Iliya Nikolov ( bg, Илия Николов; born 14 July 1986) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

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, who plays as a goalkeeper for Maritsa Plovdiv. He is also acting as goalkeeping coach.

Career

Nikolov started his career in his home town

Haskovo Haskovo ( bg, Хасково ) is a city in the region of Northern Thrace in southern Bulgaria and the administrative centre of the Haskovo Province, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. According to Operative Program Regional D ...

in the local team

FC Haskovo FC Haskovo 1957 ( bg, ФК Хасково 1957) is a Bulgarian football club based in Haskovo, which currently competes in the A RFG Haskovo, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. Haskovo's home ground is the Haskovo Stadium, which has a capac ...

, before signing with

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

. He then played for two seasons on loan at Svilengrad and then Spartak Plovdiv, before terminating his Litex contract by mutual consent to move to

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes in ...

Honours

Club

;Cherno More *

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: 2014–15

References

1986 births Living people People from Haskovo Bulgarian footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Haskovo players PFC Litex Lovech players PFC Spartak Varna players FC Spartak Plovdiv players Botev Plovdiv players PFC Nesebar players PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Maritsa Plovdiv players Association football goalkeepers Sportspeople from Haskovo Province 21st-century Bulgarian people {{Bulgaria-footy-goalkeeper-stub