Filip Filipov ( bg, Филип Филипов; born 31 January 1971), is a former Bulgarian football defender.

Club career

Filipov began his career at the local "Sliven". His first spell at

PFC 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 ...

spanned one season (1990–91), after which he moved to Lokomotiv GO, and then played a short time for

Jeju United Jeju United Football Club (Hangul: 제주 유나이티드) is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeju Province that competes in the K League 1, the top division in South Korea. In the past, the club has been known as the ''Yukon ...

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, then known as Yukong Elephant and Bucheon SK, only to return to

for another year. He then spent some time playing in LEKS ( Litex) before again returning to

for a third spell since December 1997.

Coaching career

In 2007 became coach of the youth national team in 17 years, subsequently he was coach of FC Vihren Sandanski from November 2007 to September 2009, with some interruptions - especially memorable 2-1 victory over Litex in 2007/08gl. 1-0 against

PFC 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 b ...

and

Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...

, 3-1 as the guest of

PSFC Chernomorets Burgas PSFC Chernomorets Burgas ( bg, ПСФК Черноморец Бургас) or simply Chernomorets ( bg, Черноморец) was a Bulgarian football club from the city of Burgas. The club never won any major competition, its most notable achi ...

2008/09g season. Despite these victories the team finished in 14th place in the standings and was relegated to the "B" group. After a hesitant start in the Western "B" group in September Filipov was fired from FC Vihren Sandanski. A month later he became coach of Kaliakra Kavarna in the East "B" group, led the team to first place, which automatically qualified them in the "A" group. In the same season Kaliakra Kavarna reached the 1/2 finals of the Cup of Bulgaria, prevailing over

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

, PFC Marek Dupnitsa, PFC Cherno More Varna before being eliminated on penalties by

PFC Chernomorets Pomorie Pomorie ( bg, Поморие) is a Bulgarian municipality, municipal ( bg, общински, pronounced obshtinski) association football club based in Pomorie, that competes in the Regional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria), A RFG Burgas, the f ...

. The first season of "A" group in the history of Kaliakra Kavarna began with a shock victory away to

PFC 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 ground ...

1-0, but after a few poor results Filipov was fired. In October 2011 he was invited by Dimitar Penev as assistant coach at the headquarters of CSKA Sofia.

Honours

Player

* CSKA Sofia * Bulgarian League Winner: 1 :: 1996-97 A PFG * Bulgarian League Runners-up: 2 :: 1990-91 A PFG:: 1993-94 A PFG *

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 ...

Winner: 1 :: 1996-97 Bulgarian Cup *

Jeju United FC Jeju United Football Club (Hangul: 제주 유나이티드) is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeju Province that competes in the K League 1, the top division in South Korea. In the past, the club has been known as the ''Yuko ...

* League Cup Runners-up: 2 :: 1998 Adidas Cup :: 1998 Philip Morris Korea Cup

Manager

* Kaliakra Kavarna *

Bulgarian Second League The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

Winner: 1 :: 2009–10 B PFG *

Semifinalist: 1 ::

2009–10 Bulgarian Cup The 2009–10 Bulgarian Cup was the 28th official season of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. The competition began on September 16, 2009 with the matches of the Preliminary Round and ended with the final on May 5, 2010. Litex Lo ...

References

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