Full name Asen Ivanov Bukarev 1990–1997 CSKA Sofia Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria Name Asen Bukarev | Role Footballer Position Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1979-02-07) 7 February 1979 (age 36) | ||
Playing position Current team Levski Sofia (Scout) | ||
Asen Ivanov Bukarev (Bulgarian: Асен Иванов Букарев) (born 7 February 1979) is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer. He is currently working as an assistant manager of Levski Sofia.
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Bukarev was honoured as Footballer of the Year of Varna for 2002.
Clubs
On the club level, Bukarev has played for PFC Haskovo (1997–1998), Akademik Sofia (1998), CSKA Sofia (1998–2002), Cherno More Varna (2002–2003) and Levski Sofia (2003–2006). He ended his career as a 27-year-old at the end of the 2005-2006 season, because of a serious injury.
International career
Bukarev earned his first cap with Bulgaria in 2001 and has since earned 4 caps for his country. For Bulgaria U-21 he played in 18 caps, scoring 3 goals.
Coaching career
In June 2009 he had been appointed as an assistant coach of Velislav Vutsov in Slavia Sofia.
On 31 May 2010 Bukarev left Slavia Sofia after the departure of manager Velislav Vutsov. On 4 August 2017, following the departure of Nikolay Mitov, Asen Bukarev was appointed as caretaker manager of Levski Sofia. He moved back to assistant role on 8 August, following the appointment of Delio Rossi as manager.