Asen Bukarev

Asen Bukarev

Personal information
Full name	Asen Ivanov Bukarev
Date of birth	(1979-02-07) 7 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1997	CSKA Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2002	CSKA Sofia	127	(17)
1997–1998	→ Haskovo (loan)	14	(2)
1998	→ Akademik Sofia (loan)	6	(0)
2002–2003	Cherno More	25	(3)
2003–2006	Levski Sofia	48	(4)
Total		180	(23)
International career
1998–2001	Bulgaria U21	18	(3)
2001–2004	Bulgaria	4	(0)
Managerial career
2008	Bulgaria U21 (Assistant)
2009–2013	Slavia Sofia (Assistant)
2013	Slavia Sofia
2015–2017	Levski Sofia (Assistant)
2017–2018	Levski Sofia (Director of Football)
2018–2019	Levski Sofia (Assistant)
2019	Latvia (Assistant)
2020	Vitosha Bistritsa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Asen Ivanov Bukarev (Bulgarian: Асен Иванов Букарев) is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer. He is currently working as a manager of Vitosha Bistritsa.

Bukarev was honoured as Footballer of the Year of Varna for 2002.

Career

Clubs

On the club level, Bukarev has played for PFC Haskovo (1997–1998), Akademik Sofia (1998), CSKA Sofia (1998–2002), Cherno More Varna (2002–2003) and Levski Sofia (2003–2006). He ended his career as a 27-year-old at the end of the 2005-2006 season, because of a serious injury from which he recovered, though the medical advice was not to risk continuing to train in accordance with the requirements for professionals.[1]

International career

Bukarev earned his first cap with Bulgaria on 24 January 2001 in the 2:0 win against Mexico in a friendly match[2] and made a total of 4 appearances for his country.[3] For the Bulgaria U-21 he played in 18 matches, scoring 3 goals.

Coaching career

In June 2009 he had been appointed as an assistant coach of Velislav Vutsov in Slavia Sofia.
On 31 May 2010 Bukarev left Slavia Sofia after the departure of manager Velislav Vutsov.[4] On 4 August 2017, following the departure of Nikolay Mitov, Asen Bukarev was appointed as caretaker manager of Levski Sofia.[5] He moved back to assistant role on 8 August, following the appointment of Delio Rossi as manager.[6] In late December 2019, he was appointed as manager of Vitosha Bistritsa.

Personal

Bukarev's father, Ivan, and his brother, Dimitar, are both employed within the field of medicine. His mother, Lidiya, is a historian-archivist.[7]

Honours

CSKA Sofia

• Bulgarian Cup: 1998-99

Levski Sofia

• A PFG: 2005-06
• Bulgarian Cup: 2004-05

References

1. Yanakiev, Todor (27 October 2006). "Асен Букарев: Горд съм с това, което постигнах!" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "ФУТБОЛ: България започна 2001 година с победа над Мексико". news.bg. 25 January 2001. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
3. "Asen Bukarev - matches and goals for Bulgaria". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
4. "И Букарев си тръгна от Славия" (in Bulgarian). Gong.bg. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
5. "Промени в треньорския щаб на клуба" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 4 August 2017.
6. "Официално представяне на Делио Роси като старши треньор на ПФК ЛЕВСКИ" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
7. Zdravkova, Yanina (24 April 2004). "Иван Букарев не пропуска мач на сина си Асен" (in Bulgarian). sega.bg. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Asen Bukarev at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at Levskisofia.info