Nikolay Kostov
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nikolay Nikolov Kostov | ||
Date of birth | 2 July 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Dobrich, Bulgaria | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Levski Sofia (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1988 | Dobrudzha Dobrich | 192 | (74) |
1988–1989 | Levski Sofia | 6 | (0) |
1989–1990 | Slavia Sofia | 29 | (9) |
1990–1993 | Anorthosis | ||
1994 | Levski Sofia | 2 | (0) |
1994 | Spartak Varna | 3 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1996 | Dobrudzha Dobrich (assistant) | ||
2001–2002 | Anorthosis | ||
2003–2004 | Onisilos Sotira | ||
2004–2005 | Olympiakos Nicosia | ||
2005–2006 | AEK Larnaca | ||
2006–2007 | Olympiakos Nicosia | ||
2007–2008 | Banants Yerevan | ||
2008–2010 | Metalurh Donetsk | ||
2011–2012 | Levski Sofia | ||
2012–2013 | Karpaty Lviv | ||
2014 | Tavriya Simferopol | ||
2014–2015 | Tosno | ||
2015–2016 | Botev Plovdiv | ||
2017–2018 | Stal Kamianske | ||
2018–2019 | Shakhter Karagandy | ||
2022 | Caspiy | ||
2023– | Levski Sofia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nikolay Nikolov Kostov (Bulgarian: Николай Николов Костов; born 2 July 1963) is a Bulgarian former footballer and current manager of Bulgarian First League club Levski Sofia.
Career
Much of his coaching career has taken place in Cyprus. His first coaching role in the country was at Anorthosis, where he won the Cypriot Cup in 2002.[1] In 2006, he joined Olympiakos Nicosia, but was replaced by Juan Ramon Rocha in October 2006.[2] He was the coach for Metalurh Donetsk from 2008 to 2010, a role from which he resigned in November 2010.[3]
On 4 November 2011, he was revealed as the new manager of Levski Sofia. His contract ran until the end of the 2011–12 season.[4] He resigned from his position on 26 March 2012, after enduring his first and only defeat with the club - a 0:1 home loss against Minyor Pernik. In late July 2012, Kostov was appointed as the new head coach of Karpaty Lviv.
On 11 November 2015, Nikolay Kostov was appointed as the new head coach of Botev Plovdiv.[5] On 24 August 2016, he was released from his duties.[6]
After several years of coaching in Ukraine and Kazakhstan, on 13 June 2023, Kostov returned to Levski Sofia.[7]
Honours
- Anorthosis
- Cypriot Cup: 2002
References
- ^ "11 Cups". Metallurg Donetsk FC. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ Hammond, Mike, ed. (2007). The European Football Yearbook 2007/08. London: M Press Media. p. 398. ISBN 978-0-9555917-2-3.
- ^ "The officials of FC Metallurg Donetsk accepted Kostov's resignation". Metallurg Donetsk FC. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ "Officially: Nikolay Kostov will lead Levski until the end of the season (bulgarian)". gong.bg. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ^ Николай Костов поема Ботев
- ^ Оставките на спортния щаб са приети, Николай Киров и Иван Кочев водят отбора срещу Нефтохимик
- ^ Николай Костов е новият старши треньор на "Левски"
External links
- Profile at LevskiSofia.info
- Nikolay Kostov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Dobrich
- Men's association football midfielders
- Bulgarian men's footballers
- Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Cypriot First Division players
- FC Dobrudzha Dobrich players
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- PFC Slavia Sofia players
- FC Spartak Varna players
- Anorthosis Famagusta FC players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Bulgarian football managers
- Bulgarian expatriate football managers
- Anorthosis Famagusta FC managers
- AEK Larnaca FC managers
- FC Urartu managers
- FC Metalurh Donetsk managers
- Olympiakos Nicosia managers
- PFC Levski Sofia managers
- FC Karpaty Lviv managers
- SC Tavriya Simferopol managers
- Ukrainian Premier League managers
- Botev Plovdiv managers
- FC Tosno managers
- FC Stal Kamianske managers
- FC Shakhter Karagandy managers
- FC Caspiy managers
- Expatriate football managers in Ukraine
- Expatriate football managers in Russia
- Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
- Expatriate football managers in Armenia
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia