Nikola Kolev ( bg, Никола Колев; born 6 June 1995) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Youth career

Kolev started his career in Svetkavitsa. In 2007, he joined the Gillette youth academy and he was chosen by

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to join him for one year at the academy. After the one year with

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he chose to join the Bulgarian club

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

Litex Lovech

He became a champion with elite youth under-19 team of Litex for 2010–2011 season. In end of 2011 he joined in first team from the coach

. Nikola Kolev made his first team debut for Litex Lovech against Levski Sofia on 29 March 2012 at age 16 years, 9 months and 23 days.

CSKA Sofia

In June 2016 he and big part of the Litex squad moved to CSKA Sofia.

Etar

On 6 September 2017, Kolev was loaned to

Etar Veliko Tarnovo Etar ( bg, Етър) is a Bulgarian sports football club based in Veliko Tarnovo, that plays in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Etar is the official successor of Etar 1924, which was dissolved for financial reasons ...

. In June 2018, Kolev started pre-season training with his parent club put subsequently his loan was extended until the end of the year.

Club statistics

Club

References

External links

Profile at Sportal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kolev, Nikola 1995 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Lovech players PFC CSKA Sofia players SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo players FC Yantra Gabrovo players FC Dunav Ruse players Men's association football midfielders People from Targovishte