Nikolay Kostov Explained

Nikolay Kostov should not be confused with Nikolay Kostov (footballer, born 1986).

Nikolay Kostov
Fullname:Nikolay Nikolov Kostov
Birth Date:2 July 1963
Birth Place:Dobrich, Bulgaria
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1981–1988
Years2:1988–1989
Years3:1989–1990
Years4:1990–1993
Years5:1994
Years6:1994
Clubs1:Dobrudzha Dobrich
Clubs2:Levski Sofia
Clubs3:Slavia Sofia
Clubs4:Anorthosis
Clubs5:Levski Sofia
Clubs6:Spartak Varna
Caps1:192
Goals1:74
Caps2:6
Goals2:0
Caps3:29
Goals3:9
Caps5:2
Goals5:0
Caps6:3
Goals6:0
Manageryears1:1996
Manageryears2:2001–2002
Manageryears3:2003–2004
Manageryears4:2004–2005
Manageryears5:2005–2006
Manageryears6:2006–2007
Manageryears7:2007–2008
Manageryears8:2008–2010
Manageryears9:2011–2012
Manageryears10:2012–2013
Manageryears11:2014
Manageryears12:2014–2015
Manageryears13:2015–2016
Manageryears14:2017–2018
Manageryears15:2018–2019
Manageryears16:2022
Manageryears17:2023–2024
Managerclubs1:Dobrudzha Dobrich (assistant)
Managerclubs2:Anorthosis
Managerclubs3:Onisilos Sotira
Managerclubs4:Olympiakos Nicosia
Managerclubs5:AEK Larnaca
Managerclubs6:Olympiakos Nicosia
Managerclubs7:Banants Yerevan
Managerclubs8:Metalurh Donetsk
Managerclubs9:Levski Sofia
Managerclubs10:Karpaty Lviv
Managerclubs11:Tavriya Simferopol
Managerclubs12:Tosno
Managerclubs13:Botev Plovdiv
Managerclubs14:Stal Kamianske
Managerclubs15:Shakhter Karagandy
Managerclubs16:Caspiy
Managerclubs17:Levski Sofia

Nikolay Nikolov Kostov (Bulgarian: Николай Николов Костов; born 2 July 1963) is a Bulgarian former footballer and current manager.

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

2002

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 11 Cups. Metallurg Donetsk FC. 2010-12-28.
  2. Book: Hammond . Mike . The European Football Yearbook 2007/08 . M Press Media. London . 2007 . 978-0-9555917-2-3. 398.
  3. Web site: The officials of FC Metallurg Donetsk accepted Kostov's resignation. Metallurg Donetsk FC. 2010-12-28.
  4. Web site: Officially: Nikolay Kostov will lead Levski until the end of the season (bulgarian). gong.bg. 2011-11-04.
  5. https://botevplovdiv.bg/Nikolai-Kostov-poema-Botev-3268.html Николай Костов поема Ботев
  6. https://botevplovdiv.bg/Ostavkite-na-sportniia-shtab-sa-prieti-Nikolai-Kirov-i-Ivan-Kochev-vodiat-otbora-sreshtu-Neftohimik-3619.html Оставките на спортния щаб са приети, Николай Киров и Иван Кочев водят отбора срещу Нефтохимик
  7. https://levski.bg/%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b9-%d0%ba%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d0%be%d0%b2-%d0%b5-%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b8%d1%8f%d1%82-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%88%d0%b8-%d1%82%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%8c%d0%be/ Николай Костов е новият старши треньор на "Левски"