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{{short description|Bulgarian footballer and manager}}
{{distinguish|Nikolay Kostov (footballer, born 1986)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Nikolov|Kostov|lang=Bulgarian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nikolay Kostov
| image = Nikolay Kostov in 2023.jpg
| image_size = 200
| fullname = Nikolay Nikolov Kostov
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|7|2|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Dobrich]], Bulgaria
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1981–1988
| years2 = 1988–1989
| years3 = 1989–1990
| years4 = 1990–1993
| years5 = 1994
| years6 = 1994
| clubs1 = [[FC Dobrudzha Dobrich|Dobrudzha Dobrich]]
| clubs2 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]
| clubs3 = [[PFC Slavia Sofia|Slavia Sofia]]
| clubs4 = [[Anorthosis Famagusta F.C.|Anorthosis]]
| clubs5 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]
| clubs6 = [[FC Spartak Varna|Spartak Varna]]
| caps1 = 192
| goals1 = 74
| caps2 = 6
| goals2 = 0
| caps3 = 29
| goals3 = 9
| caps4 = 
| goals4 = 
| caps5 = 2
| goals5 = 0
| caps6 = 3
| goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 
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| manageryears1 = 1996
| manageryears2 = 2001–2002
| manageryears3 = 2003–2004
| manageryears4 = 2004–2005
| manageryears5 = 2005–2006
| manageryears6 = 2006–2007
| manageryears7 = 2007–2008
| manageryears8 = 2008–2010
| manageryears9 = 2011–2012
| manageryears10 = 2012–2013
| manageryears11 = 2014
| manageryears12 = 2014–2015
| manageryears13 = 2015–2016
| manageryears14 = 2017–2018
| manageryears15 = 2018–2019
| manageryears16 = 2022
| manageryears17 = 2023–2024
| managerclubs1 = [[PFC Dobrudzha Dobrich|Dobrudzha Dobrich]] (assistant)
| managerclubs2 = [[Anorthosis Famagusta F.C.|Anorthosis]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Onisilos Sotira]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Olympiakos Nicosia]]
| managerclubs5 = [[AEK Larnaca]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Olympiakos Nicosia]]
| managerclubs7 = [[FC Banants|Banants Yerevan]]
| managerclubs8 = [[FC Metalurh Donetsk|Metalurh Donetsk]]
| managerclubs9 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]
| managerclubs10 = [[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]]
| managerclubs11 = [[SC Tavriya Simferopol|Tavriya Simferopol]]
| managerclubs12 = [[FC Tosno|Tosno]]
| managerclubs13 = [[Botev Plovdiv]]
| managerclubs14 = [[FC Stal Kamianske|Stal Kamianske]]
| managerclubs15 = [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]]
| managerclubs16 = [[FC Caspiy|Caspiy]]
| managerclubs17 = [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]]
}}

'''Nikolay Nikolov Kostov''' ({{langx|bg|Николай Николов Костов}}; born 2 July 1963) is a [[Bulgaria]]n former footballer and current manager.

==Career==
Much of his coaching career has taken place in Cyprus. His first coaching role in the country was at [[Anorthosis Famagusta F.C.|Anorthosis]], where he won the [[Cypriot Cup]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite news|title=11 Cups|publisher=Metallurg Donetsk FC}}</ref> In 2006, he joined [[Olympiakos Nicosia]], but was replaced by [[Juan Ramon Rocha]] in October 2006.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Hammond |editor-first=Mike  |title=The European Football Yearbook 2007/08 |publisher=M Press Media|location=London |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-9555917-2-3|page=398}}</ref> He was the coach for [[Metalurh Donetsk]] from 2008 to 2010, a role from which he resigned in November 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The officials of FC Metallurg Donetsk accepted Kostov's resignation|publisher=Metallurg Donetsk FC}}</ref>

On 4 November 2011, he was revealed as the new manager of [[Levski Sofia]]. His contract ran until the end of the 2011–12 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gong.bg/view_article.php?article_id=234609|title=Officially: Nikolay Kostov will lead Levski until the end of the season (bulgarian)|publisher=gong.bg|access-date=2011-11-04}}</ref> He resigned from his position on 26 March 2012, after enduring his first and only defeat with the club - a 0:1 home loss against [[Minyor Pernik]]. In late July 2012, Kostov was appointed as the new head coach of [[Karpaty Lviv]].

On 11 November 2015, Nikolay Kostov was appointed as the new head coach of [[Botev Plovdiv]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://botevplovdiv.bg/Nikolai-Kostov-poema-Botev-3268.html |title=Николай Костов поема Ботев |access-date=21 December 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222152133/https://botevplovdiv.bg/Nikolai-Kostov-poema-Botev-3268.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 24 August 2016, he was released from his duties.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://botevplovdiv.bg/Ostavkite-na-sportniia-shtab-sa-prieti-Nikolai-Kirov-i-Ivan-Kochev-vodiat-otbora-sreshtu-Neftohimik-3619.html |title=Оставките на спортния щаб са приети, Николай Киров и Иван Кочев водят отбора срещу Нефтохимик |access-date=12 September 2016 |archive-date=13 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913123414/https://botevplovdiv.bg/Ostavkite-na-sportniia-shtab-sa-prieti-Nikolai-Kirov-i-Ivan-Kochev-vodiat-otbora-sreshtu-Neftohimik-3619.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After several years of coaching in Ukraine and Kazakhstan, on 13 June 2023, Kostov returned to [[PFC Levski Sofia|Levski Sofia]].<ref>[https://levski.bg/%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b9-%d0%ba%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d0%be%d0%b2-%d0%b5-%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b8%d1%8f%d1%82-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%88%d0%b8-%d1%82%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%8c%d0%be/ Николай Костов е новият старши треньор на "Левски"]</ref>

==Honours==
*'''[[Anorthosis]]'''
**[[Cypriot Cup]]: 2002

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://levskisofia.info/coach/nikolay-kostov/ Profile at LevskiSofia.info]
* {{FootballFacts.ru}}

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