Angel Chervenkov (, born 10 June 1964) is a
Bulgaria
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n former
footballer
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and football manager, who currently works as manager at
Minyor Pernik
FC Minyor () is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, currently competing 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 club's name comes ...
.
Career
As a player
As a footballer, Chervenkov played as a
defender for Tundzha
Yambol
Yambol ( ) is a city in Southeastern Bulgaria and administrative centre of Yambol Province. It lies on both banks of the Tundzha river in the historical region of Thrace. It is occasionally spelled ''Jambol''.
Yambol is the administrative cente ...
(1980–1981),
CSKA Sofia II (1981–1984),
CSKA Sofia
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(1984–1987), Lokomotiv
Gorna Oryahovitsa
Gorna Oryahovitsa ( ) is a town in northern Bulgaria, situated in Veliko Tarnovo Province, from Veliko Tarnovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality. According to the 2021 Census, the town has a pop ...
(1987–1989),
Etar Veliko Tarnovo (1989–1994) and
Montana
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(1994–1996). In Bulgaria's top division, the
A PFG
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, Chervenkov had 298 matches and 40 goals. He won the championship twice, in 1987 with CSKA and in 1991 with Etar, once finished second (with CSKA in 1985) and once third (with Etar in 1990). With CSKA, Chervenkov has two
Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
trophies (1985 and 1987) and two Cup of the Soviet Army trophies (1985 and 1986). In the European tournaments, he has featured in 6 matches, scoring once (in one of his two matches for Etar, the rest being for CSKA). Internationally, Chervenkov has 5 caps for the
Bulgaria national team. He participated in European Championship 1991/92.
As a manager
Chervenkov started his coaching career in CSKA's youth academy being there from 1999 to 2001. Then he worked as assistant manager at Cherno More Varna in 2002. Year later he return in
CSKA Sofia
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First team as assistant manager (2003 - 2007 ) and won Bulgarian Title (2005) Bulgarian cup (2006) and Bulgarian Supercup (2007). In 2007, he took in charge
FBK Kaunas
Kauno futbolo ir beisbolo klubas, commonly known as FBK Kaunas, was a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas.
History
Banga Kaunas (1960–1993)
The roots of the club can be traced back to 1960 when Banga Kaunas was founded and they p ...
and won Lithuanian Supercup.
Later that year he became manager of
Heart of Midlothian F.C.
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In 2010, he won the
Bulgarian A Group with
Litex Lovech
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He managed in Ukraine
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FC Sevastopol twice (2011, 2014 ), Arsenal Kyiv (2015) and Slovakia
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FC Tatran Presov (2012), and on 8 June 2016 returned to Bulgarian football becoming a manager of Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
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Established in 1932 as a sports association of the railway workers in the t ...
who had been promoted to the new top level division in Bulgaria - Parva Liga. In 2018 he was invited to manage Chornomorets Odesa
FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa, Ukraine.
According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ''Dynamo'', but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959[Litex Lovech
FC Lovech (; formerly Litex Lovech) is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Lovech, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Spor ...]
** Bulgarian A PFG
The First Professional Football League (), commonly known as Parva Liga or Bulgarian First League (currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons), is a professional association football league in Bulgaria and the highest level of t ...
: 2009–10
*FBK Kaunas
Kauno futbolo ir beisbolo klubas, commonly known as FBK Kaunas, was a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas.
History
Banga Kaunas (1960–1993)
The roots of the club can be traced back to 1960 when Banga Kaunas was founded and they p ...
** Lithuanian Super Cup: 2007
*PFC CSKA Sofia
CSKA Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First Professional Football League, First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ' ...
** Bulgarian Supercup
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2007
** Bulgarian Cup
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The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...
2006
** Bulgarian A PFG
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: 2004–05
References
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1964 births
Living people
Bulgarian men's footballers
Bulgarian football managers
Bulgarian expatriate football managers
FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa players
FC Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) players
PFC CSKA Sofia players
FC Montana players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Heart of Midlothian F.C. managers
PFC Litex Lovech managers
FC Sevastopol managers
1. FC Tatran Prešov managers
Expatriate football managers in Ukraine
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Ukrainian Premier League managers
Ukrainian First League managers
Ukrainian Second League managers
FC Arsenal Kyiv managers
FC Chornomorets Odesa managers
Men's association football defenders
Sportspeople from Yambol Province
20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen