Nikolay Angelov Mitov (born 18 March 1972) is a

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n former

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and a former manager of Hebar Pazardzhik.

Club career

Mitov has played for Bulgarian teams - Hebar, Minyor and Levski, and German teams - Magdeburg and Holstein Kiel. With Levski he has played in 7 matches and has scored one goal.

Managerial career

From 12 April 2013 he is the coach of Levski Sofia after replacing

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. Before that he was assistant-manager in the team. Under his managerial tenure, "Levski" secured crucial victories against major rivals

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and Ludogorets Razgrad, but the team failed to win the

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title after being held to a 1:1 draw with

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in the last round of the league. Mitov parted ways with the "blues" on 12 July 2013, following the team's elimination by

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club

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in the

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. In early December 2013, Mitov was announced as the new manager of

PFC Montana FC Montana ( bg, ФК Монтана) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Montana, which currently plays in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football league system. Montana plays its home matches at the Ogosta S ...

in the

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on a contract until 30 June 2014. He was released from his duties in May 2014 after being unable to secure the team's promotion to the

. Mitov was appointed as manager of

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on 30 August 2016, but decided to resign a few hours later due to a hostile reception from the fans. On 2 March 2017, he was appointed as manager of

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) 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 ...

, replacing

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. After five months of stay, PFC Levski and Nikolay Mitov decided to split by mutual agreement due to poor results. The club thanked the coach for all his work as head of the team and for his responsibility to carry out his duties despite the poor performance of the team. Mr. Mitov received the possibility of one-month specialization in Spain. Instead he returned in charge of Septemvri Sofia after the bad start of the team under

Dimitar Vasev Dimitar Vasev ( bg, Димитър Васев; born 10 September 1965) is a Bulgarian former football player and football manager lastly leading Septemvri Sofia. Career Playing career Born in Sofia, Dimitar Vasev played in his career for Lokom ...

's tenure.Николай Митов се завърна начело на Септември
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Honours

Club

;Levski Sofia * Bulgarian A Group (1):

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References

External links

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Profile at Levskisofia.info
1972 births Living people Bulgarian footballers PFC Levski Sofia players FC Hebar Pazardzhik players 1. FC Magdeburg players PFC Minyor Pernik players Bulgarian football managers PFC Levski Sofia managers FC Montana managers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Botev Plovdiv managers Association football forwards {{Bulgaria-footy-forward-stub