Milen Radukanov
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Milen Radukanov | ||
| Date of birth | 12 December 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Vidin, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Slavia Sofia (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991–1992 | Bdin Vidin | 22 | (1) |
| 1992–1996 | CSKA Sofia | 27 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | → Pirin Blagoevgrad (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Spartak Pleven | 24 | (2) |
| 1997–1999 | Levski Sofia | 45 | (2) |
| 1999 | Naţional Bucureşti | 16 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 76 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Kastoria | 18 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Doxa Drama | 21 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Lokomotiv Sofia | 9 | (0) |
| 2007 | Rilski Sportist | 10 | (0) |
| 2008 | Nesebar | 10 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Levski Elin Pelin | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998 | Bulgaria | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2011 | CSKA Sofia | ||
| 2011–2012 | Botev Plovdiv | ||
| 2013 | CSKA Sofia | ||
| 2013– | Slavia Sofia | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 March 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Milen Radukanov (Bulgarian: Милен Радуканов; born 12 December 1972) is a Bulgarian former footballer and manager of Slavia Sofia.
Coaching career
CSKA Sofia
In 2010 he was appointed as CSKA Sofia's assistant coach and interpreter for the Romanian head coach – Ioan Andone.[1] Because of that fact he is known as the "Bulgarian Jose Mourinho".[2] Later he joined the coaching staff of Adalbert Zafirov, Pavel Dotchev and Gjore Jovanovski. Since 21 October 2010 he became temporary head coach of CSKA. The team showed nice results under his charge and he got assigned as permanent head coach. His assistants were Todor Yanchev (team's captain) and Svetoslav Petrov. He got in charge of the team, when they were 11th in the league and drove them to 3rd place at the end of the season. In addition, in the same season he managed to win the Bulgarian Cup and Bulgarian Supercup. In late October 2011, Radukanov vacated the position of head coach of CSKA Sofia after mutual consent just before the Eternal derby match.
Botev Plovdiv
On 28 October 2011, Bulgarian B PFG side Botev Plovdiv announced on their official website, that they had reached an agreement with Milen Radukanov to take over the manager position at the club.[3] In April 2012, he vacated the position of head coach of Botev Plovdiv following a draw with Etar Veliko Tarnovo. Radukanov was reappointed as CSKA Sofia coach on 11 March 2013, after the club had parted ways with Miodrag Ješić.[4]
Honours
As a player
CSKA Sofia (1992–1996)
- Bulgarian Cup (1)
- 1993
- Levski Sofia (1997–1999)
- Bulgarian Cup (1)
As a manager
- CSKA Sofia (2010–2011)
- Bulgarian Cup (1)
Managerial statistics
| Team | Nat | From | To | APFG | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | F | A | Goal +/- | Win % | ||||
| CSKA Sofia | | October 2010 | October 2011 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 63 | 20 | +43 | 76.66 |
| Botev Plovdiv | | October 2011 | March 2012 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 54.55 |
| CSKA Sofia | | March 2013 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 0 | |
References
- ↑ "Milen Radukanov becomes coach in CSKA" (in Bulgarian). Sportal.bg.
- ↑ "The debut of the bulgarian Jose Mourinho" (in bulgarian). Sportal.bg.
- ↑ "Milen Radukanov is the new head coach of Botev Plovdiv" (in Bulgarian). botevplovdiv.bg.
- ↑ "Милен Радуканов е новият треньор на ЦСКА, Росен Кирилов ще му бъде помощник" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
External links
- Milen Radukanov at National-Football-Teams.com
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