Full name Nikola Asenov Spasov Years Team Height 1.80 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name Nikola Spasov Position Forward | |
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Date of birth (1958-12-15) 15 December 1958 (age 57) | ||
NIKOLA SPASOV '97 pts 20, reb 6, ass 5, stl 2,fouls drawn 9 ,PIR 31 !
Nikola Spasov '97 - Nibak - Season 2014/15
Nikola Asenov Spasov (Bulgarian: Никола Спасов; born 15 December 1958) is a Bulgarian retired footballer who played as a striker and the current manager of Tsarsko Selo Sofia.
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- NIKOLA SPASOV 97 pts 20 reb 6 ass 5 stl 2fouls drawn 9 PIR 31
- Nikola Spasov 97 Nibak Season 201415
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- Honours
- As a coach
- Personal life
- References
Playing career
Born in Sofia, Spasov played for PFC Lokomotiv Sofia, FC Dunav Ruse, PFC Cherno More Varna and PFC Spartak Varna in his country. With the first club, he won the Bulgarian League in his first professional season.
Spasov moved to Portugal in December 1986, and remained in the nation for the following seven years, representing five teams. In the 1989–90 campaign he scored a career-best 34 goals for F.C. Paços de Ferreira, which however failed to promote them from the second division; in the top flight he played with S.C. Farense, S.C. Beira-Mar and Paços.
In June 1994, after one season in his homeland with former team Cherno More, Spasov retired from football at nearly 36 years of age.
Coaching career
Spasov started managing in Portugal and Spain, in both countries at amateur level. In 2003, he was appointed at PFC Marek Dupnitsa in his country, switching to the Republic of Macedonia and FK Bregalnica Štip the following season.
From 2006 and during four years, Spasov worked with former club Cherno More, as assistant, head coach and scout. In 2011, he returned to Bregalnica.
Honours
As a coach
Personal life
Spasov's younger brother, Yulian (born 1963), was also a footballer. A midfielder, he too represented Spartak and Cherno More Varna, and also spent several years as a professional in Portugal (nine seasons, including eight with Paços de Ferreira).