzhik with local team Hebar. After that he played for Belasitsa Petrich, later joining Lokomotiv Plovdiv in June, 2002. With Lokomotiv they became Champions of Bulgaria in 2004. In 2005, he signed for CSKA Sofia for a fee of €100,000 and was appointed captain. They were crowned champions in 2005 and 2008, and also won the Bulgarian Cup and Supercup in 2006.

He joined Leicester City on 5 July, 2008, signing a three-year contract,cite news| title = Bulgarian Tunchev Joins Leicester| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/7492771.stm| publisher = BBC Sport| date = 2008-07-07| accessdate = 2008-07-07] making his debut in a 2-0 home win over MK Dons on 9 August, 2008.

International career

Tunchev currently plays for Bulgaria. He made his debut in a 3-1 win over Turkey on 18 August 2005, playing for 6 minutes. The defender has been a regular for the Bulgarian team since making his official debut against Romania in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match.

On 11 October 2006, Tunchev scored his first international goal in a 1-0 away win over Luxembourg during a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match.

Awards

;Lokomotiv Plovdiv
*Winner
**Champion of Bulgaria: 2004

;CSKA Sofia
*Winner
**Champion of Bulgaria: 2005, 2008
**Bulgarian Cup: 2006
**Bulgarian Supercup: 2006

References

External links

* [http://www.gfdb.com/Player.17610.Aleksandar-Tunchev.aspx Aleksandar Tunchev at gfdb.com]
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