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Angel Chervenkov (, born 10 June 1964) is a
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n former
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and football manager, who currently works as manager at
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.


Career


As a player

As a footballer, Chervenkov played as a defender for Tundzha
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(1980–1981), CSKA Sofia II (1981–1984),
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(1984–1987), Lokomotiv
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(1987–1989), Etar Veliko Tarnovo (1989–1994) and
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(1994–1996). In Bulgaria's top division, the
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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
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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
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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
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and won Lithuanian Supercup. Later that year he became manager of
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In 2010, he won the Bulgarian A Group with
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FC Sevastopol twice (2011, 2014 ), Arsenal Kyiv (2015) and
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FC Tatran Presov (2012), and on 8 June 2016 returned to Bulgarian football becoming a manager of
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who had been promoted to the new top level division in Bulgaria - Parva Liga. In 2018 he was invited to manage
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: 2009–10 *
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** Lithuanian Super Cup: 2007 *
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2007 **
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2006 **
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: 2004–05


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chervenkov, Angel 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