SOCCER PLAYER

Dobromir Zhechev

1942 - 2025

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Dobromir Georgiev Zhechev (Bulgarian: Добромир Георгиев Жечев; 12 November 1942 – October 2025) was a Bulgarian football player and manager. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Dobromir Zhechev is the 2,032nd most popular soccer player (up from 2,281st in 2024), the 165th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 175th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Dobromir Zhechev ranks 2,032 out of 21,273Before him are Henk Groot, Bruno Chizzo, João Félix, Erich Srbek, Roger Vonlanthen, and Uwe Rahn. After him are Emmanuel Kundé, Gábor Király, Johnny Haynes, Agustín Sauto Arana, Bernd Förster, and Joselu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Dobromir Zhechev ranks 363Before him are Huey P. Newton, Chantal Goya, Taj Mahal, Eddy Mitchell, Vladimir Kovalyonok, and Želimir Žilnik. After him are Gérard Pirès, Irm Hermann, Dick Parry, Norberto Rivera Carrera, Vinicio Cerezo, and Dith Pran. Among people deceased in 2025, Dobromir Zhechev ranks 270Before him are Roger Lukaku, Bruce Glover, John Bryson, Alon Abutbul, Roger Norrington, and Asrani. After him are Emmanuel Kundé, Julian McMahon, José Araquistáin, Yaroslav Yevdokimov, Barbie Hsu, and Baldur Preiml.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Dobromir Zhechev ranks 165 out of 415Before him are Nina Dobrev (1989), Anton Pann (1796), Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis (1913), Yordan Letchkov (1967), Veselin Topalov (1975), and Ferdinand Bruckner (1891). After him are Rosen Zhelyazkov (1968), Dimitar Dobrev (1931), Nadya Nozharova (1916), Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927), Simeon Simeonov (1946), and Georgi Atanasov (1933).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Dobromir Zhechev ranks 14Before him are Hristo Bonev (1947), Emil Kostadinov (1967), Stefan Abadzhiev (1934), Kiril Ivkov (1946), Ivan Dimitrov (1935), and Yordan Letchkov (1967). After him are Simeon Simeonov (1946), Lyuboslav Penev (1966), Stefan Bozhkov (1923), Ivan Kolev (1930), Dinko Dermendzhiev (1941), and Zlatko Yankov (1966).