Rosen Rosenov Kolev (Bulgarian: Росен Колев; born 4 July 1990) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]

Rosen Kolev
Kolev in January 2011
Personal information
Full name Rosen Rosenov Kolev
Date of birth (1990-07-04) 4 July 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
CSKA Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 CSKA Sofia 0 (0)
2010Bdin Vidin (loan) 10 (1)
2010 Kom-Minyor 16 (2)
2011–2013 Cherno More 64 (4)
2014–2015 Botev Plovdiv 13 (0)
2015–2016 Volga Nizhny Novgorod 20 (1)
2016–2017 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 24 (0)
2017–2019 Pegasus 27 (1)
2019–2022 Dunav Ruse 17 (0)
International career
2011–2012 Bulgaria U21 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Early career

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Kolev started to play football in CSKA Sofia's youth teams. In June 2007, English side Reading officially invited Rosen to join the training sessions of their U-19 team for one week.[citation needed]

Kolev's professional career started in 2008 but during that season he didn't make an appearance for the first team and in January 2010 was sent on loan to B PFG side Bdin Vidin. Rosen made his debut for Bdin on 27 February 2010 in a 1–2 away loss against Balkan Botevgrad.

Kom-Minyor

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In June 2010 his contract with CSKA was mutually terminated and Kolev joined Kom-Minyor. He made his Kom-Minyor début on 31 July 2010 in the away game versus Chavdar Byala Slatina. Kolev got his first goal on 11 September, in a 2–2 home draw against Septemvri Simitli. On 2 October he scored his 2nd League goal of the season against Vihren Sandanski in a 1–0 win. He continued his scoring in the season by scoring Kom-Minyor's second goal in a 2–0 win against Botev Krivodol of the Bulgarian Cup on 20 November.

Botev Plovdiv

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Kolev joined Botev Plovdiv on 11 July 2014.[2] Nine days later, on 20 July, he made his debut during the 1–0 win over Lokomotiv Sofia.[3] Kolev did not play in any official games in 2015 and on 25 May his contract with Botev was mutually terminated. Kolev left the team after playing in 11 games.[4]

Peagsus

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On 28 July 2017, Pegasus announced that they had signed Kolev.[5]

On 8 July 2019, it was revealed that Kolev had left the club.[6]

Statistics

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As of 1 July 2019

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CSKA Sofia 2008–09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009–10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bdin Vidin 2009–10 10 1 0 0 10 1
Kom-Minyor 2010–11 16 2 2 1 18 3
Cherno More 2010–11 8 1 1 0 9 1
2011–12 21 1 1 0 22 1
2012–13 25 2 4 1 29 3
2013–14 10 0 2 0 12 0
Lyubimets 2007 2013–14 3 0 0 0 3 0
Botev Plovdiv 2014–15 10 0 0 0 10 0
Volga NN 2015–16 20 1 2 0 22 1
Yenisey 2016–17 14 0 0 0 14 0
Pegasus 2017–18 13 0 2 0 15 0
2018–19 14 1 1 0 15 1
Dunav Ruse 2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career totals 164 9 15 2 0 0 179 11

References

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  1. ^ "Rosen Kolev Facts". Footballdatabase.eu.
  2. ^ Ботев с трети летен трансфер, привлече Росен Колев
  3. ^ "Ботев тръгна с победа в "А" група, 1:0 срещу Локомотив Сф". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  4. ^ Ботев се раздели с Росен Колев
  5. ^ "香港飛馬2017-2018球季陣容". Facebook. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  6. ^ Tsang, Ngan Ping. "飛馬新季大換血". Apple Daily. Retrieved 8 July 2019. (in Chinese)