Nikola Tsanev ( bg, Никола Цанев; 11 December 1939 – 7 October 2004) was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

, who played as a forward. He played for

in 8 matches, scoring 3 goals. He also competed in the men's tournament at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

Career

Tsanev started his career with

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 ...

, but is mainly remembered for his highly successful career with

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 ...

during the 60s. With CSKA, he won the

A Group 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 ...

title six times and the

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 ...

three times. During the 1963–64 season, he scored 26 league goals to become A Group top goalscorer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsanev, Nikola 1939 births 2004 deaths Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers PFC Levski Sofia players PFC CSKA Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Footballers from Sofia Men's association football forwards Olympic footballers for Bulgaria Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics