| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Plamen Venelinov Nikolov | ||
| Date of birth | June 12, 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Pleven, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Litex Lovech | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Spartak Pleven | |||
| Levski Sofia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2006 | Spartak Pleven | 51 | (1) |
| 2006– | Litex Lovech | 100 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Bulgaria | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Plamen Venelinov Nikolov (Bulgarian: Пламен Николов) (born 12 June 1985 in Pleven) is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Litex Lovech as a defender.
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After emerging through Levski Sofia's youth system, Plamen Nikolov made his professional debut in the second level with Spartak Pleven, the club from his home town. He made his team début on August 7, 2004, in an 0–0 draw against Rilski Sportist Samokov. On 6 October 2004 Nikolov scored his first goal in an 6–0 drubbing of amateur side Botev Lukovit of Bulgarian Cup.
Plamen quickly became part of the main team and for two season earned 53 appearances, scored two goals.
In June 2006, Nikolov agreed a deal to sign for Litex Lovech for an undisclosed fee. He has made his debut for Litex in Rilski Sportist match on 13 August 2006 as a 85th min substitute. During his first season in Litex, Nikolov found regular starting positions in defence hard to find. He played only 5 matches in the domestic league.
In 2007–08 A PFG season coach of Litex Miodrag Ješić decided to put Nikolov into the starting line-up as center back. In this season, he earned 22 appearances playing in the A PFG, scored one goal. In the Bulgarian Cup, he played three matches, and in the UEFA Cup, he played 6 matches. Nikolov also won his first trophy in his career - Bulgarian Cup. In the final against Cherno More he played 90 minutes.
In the 2008-09 season Nikolov won Bulgarian Cup for the second time. On 25 October 2010, he was sent off in the 2:1 home win against Levski Sofia.
| Club | Season | League | Cups | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Spartak Pleven | 2004-05 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 2005-06 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 2 | |
| Litex Lovech | 2006–07 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2007-08 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2008-09 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
| 2009-10 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2010-11 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Total | 95 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 129 | 4 | |
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