Nikolay Nikolov Kostov (; born 2 July 1963) is a

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n former footballer and current manager.

Career

Much of his coaching career has taken place in Cyprus. His first coaching role in the country was at Anorthosis, where he won the

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup, formally known as the Cypriot Coca-Cola Cup of First and Second Division () for sponsorship purposes, is a Cypriot knockout football club competition, hosted annually by the Cyprus Football Association. First held in 1934, it i ...

in 2002. In 2006, he joined

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia (, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the . The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. ...

, but was replaced by Juan Ramon Rocha in October 2006. He was the coach for Metalurh Donetsk from 2008 to 2010, a role from which he resigned in November 2010. On 4 November 2011, he was revealed as the new manager of

Levski Sofia PFC Levski Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 by a group of high sc ...

. His contract ran until the end of the 2011–12 season. He resigned from his position on 26 March 2012, after enduring his first and only defeat with the club - a 0:1 home loss against Minyor Pernik. In late July 2012, Kostov was appointed as the new head coach of Karpaty Lviv. On 11 November 2015, Nikolay Kostov was appointed as the new head coach of

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 ...

. On 24 August 2016, he was released from his duties. After several years of coaching in Ukraine and Kazakhstan, on 13 June 2023, Kostov returned to

.Николай Костов е новият старши треньор на "Левски"
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Honours

* Anorthosis **

: 2002

References

External links

Profile at LevskiSofia.info
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kostov, Nikolay 1963 births Footballers from Dobrich Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Dobrudzha Dobrich players PFC Levski Sofia players PFC Slavia Sofia players Anorthosis Famagusta FC players FC Spartak Varna players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot First Division players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Bulgarian football managers Anorthosis Famagusta FC managers Olympiakos Nicosia managers AEK Larnaca FC managers FC Urartu managers FC Metalurh Donetsk managers PFC Levski Sofia managers FC Karpaty Lviv managers SC Tavriya Simferopol managers FC Tosno managers Botev Plovdiv managers FC Stal Kamianske managers FC Shakhter Karagandy managers FC Caspiy managers Cypriot First Division managers Armenian Premier League managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Russian First League managers Kazakhstan Premier League managers Bulgarian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Expatriate football managers in Armenia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Expatriate football managers in Ukraine Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate football managers in Russia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate football managers in Kazakhstan Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen