- Nikolay Arabov
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Nikolay Arabov Personal information Date of birth 14 November 1953 Place of birth Sliven, Bulgaria Playing position Centre-back Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1971–1986 Sliven 310 (8) 1987 Spartak Pleven 14 (1) 1987 Anagennisi 23 (1) 1988 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 7 (0) 1988–1992 Cherveno Zname ? (?) 1992–1993 KF Tirana ? (?) 1993–1994 Sliven 25 (0) National team 1976–1986 Bulgaria 42 (0) Teams managed Akademik Svishtov – KF Tirana – KF Partizani – KS Flamurtari * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Nikolay Arabov (Bulgarian: Николай Арабов) (born 14 November 1953) is a former Bulgarian footballer and Bulgaria international. He was a defender.
Career
Arabov made his debut for Sliven in 1971 and stayed in the club for 15 years, with 310 games in A PFG. Capped 42 times for the Bulgaria national football team in the period 1976 - 1986,[1] including 3 games at 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.[2] Arabov has also played for Spartak Pleven, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Anagennisi Dherynia and Albanian KF Tirana before returning to Sliven for its last season in A PFG (1993). After his retirement as a player Arabov worked for long years in Albania, coaching KF Tirana, KF Partizani and KS Flamurtari.
References
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto (2009-10-29). "Bulgaria - Record International Players". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/bulg-recintlp.html.
- ^ Nikolay Arabov – FIFA competition record
Bulgaria squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Mihaylov • 2 Sirakov • 3 Arabov • 4 Petrov • 5 Dimitrov (c) • 6 Zhelyazkov • 7 Iskrenov • 8 Sadakov • 9 Mladenov • 10 Gospodinov • 11 Getov • 12 Zdravkov • 13 A. Markov • 14 P. Markov • 15 Yordanov • 16 Dragolov • 17 Kolev • 18 Velichkov • 19 Pashev • 20 Kostadinov • 21 Dyakov • 22 Valov • Coach: VutsovCategories:- 1953 births
- Living people
- Bulgarian footballers
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- Bulgaria international footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- OFC Sliven 2000 players
- PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
- KF Tirana players
- Bulgarian expatriate footballers
- Bulgarian A Professional Football Group players
- Bulgarian football defender stubs
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