Bozhil Naydenov Kolev ( bg, Божил Найденов Колев; born 20 May 1949) is a former

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player and manager. Kolev made 60 appearances for the

Bulgarian national team The Bulgaria national football team ( bg, Български национален отбор по футбол, Bǎlgarski natsionalen otbor po futbol) represents Bulgaria in men's international football and is administered by the Bulgarian Foo ...

from 1969 to 1978.

Career

Born in

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, Dalgopol Municipality, Varna Province, Kolev joined Cherno More Varna at the age of ten and progressed through the club's youth system. He made his professional debut on 13 August 1967, scoring a goal in a 3–2 home loss against CSKA Sofia at

Yuri Gagarin Stadium Yuri Gagarin Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Varna, Bulgaria. It was initially used as the stadium of Cherno More Varna and Spartak Varna. It was named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's firs ...

. In 1972, after spending over eleven years at Cherno More, Kolev joined CSKA Sofia, where he won four

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 ...

titles and three

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Honours

Club

;CSKA Sofia *

(5): 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76 *

(3):

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1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

;AC Omonia * Cypriot First Division: 1981–82 *

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup () is the main cup competition in Cypriot football, run by the Cyprus Football Association (CFA). It began in 1934, the same season with the Cypriot Championship. It is the second most important competition for Cypriot club team ...

: 1981–82

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