Iliya Nikolov (; born 14 July 1986) is a

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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 ( ) 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 Development of Bulgaria ...

in the local team

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, before signing with

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 ...

. 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 AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...

Honours

Club

;Cherno More *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

: 2014–15

References

1986 births Living people Footballers from Haskovo Bulgarian men's footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Haskovo players FC Lovech players FC Spartak Varna players PFC Spartak Plovdiv players Botev Plovdiv players OFC Nesebar players PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Maritsa Plovdiv players Men's association football goalkeepers 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-footy-goalkeeper-stub