Petar Hubchev (Bulgarian: Петър Хубчев) — commonly rendered in English also as Petar Khubchev — is a former Bulgarian professional footballer and current coach, best known for his role as a defensive-minded midfielder and later as a centre-back.

• Full name: Petar Hubchev
• Date of birth: March 21, 1964
• Place of birth: Tsarevo, Bulgaria
• Primary positions: Defensive midfielder, Centre-back
• National team: Bulgaria

Club career (highlights)

• Lokomotiv Sofia — Early years in Bulgarian domestic football.
• Levski Sofia — One of Bulgaria’s top clubs; Hubchev played with them and gained domestic recognition.
• Hamburger SV (Germany) — Hubchev moved to the Bundesliga where he spent the majority of his foreign club career, establishing himself as a reliable defensive player in the 1990s.
• Other clubs: He also had spells at other Bulgarian and European clubs during his playing career.

International career

• Hubchev was capped many times for the Bulgaria national team, representing his country through the late 1980s and 1990s.
• He was part of the Bulgaria squad during the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, where Bulgaria reached the semi-finals — their best-ever World Cup performance.

Coaching career

• After retiring as a player, Hubchev moved into coaching and management. He has managed several clubs in Bulgaria and served as head coach of the Bulgaria national team from 2016 to 2019.
• As a coach he is known for organization, defensive solidity and experience gained from his playing years in top European competitions.

Legacy

Petar Hubchev is remembered as one of Bulgaria’s prominent defensive players of his generation, a World Cup veteran and later as a national team coach who contributed to Bulgarian football both on and off the pitch.