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1 Youth retirement and business  





2 Senior career  



2.1  Akademik Sofia  





2.2  Slavia Sofia  







3 Club statistics  





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Nikolay Bozhov
Personal information
Full name Nikolay Angelov Bozhov
Date of birth (1977-07-18) 18 July 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information

Current team

Vitosha Bistritsa
Number17
Youth career
0000–1994 Levski Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Vihar Gorublyane? (?)
2007–2010 Akademik Sofia66 (29)
2010–2012 Slavia Sofia48 (16)
2012 Hamrun Spartans11 (1)
2013– Vitosha Bistritsa34 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2014

Nikolay Bozhov (Bulgarian: Николай Божов; born 18 July 1977 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian former football forward who most recently played for Vitosha Bistritsa.[1]

Youth retirement and business[edit]

Bozhov started his youth career in Bulgarian powerhouse Levski Sofia's academy. At the age of 17, he retired from football because of a waist injury. Bozhov's father died soon after Bozhov finished his compulsory military service, so he had to take charge of his father's ironmonger's shop. The business quickly developed and the shop soon grew to a full-fledged enterprise. Bozhov imported goods from China and supplied local wholesale dealers. At the time, Bozhov did not even consider a return to football, as his business provided a good source of income and his waist problems continued.[2]

Senior career[edit]

In 2005, on the insistence of a friend, Bozhov started appearing for amateur side Vihar Gorublyane, returning to football after a ten-year break. He played for the team for two seasons in the lower divisions of Bulgaria's football pyramid. While a part-time player at Vihar, Bozhov did not receive any salary. In 2007, the club merged with B PFG side Akademik Sofia, and thus Bozhov indirectly became a part of that team.[2]

Akademik Sofia[edit]

In June 2007, at 30, Bozhov signed his first professional contract with Akademik Sofia. Nonetheless, he was not a full-time footballer for the club and would sometimes attend training as rarely as once[3] or twice a week.[2] He made his debut on 18 August 2007, during the 2007–08 season, in a 1–1 away draw against Yantra Gabrovo,[4] coming on as a substitute for Troyan Radulov. In the next week he scored his first goal for a 2–1 away win against Velbazhd Kyustendil. In his first season as a professional footballer, Bozhov made 18 appearances in the B PFG and scored six goals.[5]

During the following 2008–09 campaign, the Akademik manager decided to use Bozhov in the starting line-up as the team's main striker. In that season, Bozhov scored eight goals in 24 appearances.[6]

The 2009–10 season saw Bozhov emerge as the top scorer of Akademik Sofia with 15 goals in 24 games.[7] His goals helped the team gain promotion to the first division in Bulgaria, for the first time in 28 years. On 23 May 2010, Bozhov scored two goals in the A PFG promotion play-off against Nesebar[8] and was voted Akademik's best player of the 2009–10 season.[4]

Slavia Sofia[edit]

In late May 2010, Bozhov joined Slavia Sofia on a free transfer, agreeing a one-year deal with the A PFG club.[9] Among the reasons for Bozhov's choice to sign for Slavia was the negative effect of the world economic crisis on his business, which ceased to be profitable. While he was still running the enterprise and paying the salaries of his three employees, he could afford to train daily and attend pre-season camps outside Sofia.[2]

He began the season in fine form for Slavia. On 7 August 2010, while 33 years old, he made his debut in the Bulgarian top division. Bozhov scored his first competitive Slavia goal 12 minutes into his debut, in the game against Minyor Pernik.[10] In Slavia's fourth game of the season against Pirin Blagoevgrad, Bozhov scored twice.[11] He also featured in the next game, at home against Lokomotiv Plovdiv, when he scored his fourth goal of the A PFG season.[12] On 11 September 2010, Bozhov continued to impress with two goals in a 4–0 win against his previous team Akademik Sofia.[13] Bozhov was at one point sharing 5th place among the top scorers in the A PFG. On 7 April 2011, Bozhov netted twice (including a last-minute goal with a scissor kick to send the game into extra time) in the 4:4 draw with Chernomorets Burgas in the quarter finals of the Bulgarian Cup. He also converted his penalty kick into the eventual shootout to decide the game, which was won by Slavia. Bozhov featured less regularly during the 2011/2012 season and was released from Slavia in late April 2012.[14]

Club statistics[edit]

As of 31 May 2012

Club Season League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Akademik 2007–08 18 6 1 0 19 6
2008–09 24 8 0 0 24 8
2009–10 24 15 2 2 26 17
TOTAL 66 29 3 2 69 31
Slavia 2010–11 27 10 4 4 30 14
2011–12 21 6 0 0 21 6
TOTAL 48 16 4 4 52 20
Career totals 114 45 7 6 121 51

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nikolay Bozhov Facts". Footballdatabase.eu.
  • ^ a b c d Опренов, Иван (24 August 2010). "Един футболист, който не е на『вие』с бизнеса". Дневник (in Bulgarian). Икономедиа. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  • ^ "Николай Божов: Грандовете да треперят от Славия!" (in Bulgarian). Sportal.bg. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  • ^ a b "Визитна картичка на Николай Божов" (in Bulgarian). ПФК АКАДЕМИК София. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  • ^ "Bozhov 2007–08 Statistics". pfl.bg.
  • ^ "Bozhov 2008–09 Statistics". pfl.bg.
  • ^ "Bozhov 2009–10 Statistics". pfl.bg.
  • ^ Опренов, Иван (23 May 2010). ""Академик" (София) се върна в А група след 28 г. по долните дивизии". Дневник (in Bulgarian). Икономедия. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  • ^ Иванов, Пламен (28 May 2010). "Славия взе героя от баража" (in Bulgarian). Гонг. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  • ^ Колев, Димитър (12 August 2010). "Николай Божов: Гледах си бизнеса и Славия ме взе" (in Bulgarian). Novsport. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  • ^ "Славия смачка Пирин, Божов и Галин Иванов блестят" (in Bulgarian). Sportal.bg. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  • ^ "Футбол: Славия победи Локомотив (Пд) с 2:1, Божов отново бележи" (in Bulgarian). Focus Sport. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  • ^ "Славия разгроми Академик /София/ с 4:0" (in Bulgarian). Българска национална телевизия. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  • ^ Kichukov, Simeon (26 April 2012). "Славия махна Божов и Метъла. Треньорите няма да разчитат на нападателите до края на сезона" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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