Nikola Kolev
Nikola Kolev (Bulgarian: Никола Колев; born 6 June 1995) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Etar Veliko Tarnovo.[2][3]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikola Peychev Kolev | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Targovishte, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Etar | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | Svetkavitsa | ||
| 2007–2008 | Vilafranca | ||
| 2008–2012 | Litex Lovech | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Litex Lovech | 54 | (0) |
| 2016 | Litex Lovech II | 10 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | CSKA Sofia II | 19 | (3) |
| 2016–2019 | CSKA Sofia | 11 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | → Etar (loan) | 48 | (0) |
| 2019– | Etar | 11 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Bulgaria U17 | 8 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Bulgaria U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Bulgaria U21 | 11 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:37, 20 September 2016 (UTC) | |||
Career
Youth career
Kolev started his career in Svetkavitsa. In 2007, he joined the Gillette youth academy and he was chosen by Hristo Stoichkov to join him for one year at the academy. After the one year with Vilafranca he chose to join the Bulgarian club Litex Lovech.
Litex Lovech
He became a champion with elite youth under-19 team of Litex for 2010-2011 season.[4] In end of 2011 he joined in first team from the coach Hristo Stoichkov. Nikola Kolev made his first team debut for Litex Lovech against Levski Sofia on 29 March 2012 at age 16 years, 9 months and 23 days.[5]
CSKA Sofia
In June 2016 he and big part of the Litex squad moved to CSKA Sofia.[6]
Etar
On 6 September 2017, Kolev was loaned to Etar Veliko Tarnovo.[7] In June 2018, Kolev started pre-season training with his parent club put subsequently his loan was extended until the end of the year.[8]
Club statistics
Club
- As of 2 May 2019[3]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Litex Lovech | 2011–12 | A Group | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Total | 54 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 3 | ||
| Litex Lovech II | 2015–16 | B Group | 10 | 1 | – | – | 10 | 1 | ||
| CSKA Sofia II | 2016–17 | Second League | 19 | 3 | – | – | 19 | 3 | ||
| CSKA Sofia | 2016–17 | First League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | First League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Etar (loan) | 2017–18 | First League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | First League | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 49 | 0 | |||
| Career Total | 142 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 156 | 7 | ||
References
- "Профил на Никола Колев". Etar Veliko Tarnovo official website. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- "Nikola Kolev Facts". footballdatabase.eu.
- Kolev Stats
- Литекс е шампион в Елитната до 19 г.
- Литекс победи Левски, първенството се завърза sportni.bg
- "Осем нови футболисти в ЦСКА!" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg (originally published in blitz.bg). 9 June 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- "ЦСКА преотстъпва двама на Етър" (in Bulgarian). etarvt.bg. 6 September 2017.
- "Отборът за новия сезон" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 7 July 2018.