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 1957

CDNA
(Sofia)

2:0

10 March 1957
Narodna armiya, Sofia

Minyor
(Dimitrovo)

Friendly games 1957

CDNA
(Sofia)

4:1

7 March 1957 15:30
Narodna armiya, Sofia

Lokomotiv
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1957

SKNA
(Plovdiv)

0:4

3 February 1957
Hristo Botev, Plovdiv

CDNA
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1957

Lokomotiv
(Plovdiv)

0:5

1 February 1957
Hristo Botev, Plovdiv

CDNA
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1957

CDNA
(Sofia)

6:0

19 January 1957
 

Akademik
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1956

CDNA
(Sofia)

3:1

25 October 1956
Vasil Levski, Sofia

SC Wacker
(Wien)

Friendly games 1956

CDNA
(Sofia)

4:2

23 September 1956 16:30
Vasil Levski, Sofia

Partizan
(Beograd)

Friendly games 1956

Malmö FF

1:2

12 June 1956
 

CDNA
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1956

Djurgardens IF
(Stockholm)

2:6

10 June 1956
 

CDNA
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1956

IFK Göteborg

0:2

8 June 1956
 

CDNA
(Sofia)

Friendly games 1956

CDNA
(Sofia)

4:1

27 May 1956
Vasil Levski, Sofia

Luton Town FC
(Luton)