Aleksandar Tunchev

Aleksandar Tunchev (born 10 July 1981 Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian Association football, currently playing for Leicester City F.C. as a Defender (association football). He is known to Bulgarian fans as Sasho.

Career

Tunchev started his career in his hometown of Pazardzhik with local team Hebar Pazardzhik. 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 Bulgarian Supercup in 2006.

He joined Leicester City on 5 July, 2008, signing a three-year contract, making his debut in a 2-0 home win over MK Dons on 9 August, 2008.

International career

Tunchev currently plays for Bulgaria national football team. He made his debut in a 3-1 win over Turkey national football team 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 national football team 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 national football team during a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match.

Awards

Lokomotiv Plovdiv
- Winner
- - Bulgarian A Professional Football Group Champions: 2004

CSKA Sofia
- Winner
- - Bulgarian A Professional Football Group Champions: 2005, 2008
- - Bulgarian Cup: 2006
- - Bulgarian Supercup: 2006