Aleksandar Tunchev
Tunchev with Leicester City in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Aleksandar Blagov Tunchev | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Pazardzhik, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | Hebar Pazardzhik | 38 | (5) |
| 2000 | → Iskar Sofia (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | Belasitsa Petrich | 30 | (3) |
| 2002–2005 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 65 | (4) |
| 2006–2008 | CSKA Sofia | 63 | (11) |
| 2008–2012 | Leicester City | 26 | (1) |
| 2011 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Zagłębie Lubin | 19 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 29 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | CSKA Sofia | 28 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 28 | (0) |
| 2017– | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 350 | (31) | |
| National team | |||
| 2004–2009 | Bulgaria | 26 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2016– | Lokomotiv Plovdiv (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Aleksandar Tunchev (Bulgarian: Александър Тунчев; born 10 July 1981 in Pazardzhik) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender for Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
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 and also won the Bulgarian Super Cup that same year. In 2006, he signed for CSKA Sofia. In 2007 he was appointed captain after Valentin Iliev was stripped of the CSKA captaincy. They were crowned champions in 2008, and also won the Bulgarian Cup and Supercup in 2006. In June 2008, CSKA was in a deep financial crisis and were forced to sell their key players, including Tunchev.
Tunchev joined Leicester City on 5 July 2008 for a fee of £375,000, signing a three-year contract. He made his debut in a 2–0 home win over MK Dons on 9 August 2008, scoring his first league goal in a 2–2 home draw against Walsall on 21 October. Tunchev was peerless as he guided the club's defence through the first half of the 2008–09 season, losing just two league games.
His season was cut short when he suffered a partial tear of his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during a 2–1 FA Cup replay defeat to Crystal Palace on 14 January 2009. It was Tunchev's "first big injury," his previous being a pulled hamstring. Nonetheless, he was awarded a medal after Leicester finished the season as League One champions, winning promotion to the Championship.
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