| Nikolay Krastev | |
| Fullname: | Nikolay Lachezarov Krastev |
| Birth Date: | 6 December 1996 |
| Height: | [1] |
| Clubnumber: | 12 |
| Years1: | 2015–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Levski Sofia |
| Caps1: | 19 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Clubs2: | → Lokomotiv Mezdra (loan) |
| Caps2: | 7 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2016 |
| Clubs3: | → Nesebar (loan) |
| Caps3: | 5 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2017 |
| Clubs4: | → Botev Vratsa (loan) |
| Caps4: | 8 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2018 |
| Clubs5: | → Botev Vratsa (loan) |
| Caps5: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2019 |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2020 |
| Clubs7: | Vitosha Bistritsa |
| Caps7: | 6 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs8: | Levski Sofia |
| Caps8: | 1 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2021 |
| Clubs9: | Botev Vratsa |
| Caps9: | 0 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2022– |
| Clubs10: | Slavia Sofia |
| Caps10: | 19 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2012–2013 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 20 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 14 November 2017 |
Nikolay Krastev (Bulgarian: Николай Кръстев; born 6 December 1996) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bulgarian First League club Slavia Sofia.
Krastev made his professional debut in a 0-2 league loss from Pomorie on 27 February 2016.[2] He made his league debut for Levski against Dunav during the 2016–17 Bulgarian First League, on 28 February 2017. Levski drew 2-2 and Krastev played full 90 minutes on the pitch.[3] 6 days later he became man of the match in the Eternal derby of Bulgarian football against CSKA Sofia, won by Levski with 2-1.[4]
On 4 May 2017 his contract was extended with 3 years, keeping him in the team until 31 July 2020.[5]
In August 2017, Krastev was loaned to Second League club Botev Vratsa.[6] In January 2018, he was called back to Levski's first team.[7] In June 2018, Krastev was loaned again to newly promoted Botev Vratsa.[8] In February 2022, Krastev signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Slavia Sofia.[9]
On 17 March 2017 he received his first call up for Bulgaria's U21 team,[10] but on 21 March 2017 he joined Bulgaria's senior team for the match against Netherlands after the injury of Vladislav Stoyanov,[11] during which he remained on the bench.[12]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other[13] | Total | ||||||||
| Levski Sofia | A Group | 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| First league | 2016–17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Lokomotiv Mezdra (loan) | B Group | 2015-16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Nesebar (loan) | Second League | 2016–17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Botev Vratsa (loan) | 2017–18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||||
| First League | 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Vitosha Bistritsa | 2019–20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Levski Sofia | 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Career statistics | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |||