Milen Radukanov
Milen Radukanov (Bulgarian: Милен Радуканов; born 12 December 1972) is a former Bulgarian footballer.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Milen Petrov Radukanov | ||
| Date of birth | 12 December 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Vidin, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2017−2018 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | ||
| 2019−2020 | Septemvri Sofia | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 March 2013 | |||
Coaching career
CSKA Sofia
In 2010, Radukanov 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. On 21 October 2010, he became the temporary head coach of CSKA. The team showed impressive results under him, which led to his appointment as permanent head coach. His assistants were Todor Yanchev (the team's captain) and Svetoslav Petrov. When Radukanov took the helm, CSKA were 11th in the league table. He managed to take them to 3rd place by the end of the season and also won the Bulgarian Cup and Bulgarian Supercup that year. In October 2011, Radukanov vacated the position of head coach, citing 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
Managerial statistics
| Team | 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 | 71.43 | |
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. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- "Официално: Милен Радуканов поема Славия, представят го днес" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- "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. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.