Nikolay Minkov
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikolay Minkov Minkov | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Silistra, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botev Plovdiv | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | Cherno More | ||
| 2011–2013 | Litex Lovech | ||
| 2013 | Spartak Varna | ||
| 2013–2015 | Cherno More | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Cherno More | 25 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Dobrudzha (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2018 | CSKA 1948 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019 | Dobrudzha | 13 | (2) |
| 2019–2021 | Montana | 50 | (5) |
| 2021– | Botev Plovdiv | 140 | (11) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Bulgaria U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | Bulgaria U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018 | Bulgaria U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Bulgaria | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 September 2025 | |||
Nikolay Minkov Minkov (Bulgarian: Николай Минков Минков; born 13 August 1997[2]) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a right winger and right back for Botev Plovdiv.
Club
In January 2014, Minkov was included in Cherno More's 25-man squad for their training camp in Turkey.[3] Nikolay made his full first team league début in a 1–2 home defeat against Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 26 May 2015, playing as striker. On 21 May 2017, he scored his first goal for Cherno More in a 1–2 away defeat by Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[4] He won the Man of the match award despite the loss.[5]
On 15 January 2016, Minkov joined Dobrudzha Dobrich on loan for the rest of the 2015–16 B Group season.[6]
Minkov's contract expired at the end of the 2017–18 season and he left the club after refusing to sign an extension.[7]
On 18 June 2018, Minkov signed with Second League club CSKA 1948.[8]
On 1 July 2021, Minkov signed with First League club Botev Plovdiv.
International
In the autumn of 2024, he received his first call-up to the national team for the November UEFA Nations League matches against Luxembourg and Belarus,[9] but did not make an appearance.
Career statistics
As of 28 April 2018[update]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cherno More | 2014–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Dobrudzha Dobrich (loan) | 2015–16 | 13 | 3 | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||
| Cherno More | 2016–17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 38 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4 | |
