Rosen Kolev

Rosen Kolev

Kolev in January 2011
Personal information
Full name	Rosen Rosenov Kolev
Date of birth	(1990-07-04) 4 July 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	CSKA Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	CSKA Sofia	0	(0)
2010	→ Bdin Vidin (loan)	10	(1)
2010	Kom-Minyor	16	(2)
2011–2013	Cherno More	64	(4)
2014–2015	Botev Plovdiv	13	(0)
2015–2016	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	20	(1)
2016–2017	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	24	(0)
2017–2019	Pegasus	27	(1)
2019–2022	Dunav Ruse	17	(0)
International career
2011–2012	Bulgaria U21	12	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rosen Rosenov Kolev (Bulgarian: Росен Колев; born 4 July 1990) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]

Career

Early career

Kolev started to play football in CSKA Sofia's youth teams. In June 2007, English side Reading officially invited Rosen to join the training sessions of their U-19 team for one week.^[citation needed]

Kolev's professional career started in 2008 but during that season he didn't make an appearance for the first team and in January 2010 was sent on loan to B PFG side Bdin Vidin. Rosen made his debut for Bdin on 27 February 2010 in a 1–2 away loss against Balkan Botevgrad.

Kom-Minyor

In June 2010 his contract with CSKA was mutually terminated and Kolev joined Kom-Minyor. He made his Kom-Minyor début on 31 July 2010 in the away game versus Chavdar Byala Slatina. Kolev got his first goal on 11 September, in a 2–2 home draw against Septemvri Simitli. On 2 October he scored his 2nd League goal of the season against Vihren Sandanski in a 1–0 win. He continued his scoring in the season by scoring Kom-Minyor's second goal in a 2–0 win against Botev Krivodol of the Bulgarian Cup on 20 November.

Botev Plovdiv

Kolev joined Botev Plovdiv on 11 July 2014.[2] Nine days later, on 20 July, he made his debut during the 1–0 win over Lokomotiv Sofia.[3] Kolev did not play in any official games in 2015 and on 25 May his contract with Botev was mutually terminated. Kolev left the team after playing in 11 games.[4]

Peagsus

On 28 July 2017, Pegasus announced that they had signed Kolev.[5]

On 8 July 2019, it was revealed that Kolev had left the club.[6]

Statistics

As of 1 July 2019^[update]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
CSKA Sofia	2008–09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2009–10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bdin Vidin	2009–10	10	1	0	0	–	–	10	1
Kom-Minyor	2010–11	16	2	2	1	–	–	18	3
Cherno More	2010–11	8	1	1	0	–	–	9	1
	2011–12	21	1	1	0	–	–	22	1
	2012–13	25	2	4	1	–	–	29	3
	2013–14	10	0	2	0	–	–	12	0
Lyubimets 2007	2013–14	3	0	0	0	–	–	3	0
Botev Plovdiv	2014–15	10	0	0	0	–	–	10	0
Volga NN	2015–16	20	1	2	0	–	–	22	1
Yenisey	2016–17	14	0	0	0	–	–	14	0
Pegasus	2017–18	13	0	2	0	–	–	15	0
	2018–19	14	1	1	0	–	–	15	1
Dunav Ruse	2019–20	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Career totals		164	9	15	2	0	0	179	11

References

1. "Rosen Kolev Facts". Footballdatabase.eu.
2. Ботев с трети летен трансфер, привлече Росен Колев
3. "Ботев тръгна с победа в "А" група, 1:0 срещу Локомотив Сф". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
4. Ботев се раздели с Росен Колев
5. "香港飛馬2017-2018球季陣容". Facebook. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
6. Tsang, Ngan Ping. "飛馬新季大換血". Apple Daily. Retrieved 8 July 2019. (in Chinese)