Boris Nikolov (other)
Boris Nikolov may refer to: * Boris Nikolov (footballer), Bulgarian footballer * Boris Nikolov (boxer) Boris Georgiev Nikolov ( bg, Борис Георгиев Николов; 10 March 1929 – 29 January 2017) was a Bulgarian boxer from Dobrich.
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Boris Nikolov (footballer)
Boris Nikolov or Boris Nikolof ( bg, Борис Николов), nicknamed The Bear (Мечката, ''Mechkata''), was a Bulgarian Association football, footballer and football manager. In the inceptive years of leading Turkey, Turkish (then Ottoman Empire, Ottoman) football club Galatasaray S.K. (football team), Galatasaray S.K., which he co-founded, Nikolov was both the club's first manager and first Captain (association football), captain. In autumn 1905, Nikolov was, along with Ali Sami Yen, among the thirteen founders of Galatasaray. In Galatasaray's all-time debut game, against Cadi-Keuy FC, Nikolov scored a goal for Galatasaray's 2–0 victory. Nikolov's height and strength led to him receiving the nickname The Bear. As player-manager, Nikolov also took part in Galatasaray's first league game of the 1906–07 Istanbul Football League, against HMS Imogene FC. Nikolov scored Galatasaray's only goal in a 1–1 draw. Out of nationalist concerns, the name of Nikolov had been e ...
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