Atanas Apostolov ( bg, Атанас Апостолов; born 11 March 1989) is a

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and former

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, who currently is head coach of Rozova Dolina.

Playing career

Apostolov joined Beroe when he was eight years old and signed his first contract in 2006. He made his

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debut on 10 October 2007 in a 1–0 away defeat against

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. Apostolov would play in 18 more league matches during the season, scoring two goals. In June 2009 he wa transferred to

OFC Sliven 2000 FC Sliven (ФК Сливен) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sliven, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium in Sliven with a capacity of 1 ...

, but six months later returned to Beroe. In the end of the 2009–10 season he and his team won the

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Managerial career

In July 2018, Apostolov was announced as the new manager of Rozova Dolina, staying in the club also as a player. He led the team to first major title winning the

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. In June 2021 he was announced to join the CSKA 1948 technical crew. On 27 July 2021 he was announced as the new manager of CSKA 1948 II, after

Miroslav Mindev Miroslav Mindev ( bg, Мирослав Миндев; born 27 July 1980) is a former Bulgarian football forward and currently a manager of Zagorets Nova Zagora. Mindev has captained his hometown club. Career With Sliven, Mindev became two time ...

was promoted as manager to the first team. On 14 September 2021 he left CSKA 1948 II by mutual consent.

Honours

Club

* Beroe **

: 2009-10 * Rozova Dolina **

: 2020–21

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Apostolov, Atanas 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Stara Zagora Bulgarian footballers Bulgarian football managers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players OFC Sliven 2000 players FC Lyubimets players Akademik Sofia players FC Vereya players Association football wingers