Nikolay Krastev

Nikolay Krastev

Personal information
Full name	Nikolay Dimov Krastev
Date of birth	(1979-10-29) 29 October 1979
Place of birth	Burgas, Bulgaria
Height
Position(s)	Defender (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2006	Naftex Burgas	143	(7)
2006–2011	Chernomorets Burgas	94	(14)
2011–2012	Chernomorets Pomorie	14	(0)
Total		251	(21)
International career‡
2003–2004	Bulgaria	6	(0)
Managerial career
2012	Chernomorets Pomorie (assistant manager)
2012–	Chernomorets Burgas (youth coach)
2014–	Chernomorets Burgas (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 2009

Nikolay Krastev (Bulgarian: Николай Кръстев) (born 29 October 1979) is a former Bulgarian footballer, who played as a defender. Krastev is a central/left defender and captain of the team. He was raised in Naftex's youth teams.

Career

Krastev started his career in Naftex Burgas and played for home team nine seasons. In 2003 and 2004 he is a part of Bulgaria national football team. For Bulgaria Krastev was capped six times. The defender signed with Chernomorets Burgas in June 2006 for free transfer. With the club Krastev played in a matches of Intertoto Cup 2008 against Slovenian ND Gorica and Swiss Grasshopper Club Zürich. In January 2011 he sign with Chernomorets Pomorie.

External links

• Nikolay Krastev at National-Football-Teams.com