Stancho Vasilev Bonchev (Bulgarian: Станчо Василев Бончев) (1 May 1942-2013) was a Bulgarian football goalkeeper.

[1] He is legendary player of Lokomotiv Plovdiv and holds the record for the goalkeeper with the most First League appearances - 359 in total (331 league appearances for Lokomotiv Plovdiv and 28 for CSKA Sofia).

Stancho Bonchev is also "best footballer of Plovdiv" for 1965 and "Master of Sports" since 1978.

[2] Bonchev played for the Bulgaria national football team in the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying rounds.

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