Nikola Mutafchiev () (10 August 1904 in

Stara Zagora Stara Zagora (, ) is a city in Bulgaria, and the administrative capital of Stara Zagora Province. It is located in the Upper Thracian Plain, near the cities of Kazanlak, Plovdiv, and Sliven. Its population is 121,582 making it the sixth largest c ...

– 24 March 1963) was a

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who played as a

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for

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and

during the 1920s. His elder brother Dimitar Mutafchiev also was a footballer.

Career

For six seasons from 1921 to 1927, Mutafchiev scored 50 goals in 52 games for Levski. He played for the

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in the Bulgaria's first international match against

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on 21 May 1924. Mutafchiev also participated at the

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. On 10 April 1925, he became the first player to score for Bulgaria in a 2–1 friendly loss against

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Career statistics

Honours

;

Bulgarian State Football Championship The State Football Championship was the first national football competition in Bulgaria. It was organised between 1924 and 1944 by the Bulgarian National Sport Federation. The championship did not finish in years 1924, 1927 and 1944 because of d ...

** Runners-up (1):

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* Sofia Championship ** Champion (3): 1923, 1924, 1925 * Ulpia Serdika Cup ** Winner (1): 1926

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mutafchiev, Nikola 1904 births 1963 deaths Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics PFC Levski Sofia players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Stara Zagora Olympic footballers for Bulgaria 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen