Rumen Nikolov ( bg, Румен Николов; born 5 February 1990) is 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 plays as a

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for Aksakovo and coach at Asparuhovo academy, where he is one of the establishers.

Career

In November 2009 Cherno More's manager

Velizar Popov Velizar Emilov Popov ( bg, Велизар Емилов Попов; born 7 February 1976) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who is the Head Coach / Manager of V.League 1 club Thanh Hóa. During his career as a player, ...

selected Nikolov for the main squad, and on 28 March 2010 he made his debut in the A PFG at the age of 20 against

Minyor Pernik FC Minyor ( bg, ФК Миньор) is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1919 as SC Krakra, the club's home ground since 1954 has been Stadion Minyor. The c ...

. He decided to wear number 90. In August 2017 Nikolov joined Dobrudzha Dobrich. In June 2023, Nikolov together with George Dobrev established an academy in

Asparuhovo, Varna Asparuhovo is a district of Varna. It is located in the southern part of the town and has a population of 27 000. In the district are located the Institute of Oceanology and the Bulgarian Ship Hydrodynamics Center, both part of the Bulgarian Acade ...

called FC Asparuhovo. On 29 February 2024 he left

Septemvri Tervel Septemvri ( bg, Септември, , ) is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, located at the western end of the Upper Thracian Lowland, away to the west from the city of Pazardzhik. It is the administrative centre of homonymous ...

for Aksakovo.Голмайсторът на Септември (Тервел) си тръгна
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Career statistics

As of 1 June 2013

References

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