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{{short description|Bulgarian footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Angel Chervenkov
| image = Angel Chervenkov pic.jpg
| image_size = 275
| fullname= Angel Dimitrov Chervenkov
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|6|10|df=y}} 
| birth_place = [[Bolyarovo]], [[People's Republic of Bulgaria|Bulgaria PR]]
| height = 
| currentclub = [[FC Minyor Pernik|Minyor Pernik]] (manager)
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Defender (football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1980–1981 
| years2 = 1981–1984 
| years3 = 1984–1987 
| years4 = 1987–1989 
| years5 = 1989–1994 
| years6 = 1994–1996
| clubs1 = [[FC Tundzha|Tundzha]] 
| clubs2 = [[PFC CSKA Sofia II|CSKA Sofia II]]
| clubs3 = [[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]] 
| clubs4 = [[FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa|Lokomotiv Gorna]] 
| clubs5 = [[F.C. Etar|Etar Veliko Tarnovo]] 
| clubs6 = [[PFC Montana|Montana]]
| caps1 = 14 
| caps2 = 83 
| caps3 = 70 
| caps4 = 57 
| caps5 = 121 
| caps6 = 50 
| goals1 = 2 
| goals2 = 30 
| goals3 = 9 
| goals4 = 4 
| goals5 = 21 
| goals6 = 6 
| nationalyears1 = 1984–1987
| nationalteam1 = [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 5 
| nationalgoals1 = 0 
| manageryears1 = 1999–2001
| manageryears2 = 2001–2002 
| manageryears3 = 2002–2003 
| manageryears4 = 2003–2007 
| manageryears5 = 2007 
| manageryears6 = 2007 
| manageryears7 = 2009–2010 
| manageryears8 = 2010–2011
| manageryears9 = 2012
| manageryears10 = 2014
| manageryears11 = 2015
| manageryears12 = 2016
| manageryears13 = 2018–2019
| manageryears14 = 2023–2024
| manageryears15 = 2025–
| managerclubs1 = [[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]] (yourth) 
| managerclubs2 = [[PFC Cherno More Varna|Cherno More]] 
| managerclubs3 = [[PFC Minyor Bobov dol|Minyor Bobov Dol]] 
| managerclubs4 = [[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]] (assistant) 
| managerclubs5 = [[FBK Kaunas|Kaunas]] 
| managerclubs6 = [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]]
| managerclubs7 = [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]] 
| managerclubs8 = [[PFC Sevastopol|Sevastopol]]
| managerclubs9 = [[1.FC Tatran Presov|Tatran Presov]]
| managerclubs10 = [[FC Sevastopol|Sevastopol]]
| managerclubs11 = [[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]]
| managerclubs12 = [[FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa|Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa]]
| managerclubs13 = [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]]
| managerclubs14 = [[FC Yambol|Yambol]]
| managerclubs15 = [[FC Minyor Pernik|Minyor Pernik]]
}}
'''Angel Chervenkov''' ({{langx|bg|Ангел Димитров Червенков}}, born 10 June 1964) is a [[Bulgaria]]n former [[football (soccer)|footballer]] and football manager, who currently works as manager at [[FC Minyor Pernik|Minyor Pernik]].

==Career==

===As a player===
As a footballer, Chervenkov played as a [[Defender (football)|defender]] for Tundzha [[Yambol]] (1980–1981), [[PFC CSKA Sofia II|CSKA Sofia II]] (1981–1984), [[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]] (1984–1987), Lokomotiv [[Gorna Oryahovitsa]] (1987–1989), [[F.C. Etar|Etar Veliko Tarnovo]] (1989–1994) and [[PFC Montana|Montana]] (1994–1996). In Bulgaria's top division, the [[A PFG]], Chervenkov had 298 matches and 40 goals. He won the championship twice, in 1987 with CSKA and in 1991 with Etar, once finished second (with CSKA in 1985) and once third (with Etar in 1990). With CSKA, Chervenkov has two [[Bulgarian Cup]] trophies (1985 and 1987) and two Cup of the Soviet Army trophies (1985 and 1986). In the European tournaments, he has featured in 6 matches, scoring once (in one of his two matches for Etar, the rest being for CSKA). Internationally, Chervenkov has 5 caps for the [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria national team]]. He participated in European Championship 1991/92.

===As a manager===
Chervenkov started his coaching career in CSKA's youth academy being there from 1999 to 2001. Then he worked as assistant manager at Cherno More Varna in 2002. Year later he return in [[PFC CSKA Sofia|CSKA Sofia]] First team as assistant manager (2003 - 2007 ) and won Bulgarian Title (2005) Bulgarian cup (2006) and Bulgarian Supercup (2007). In 2007, he took in charge [[FBK Kaunas]] and won Lithuanian Supercup. 
Later that year he became manager of [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/aug/13/match.Aberdeen |title=Hearts 1–1 Aberdeen |newspaper=The Guardian |last=Murray |first=Ewan |date=13 August 2007 |access-date=23 August 2020}}</ref> In 2010, he won the [[Bulgarian A PFG|Bulgarian A Group]] with [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]].<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=934473.html ]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

He managed in [[Ukraine]] FC Sevastopol twice (2011, 2014 ), Arsenal Kyiv (2015) and [[Slovakia]] FC Tatran Presov (2012), and on 8 June 2016 returned to Bulgarian football becoming a manager of [[FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa|Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa]] who had been promoted to the new top level division in Bulgaria - [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|Parva Liga]]. In 2018 he was invited to manage [[Chornomorets Odesa]].

==Honours==

===Manager honours===
*'''[[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]]'''
** [[Bulgarian A PFG]]: 2009–10
*'''[[FBK Kaunas]]'''
** [[Lithuanian Supercup|Lithuanian Super Cup]]: 2007
*'''[[PFC CSKA Sofia]]'''
** [[Bulgarian Supercup]] 2007
** [[Bulgarian Cup]] 2006
** [[Bulgarian A PFG]]: 2004–05

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Footballfacts.ru}}

{{PFC Litex Lovech managers}}
{{1. FC Tatran Prešov managers}}
{{PFC Sevastopol managers}}
{{FC Arsenal Kyiv managers}}
{{FC Chornomorets Odesa managers}}
{{PFC Minyor Pernik squad}}
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