Chochev scored his first goal for Palermo on 8 August, netting the tenth in a 12–0 pre-season friendly win over Calciochiese.

He made his Serie A debut on 5 October against Empoli, coming on for the last 18 minutes in place of Franco Vázquez as Palermo lost 1–0 at Stadio Carlo Castellani.

He scored his first league goal of the season and received the man of the match award in a 2–2 away draw against Pescara on 3 November.

In June 2019 Chochev joined Pescara, but never played because of his long recovery process from an injury he sustained in March 2019.

[8] On 15 February, Chochev signed for Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad for a reported fee in the region of a million.

After initially not being in new manager Mladen Krstajić's plans, Chochev was recalled to the national side for the June 2023 Euro qualifiers against Lithuania and Serbia.