Milen Radukanov ( bg, Милен Радуканов; born 12 December 1972) is a former

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Coaching career

CSKA Sofia

In 2010, Radukanov was appointed as

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

's assistant coach and interpreter for the Romanian head coach

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. Because of that fact he is known as the "Bulgarian

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". Later he joined the coaching staff of

Adalbert Zafirov Adalbert Zafirov ( bg, Адалберт Зафиров; born 29 September 1969) is a Bulgarian former football centre-back who most recently managed CSKA 1948. Club career Zafirov was born in Sofia. International career He has been capped fo ...

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and

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. On 21 October 2010, he became the temporary head coach of CSKA. The team showed impressive results under him, which led to his appointment as permanent head coach. His assistants were

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(the team's captain) and Svetoslav Petrov. When Radukanov took the helm, CSKA were 11th in the league table. He managed to take them to 3rd place by the end of the season and also won the

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and

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that year. In October 2011, Radukanov vacated the position of head coach, citing mutual consent, just before the Eternal derby match.

Botev Plovdiv

On 28 October 2011,

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side

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 ...

announced on their official website, that they had reached an agreement with Milen Radukanov to take over the manager position at the club. In April 2012, he vacated the position of head coach of Botev Plovdiv following a draw with Etar Veliko Tarnovo. Radukanov was reappointed as

coach on 11 March 2013, after the club had parted ways with

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. His second tenure at CSKA Sofia only lasted until the end of the season.

Slavia Sofia

He also managed

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...

between October 2013 and September 2014.

Honours

As a player

CSKA Sofia *

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Levski Sofia *

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As a manager

CSKA Sofia *

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: 2011

Managerial statistics

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radukanov, Milen 1972 births Living people Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Men's association football defenders First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Liga I players OFC Bdin Vidin players PFC CSKA Sofia players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players OFC Spartak Pleven players PFC Levski Sofia players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players Kastoria 1980 F.C. players OFC Nesebar players Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Greece Botev Plovdiv managers PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad managers Bulgarian football managers People from Vidin