Nikolay Kostov ( bg, Николай Костов; born 2 July 1963) is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer who most recently managed

Shakhter Karagandy Football Club Shakhter ( kk, "Шахтер" футбол клубы, Shakhter fýtbol klýby), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandı ;Russian: Караганда/Karaganda), is a professional footbal ...

Career

Much of his coaching career has taken place in Cyprus. His first coaching role in the country was at Anorthosis, where he won the Cypriot Cup in 2002. In 2006, he joined Olympiakos Nicosia, but was replaced by Juan Ramon Rocha in October 2006. He was the coach for Metalurh Donetsk from 2008 to 2010, a role from which he resigned in November 2010. On 4 November 2011, he was revealed as the new manager of Levski Sofia. His contract ran until the end of the 2011–12 season. He resigned from his position on 26 March 2012, after enduring his first and only defeat with the club - a 0:1 home loss against Minyor Pernik. In late July 2012, Kostov was appointed as the new head coach of Karpaty Lviv.

Botev Plovdiv

On 11 November 2015, Nikolay Kostov was appointed as the new head coach of

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes ...

. On 24 August 2016, Kostov was dismissed from

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Honours

* Anorthosis ** Cypriot Cup: 2002

References

External links

Profile at LevskiSofia.info
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kostov, Nikolay 1963 births Living people People from Dobrich Association football midfielders Bulgarian footballers Bulgarian expatriate footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot First Division players PFC Dobrudzha Dobrich players PFC Levski Sofia players PFC Slavia Sofia players PFC Spartak Varna players Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. players Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Bulgarian football managers Bulgarian expatriate football managers Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. managers AEK Larnaca FC managers FC Urartu managers FC Metalurh Donetsk managers Olympiakos Nicosia managers PFC Levski Sofia managers FC Karpaty Lviv managers SC Tavriya Simferopol managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Botev Plovdiv managers FC Tosno managers FC Stal Kamianske managers FC Shakhter Karagandy managers FC Caspiy managers Expatriate football managers in Ukraine Expatriate football managers in Russia Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Expatriate football managers in Armenia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia