Angel Kolev

Angel Kolev
Personal information
Date of birth	22 August 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1982	Lokomotiv Sofia
1982–1984	AEK Athens
1984	Shumen
International career
1976–1979	Bulgaria
Managerial career
1985–1988	Lokomotiv Sofia (assistant)
1990–1991	Akademik Svishtov
1991–1994	Lokomotiv Sofia
1995–1996	Alki Larnaca
1996–1997	AC Omonia
1998–1999	Enosis Neon Paralimni
2001	Lokomotiv Sofia
2002–2003	Ermis Aradippou
2016	Lokomotiv Sofia
2018	Lokomotiv Sofia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Angel Kolev (Bulgarian: Ангел Колев; born 22 August 1953) is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer.^[1] He is currently Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia's director of football.^[2]

Club career

Kolev started his football career at Lokomotiv Sofia, where he was established and played 10 years, becoming their captain winning a league in 1978 and a Bulgarian Cup in 1982.

The release of the injured Hristo Bonev from AEK Athens in the summer of 1982 brought him to the Greek club, with very good letters of recommendation, since the reputation that accompanied Bulgarian international midfielder was that he was a complete midfielder who would help AEK a lot to escape from the looming decline. Kolev did not live up to expectations, the transfer of the president of the club, Zafiropoulos. As if that wasn't enough, he also "sat" on his contract the following season, occupying the extremely valuable position of a foreigner. He did not actively participate in the Greek Cup in 1983. The inaction at AEK and the will of the footballer himself, led him to the decision to retire as a football player, in 1985 at the age of only 33, since his presence in Shumen, was also disappointing.^[3]