Dimitar Zahariev

Dimitar Zahariev
Personal information
Nationality Bulgarian
Born (1928-10-21) October 21, 1928
Coaching information
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
1964
1980–1984
 Bulgaria
Greece Olympiacos
Career
Teams
Bulgaria VK Slavia Sofia[1][2]
National team
 Bulgaria

Dimitar Zahariev (Bulgarian: Димитър Захариев) (born October 21, 1928) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player and volleyball coach. He was the head coach of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team that won the 5th place in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, in the team's first ever participation in the Olympic games.[3][4] At club level, he was head coach of the Greek powerhouse Olympiacos from 1980 to 1984 and coached the club to 2 Greek Championships (1981, 1983) and 2 Greek Cups (1981, 1983).[5][6] He also led Olympiacos to their first ever CEV Champions League Final Four participation in 1981-1982 season (4th place), which was the first ever CEV Champions League Final Four participation by any Greek volleyball club.[7]

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