Lachezar Kovachev

Lachezar Kovachev
Personal information
Full name	Lachezar Svetlozarov Kovachev
Date of birth	24 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Pleven, Bulgaria
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Spartak Pleven
Number	23
Youth career
2011–2018	Ludogorets Razgrad
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2019	Ludogorets Razgrad II
2018–2019	Ludogorets Razgrad
2019–2020	Spartak Pleven
2021	Levski Lom
2021–	Spartak Pleven
International career‡
2018	Bulgaria U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 March 2018

Lachezar Kovachev (Bulgarian: Лъчезар Ковачев; born 24 March 1999) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender for Spartak Pleven.^[1]

Kovachev's older brother Svetoslav is playing for Arda Kardzhali.

Career

Ludogorets Razgrad

Kovachev made his debut for Ludogorets Razgrad II on 16 September 2017 in a league match against Tsarsko Selo Sofia.^[2] He completed his professional debut on 20 May 2018, in the last league match for the season for Ludogorets against Botev Plovdiv, as a started together with his brother, but was substituted by another debutant Dimitar Iliev at the 64th minute after a light injury.^[3]

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa

On 8 January 2019 Kovachev was set to join the Third League team Spartak Pleven,^[4] but just two days later the manager of the Second League team Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa announced that Kovachev will join his team instead.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 May 2018 ^[1]

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	League	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bulgaria			League		Bulgarian Cup		Europe		Other^[a]		Total
Ludogorets Razgrad II	Second League	2017–18	16	0	–		–		–		16	0
Ludogorets Razgrad II	Total		16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
Ludogorets Razgrad	First League	2017–18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ludogorets Razgrad	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Career statistics			17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0