Emanuel Lukanov (; born 25 May 1975) is a Bulgarian retired
football defender
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.
Lukanov has 8
caps
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for
the Bulgaria U21 national side.
Playing career
He was born on 25 May 1975 in
Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo (, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. It is the historical and spiritual capital of Bulgaria.
Often referred to as the "''City of the Tsars''", Velik ...
. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 75 kg. He played for
Etar
The Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex (, usually referred to as Етъра, Etara) is an open-air museum near Gabrovo in northern Bulgaria. It is on the northern edge of the Bulgarka Nature Park, between the park and the city of Gabrovo.
...
and the Italian
Derthona
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica HSL Derthona, also known as Derthona, is a football club based in Tortona, Piedmont, Italy. Derthona currently plays in Serie D
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,
Pergocrema, Chiari 1912,
Nuova Verolese. Winner of the PFL Cup in 1995 with Etar. The "A" group played 73 games and scored 4 goals. There are 4 matches for Etar in the
Intertoto tournament. Since the autumn of 2006 he has been playing coach of Nuova Verolise. In 2015 he won the Champion Cup of Bulgaria with
Cherno More, as assistant coach of the representative team. He had a training session at UEFA campus in
Nyon
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, Switzerland where he attended. Also was a coach in the first INTER Academy Camp 2018 in Bulgaria.
Coach career
In July 2010, Lukanov began working as a coach at the Youth Academy of the
Cherno More. In October that year he was recruited as an assistant of Stefan Genov in the first team. He worked for 7 years as assistant coach of the Cherno More, and during this period he also assisted
Nikola Spasov
Nikola Spasov (; 15 December 1958 – 23 November 2020) was a Bulgarian professional footballer and coach.
Playing career
Born in Sofia, Spasov played for PFC Lokomotiv Sofia, FC Dunav Ruse, PFC Cherno More Varna and PFC Spartak Varna in his co ...
,
Adalbert Zafirov
Adalbert Ivanov Zafirov (; born 29 September 1969) is a Bulgarian former football centre-back who most recently managed CSKA 1948.
Club career
Zafirov who was born in Sofia played in his home town for Lokomotiv and CSKA. In Germany he sign ...
and
Georgi Ivanov.
On 31 December 2016 Lukanov finished a coaching course and obtained a UEFA PRO license. In September 2017, he was confirmed as a senior coach of the Cherno More, replacing
Georgi Ivanov's resignation.
In July 2018 INTER Academy made their first INTER Academy Camp in Bulgaria and he was one of the coaches.
In November 2018 he became part of the coach team of
Ivaylo Petev
Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev (; born 9 July 1975) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Petev spent his whole career playing in Bulgaria, apart from a season at Greek club Trikala. He was most successful early i ...
in Saudi club
Al-Qadsiah.
In January 2020, Lukanov started working in the coaching team of Petev in
Jagiellonia Białystok
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. (till 1 September 2020)
In June 2021, he became part of the coach team in
Beroe as an assistant & fitness coach.
On 6 June 2022, Lukanov was announced as the new manager of
Etar Veliko Tarnovo.
On 5 October 2023, after leaving
Etar Veliko Tarnovo manager position, he was announced as the new sports director of
Fratria.
Емо Луканов става спортен директор
/ref> He later served as manager of the team.
References
External links
Profile
at calciatori.com
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1975 births
Living people
Bulgarian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Bulgarian football managers
PFC Cherno More Varna managers
FC Fratria managers
FC Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) players
ASD HSL Derthona players
Footballers from Veliko Tarnovo