Georgi Pachedzhiev

{{short description|Bulgarian footballer and manager}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Georgi Pachedzhiev

| image = G Pachejiev.png

| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|03|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sofia, Bulgaria

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|04|12|1916|03|01|df=y}}

| death_place = Sofia, Bulgaria

| height =

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1932–1936 | clubs1 = Sportklub Sofia | caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = 1937–1943 | clubs2 = AS 23 Sofia | caps2 = |goals2 =

| years3 = 1944–1946 | clubs3 = Chavdar Sofia | caps3 = 9 |goals3 = 6

| years4 = 1946–1950 | clubs4 = Levski Sofia | caps4 = 36 |goals4 = 11

| years5 = 1950–1953 | clubs5 = Stroitel Sofia | caps5 = |goals5 =

| nationalyears1 = 1935–1950 | nationalteam1 = Bulgaria | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 2

| manageryears1 = 1956–1960 | managerclubs1 = Levski Sofia

| manageryears2 = 1960–1962 | managerclubs2 = Bulgaria

| manageryears3 = 1968–1970 | managerclubs3 = AC Omonia

}}

Georgi Pachedzhiev ({{langx|bg|Γеорги Пачеджиев}}; 1 March 1916 – 12 April 2005) was a Bulgarian football manager who coached Bulgaria at the 1962 FIFA World Cup,[https://web.archive.org/web/20070702123511/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/teams/team=43936.html 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile] the first ever time that Bulgaria did reach the finals. As a footballer, he won the most trophies while playing for Levski Sofia, and was the top scorer in the A Group in 1939 with fourteen goals. He died in April 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=46642|title=Bulgarian Coaching Legend Dies|date=12 April 2005|work=novinite.com|access-date=3 October 2011}}