Nikola Kovachev

Nikola Kovachev /Tulata/
Nikola Dimitrov Kovachev

Positions
Center defender

Nationality

BUL Bulgaria

Date of birth

4 June 1934

Date of death

26 November 2009 /age 75 years/

Relatives

career in cska by season

Season Matches Goals
1956 4 0
1957 21 1
1958 11 0
1958/59 24 2
1959/60 22 4
1960/61 29 4
1961/62 28 5
1962/63 27 2
1963/64 32 2
1964/65 1 0
1965/66 7 0

coach career in cska by season

Season Position Matches
1965/66 Assistant coach 26
1966/67 Assistant coach 45
1967/68 Assistant coach 35
1968/69 Assistant coach 36
1969/70 Assistant coach 36
1970/71 Assistant coach 39
1971/72 Assistant coach 45
1972/73 Assistant coach 45
1973/74 Head coach 17
1974/75 Head coach 7
1977/78 Head coach 38
1978/79 Head coach 32

Honours as player at cska

Champion 8× Champion
1956, 1957, 1958, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1965/66
National cup 2× National cup
1960/61, 1964/65

Honours as manager at cska

National cup 1× National cup
1973/74

Playing History

Period Club
Jan 1950 – Dec 1954 Cherveno zname (Blagoevgrad)
Jan 1955 – Oct 1956 SKNA (Plovdiv)
Oct 1956 – Jun 1966 CSKA „Ch. zname“

Coach History

Period Team Position
Dec 1965 – Jul 1973 CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“ Assistant coach
Jan 1974 – Sep 1974 CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“ Head coach
Jul 1977 – Apr 1979 CSKA „Septemvriysko zname“ Head coach

Career in the club

206[1]

Matches

18097[1]

Minutes

20[1]

Goals

0[1]

Yellow cards

3[1]

Red cards
[1] The stats are not correct before 1970
Matches for:
Matches as:

unofficial matches

Friendly games 1958/59

Sportist
(Svoge)

5:4

16 April 1959
 

CDNA
(Sofia)

Allied Armies Spartakiade 1958 — Final

CDNA
(Sofia)

1:0

28 September 1958
Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Partizani
(Tirana)

Allied Armies Spartakiade 1958 — Semifinals

CDNA
(Sofia)

4:3 a.e.t.

25 September 1958 16:00
 

CSK MO
(Moscow)

Allied Armies Spartakiade 1958 — Quarterfinal

CDNA
(Sofia)

4:0

24 September 1958
Paul Greifzu, Dessau

CCA
(București)

Allied Armies Spartakiade 1958 — Group "A" — second round

CDNA
(Sofia)

3:3

21 September 1958
Heinz-Steyer, Dresden

Bayi
(Beijing)

Allied Armies Spartakiade 1958 — Group "A" — first round

CDNA
(Sofia)

5:0

20 September 1958
Heinz-Steyer, Dresden

4.25 SC
(Pyongyang)

Friendly games 1958/59

CDNA
(Sofia)

2:1

16 September 1958 19:30
Vasil Levski, Sofia

Crvena zvezda
(Beograd)

Friendly games 1958/59

Crvena zvezda
(Beograd)

1:2

26 August 1958
JNA, Beograd

CDNA
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1958/59

CDNA
(Sofia)

2:1

10 August 1958 20:15
Vasil Levski, Sofia

Chelsea
(London)

Friendly games 1958

CDNA
(Sofia)

1:1

28 June 1958 18:00
Vasil Levski, Sofia

Club Nacional de Football
(Montevideo)

Friendly games 1958

CDNA
(Sofia)

4:2

18 June 1958 18:00
Vasil Levski, Sofia

Alemannia
(Aachen)

Friendly games 1958

CDNA
(Sofia)

0:0

4 May 1958
Vasil Levski, Sofia

Canto do Rio Foot-Ball Club
(Rio de Janeiro)

Tournament in Antwerp1958 — Final

CDNA
(Sofia)

1:0

7 April 1958
Bosuilstadion, Antwerp

Rot-Weiss
(Essen)

Tournament in Antwerp1958 — Semifinals

CDNA
(Sofia)

2:2

6 April 1958
Bosuilstadion, Antwerp

Olympique
(Lyonnais)

Friendly games 1958

La Voulte
(Valence)

1:5

30 March 1958 17:00
 

CDNA
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1958

Racing Club de Paris

4:6

26 March 1958
Parc des Princes, Paris

CDNA
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1958

Chelsea
(London)

1:1

25 March 1958 19:30
Stamford Bridge, London

CDNA
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1957

CDNA
(Sofia)

6:0

16 July 1957 18:00
Vasil Levski, Sofia

Beykozspor
(Istanbul)

Friendly games 1957

Beykozspor
(Istanbul)

0:2

26 March 1957
Midhat Pasa, Istanbul

CDNA
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1957

İzmirspor
(İzmir)

0:6

24 March 1957
Yeşilyurt , Izmir

CDNA
(Sofia)