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Tsvetomir Chipev

Bulgarian footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 27, 2025
Entity authorityQ8075515
Source-derived summary

Tsvetomir Chipev (Bulgarian: Цветомир Чипев; born 16 August 1977 in Sofia) is a retired Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Chipev started his career with Levski Sofia and won the Bulgarian Cup in 1998. Having left Levski in December 1998, he had short spell at Pirin Blagoevgrad before joined German side Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.

After two seasons at Niederrheinstadion in the 2. Bundesliga, Chipev signed with Chemnitzer FC in 2001. After leaving Chemnitzer at the end of the 2002–03 season, he joined Erzgebirge Aue.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tsvetomir Chipev” as bulgarian footballer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977, 1998, 2001, 2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1977-08-16. The account is most persuasive where Tsvetomir, Chipev and Bulgarian can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as bulgarian footballer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 27, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q8075515. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977, 1998, 2001 and 2002.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Establishing names and roles
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Tsvetomir Chipev”, its source revision and the description used here.
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This entry incorporates text from Tsvetomir Chipev” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.