Milen Radukanov

Milen Radukanov
Personal information
Full name Milen Petrov Radukanov
Date of birth (1972-12-12) 12 December 1972
Place of birth Vidin, Bulgaria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Pirin Blagoevgrad (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
2013–2014 Slavia Sofia
2017− Pirin Blagoevgrad
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 March 2013.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 October 2013

Milen Radukanov (Bulgarian: Милен Радуканов; born 12 December 1972) is a Bulgarian former footballer and manager of Pirin Blagoevgrad.

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 (the 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] His second tenure at CSKA Sofia only lasted until the end of the season.

Slavia Sofia

He also managed Slavia Sofia between October 2013 and September 2014.[5][6]

Honours

As a player

Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (1992–1996)
Bulgaria Levski Sofia (1997–1999)

As a manager

Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (2010–2011)

Managerial statistics

Team Nat From To APFG
GWDLFAGoal +/-Win %
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria October 2010 October 2011 30 23 4 3 63 20 +43 76.66
Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria October 2011 March 2012 11 5 4 2 12 7 +5 54.55
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria March 2013 14 10 2 2 25 9 +16 71.43

References

  1. ↑ "Milen Radukanov becomes coach in CSKA" (in Bulgarian). Sportal.bg.
  2. ↑ "The debut of the Bulgarian Jose Mourinho" (in Bulgarian). Sportal.bg.
  3. ↑ "Milen Radukanov is the new head coach of Botev Plovdiv" (in Bulgarian). botevplovdiv.bg.
  4. ↑ "Милен Радуканов е новият треньор на ЦСКА, Росен Кирилов ще му бъде помощник" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Официално: Милен Радуканов поема Славия, представят го днес" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Милен: само Платини ми се обади, всеки клуб трябва да има шеф като Венци, "убеден съм, че "Славия" ще бъде в челните места на "А" група" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
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