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{{Infobox football biography
| name                = Dimitar Dimitrov
| image               = DDimitrov.JPG
| image_size          = 200px
| fullname            = Dimitar Petrov Dimitrov
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|6|9}}
| birth_place         = [[Burgas]], [[Bulgaria]]
| height              = {{height|m=1.88}}
| currentclub         = [[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh Pavlodar]] (manager)
| position            = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1         = 
| youthclubs1         = 
| years1 = 1979–1981 | clubs1 = [[FC Chernomorets Burgas|Chernomorets Burgas]] | caps1 =  | goals1 =  
| years2 = 1981–1985 | clubs2 = [[PFC Akademik Sofia|Akademik Sofia]]                             | caps2 =  | goals2 = 
| manageryears1  = 1993–1997 | managerclubs1  = [[PFC Neftochimic Burgas|Neftochimic Burgas]] 
| manageryears2  = 1997–1998 | managerclubs2  = [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]] 
| manageryears3  = 1998–1999 | managerclubs3  = [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] 
| manageryears4  = 1999–2000 | managerclubs4  = [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]] 
| manageryears5  = 2000      | managerclubs5  = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]] 
| manageryears6  = 2000–2001 | managerclubs6  = [[PFC Velbazhd Kyustendil|Velbazhd Kyustendil]] 
| manageryears7  = 2001–2003 | managerclubs7  = [[PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv Plovdiv]] 
| manageryears8  = 2003–2004 | managerclubs8  = [[PFC Naftex Burgas|Naftex Burgas]] 
| manageryears9  = 2004–2005 | managerclubs9  = [[Al-Nassr]] 
| manageryears10 = 2006–2008 | managerclubs10 = [[PSFC Chernomorets Burgas|Chernomorets Burgas]] 
| manageryears11 = 2009      | managerclubs11 = [[FC Amkar Perm|Amkar Perm]] 
| manageryears12 = 2009–2011 | managerclubs12 = [[Al-Qadisiya Al Khubar|Al-Qadisiya]] 
| manageryears13 = 2011–2014 | managerclubs13 = [[PSFC Chernomorets Burgas|Chernomorets Burgas]] 
| manageryears14 = 2014      | managerclubs14 = [[PFC Botev Plovdiv|Botev Plovdiv]] (director of football) 
| manageryears15 = 2015–     | managerclubs15 = [[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh Pavlodar]]
}}

'''Dimitar Petrov Dimitrov''' ({{lang-bg|Димитър Петров Димитров}}; born 9 June 1959), nicknamed '''Héro''', is a [[Bulgaria]]n [[Association football|football]] manager who is the current manager of [[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh Pavlodar]]. 

He has managed [[PFC Naftex Burgas|Neftochimic Burgas]], [[Litex Lovech]], [[Bulgaria national football team|the Bulgarian national team]],<ref name="Bulgaria national team">{{cite news|title=Sporting Digest|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sporting-digest-football-1125457.html|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|location=London|date=12 November 1999|accessdate=10 December 2010}}</ref> [[Levski Sofia]], [[Lokomotiv Plovdiv]], [[PSFC Chernomorets Burgas|Chernomorets Burgas]], [[FC Amkar Perm|Amkar Perm]] and [[Al-Qadisiya Al Khubar|Al-Qadisiya]].<ref name="Perm and Burgas coaching">{{cite news|title=Legendary Balakov Becomes Manager of Chernomorets
|url=http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=99838|newspaper=[[Novinite.com]]|date=14 December 2008|accessdate=10 December 2010}}</ref><ref>http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.dimitar.dimitrov.60010.en.html</ref> Dimitrov is known for his fiery temper and animated manner of coaching.<ref name="topsport9.bg">{{cite news|title=На Димитър Димитров - Херо му върви срещу "Левски" с бургаски отбори, наставникът има пет пълни успеха над "сините" |url=http://topsport.ibox.bg/comment/id_539366935|newspaper=topsport.bg|date=24 February 2008|accessdate=10 December 2014}}</ref>

== Honours ==

=== Coach ===
;[[Neftochimic Burgas]]
* [[Bulgarian A Football Group]]: Runner-up [[1995–96 A PFG|1995–96]]
* Cup of PFL Winner: 1996, 1997

;[[Litex Lovech]]
* [[Bulgarian A Football Group]]: [[1997–98 A PFG|1997–98]]

;[[Levski Sofia]]
* [[Bulgarian A Football Group]]: [[1999–2000 A PFG|1999–2000]]
* [[Bulgarian Cup]]: [[2000 Bulgarian Cup Final|2000]]

==Career statistics==
{{updated|14 May 2014}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|From
!rowspan=2|To
!colspan=6|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[PFC Neftochimic Burgas|Neftochimic Burgas]]
|align=left|1993
|align=left|1997
{{WDL|123|68|23|32}}
|-
|align=left|[[Litex Lovech]]
|align=left|1997
|align=left|1998
{{WDL|30|21|6|3}}
|-
|align=left|[[Litex Lovech|Lovech]]
|align=left|1999
|align=left|2000
{{WDL|30|15|4|11}}
|-
|align=left|[[Levski Sofia]]
|align=left|2000
|align=left|2001
{{WDL|30|23|5|2}}
|-
|align=left|[[Lokomotiv Plovdiv]]
|align=left|2001
|align=left|2003
{{WDL|62|34|8|20}}
|-
|align=left|[[Naftex Burgas]]
|align=left|2003
|align=left|2004
{{WDL|30|9|8|13}}
|-
|align=left|[[Al-Nassr]]
|align=left|2004
|align=left|2005
{{WDL|22|7|7|8}}
|-
|align=left|[[PSFC Chernomorets Burgas|Chernomorets Burgas]]
|align=left|2006
|align=left|14 December 2008
{{WDL|71|36|21|14}}
|-
|align=left|[[Amkar Perm]]
|align=left|14 December 2008
|align=left|1 September 2009
{{WDL|20|4|6|10}}
|-
|align=left|[[Al-Qadisiya Al Khubar]]
|align=left|19 December 2009
|align=left|30 May 2011
{{WDL|38|8|12|18}}
|-
|align=left|[[PSFC Chernomorets Burgas|Chernomorets Burgas]]
|align=left|30 May 2011
|align=left|15 May 2014
{{WDL|98|44|19|35}}
|-
!colspan=3|Total
{{WDLtot|554|269|119|166}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{PFC Litex Lovech managers}}
{{Bulgaria national football team managers}}
{{PFC Levski Sofia managers}}
{{FC Amkar Perm managers}}
{{PSFC Chernomorets Burgas managers}}

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