Asen Ivanov Bukarev ( bg, Асен Иванов Букарев) is a

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n football manager and former footballer. He is currently working as a manager of Vitosha Bistritsa. Bukarev was honoured as Footballer of the Year of

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for 2002.

Career

Clubs

On the club level, Bukarev has played for

PFC Haskovo FC Haskovo 1957 ( bg, ФК Хасково 1957) is a Bulgarian football club based in Haskovo, which currently competes in the A RFG Haskovo, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. Haskovo's home ground is the Haskovo Stadium, which has a capaci ...

(1997–1998), Akademik Sofia (1998),

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 ...

(1998–2002),

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 ...

(2002–2003) and

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 ...

(2003–2006). He ended his career as a 27-year-old at the end of the 2005-2006 season, because of a serious injury from which he recovered, though the medical advice was not to risk continuing to train in accordance with the requirements for professionals.

International career

Bukarev earned his first cap with

on 24 January 2001 in the 2:0 win against

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in a

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and made a total of 4 appearances for his country. For the Bulgaria U-21 he played in 18 matches, scoring 3 goals.

Coaching career

In June 2009 he had been appointed as an assistant coach of

Velislav Vutsov Velislav Ivanov Vutsov ( Bulgarian: Велислав Иванов Вуцов) (born 19 July 1967) is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer. He is also the son of former footballer Ivan Vutsov. Career Throughout his career, he has b ...

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home groun ...

.
On 31 May 2010 Bukarev left

after the departure of manager

. On 4 August 2017, following the departure of

Nikolay Mitov Nikolay Angelov Mitov (born 18 March 1972) is a Bulgarian former footballer and a former manager of Hebar Pazardzhik. Club career Mitov has played for Bulgarian teams - Hebar, Minyor and Levski, and German teams - Magdeburg and Holstein Kiel. Wi ...

, Asen Bukarev was appointed as caretaker manager of

. He moved back to assistant role on 8 August, following the appointment of

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as manager. In late December 2019, he was appointed as manager of Vitosha Bistritsa.

Personal

Bukarev's father, Ivan, and his brother, Dimitar, are both employed within the field of

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. His mother, Lidiya, is a historian-archivist.

Honours

CSKA Sofia

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 tournamen ...

: 1998-99

Levski Sofia

A PFG The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

: 2005-06 *

: 2004-05

References

External links

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Profile at Levskisofia.info
Living people Bulgarian footballers Bulgarian football managers PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Cherno More Varna players PFC Levski Sofia players 1979 births First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Slavia Sofia managers Association football midfielders Footballers from Sofia Bulgaria international footballers {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub