Adalbert Zafirov ( bg, Адалберт Зафиров; born 29 September 1969) is a Bulgarian former
football
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centre-back who most recently managed
CSKA 1948.
Club career
Zafirov was born in
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...
.
International career
He has been capped for the
Bulgarian national team, and was an unused substitute at the
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the ...
.
Coaching career
On 30 March 2010,
CSKA Sofia
CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...
coach
Ioan Andone
Ioan Andone (; born 15 March 1960) is a Romanian football coach and former player.
Club career
Ioan Andone, nicknamed "Fălcosul" was born on 15 March 1960 in Șpălnaca and when he was 14 years old he played basketball and football simultane ...
resigned, it was announced that the team will be trained by Adalbert Zafirov until the end of the season.
Zafirov was appointed as head coach of
Cherno More Varna
Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an asso ...
in late September 2012, following the resignation of
Stefan Genov. However, he was released from his duties in mid December 2012, despite winning his last game in charge of the team - 1–0 against
Levski Sofia
Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 ...
in the second leg of a
Bulgarian Cup
The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it.
The tournament ...
match.
In late December 2014, Zafirov became the manager of
B PFG club
Botev Vratsa
Botev ( bg, Ботев) is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Vratsa, that competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football.
The club was founded in 1921. Since 1948, Botev have played their home games at St ...
, but resigned on 27 April 2015. He had a short managerial stint with
CSKA 1948 between early and late August 2016.
References
External links
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at immerunioner.de
Living people
1969 births
Association football defenders
Bulgarian footballers
Bulgaria international footballers
PFC CSKA Sofia players
FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa players
FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players
Arminia Bielefeld players
1. FC Union Berlin players
PFC Cherno More Varna players
FC Hebar Pazardzhik players
Anagennisi Deryneia FC players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Bundesliga players
Cypriot First Division players
Bulgarian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
1998 FIFA World Cup players
Bulgarian football managers
PFC Cherno More Varna managers
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