Rosen Kolev

Rosen Kolev

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Personal information
Full name	Rosen Rosenov Kolev
Date of birth	(1990-07-04) 4 July 1990
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Volga Nizhny Novgorod
Number	15
Youth career
	CSKA Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	CSKA Sofia	0	(0)
2010	→ Bdin Vidin (loan)	10	(1)
2010	Kom-Minyor	14	(2)
2011–2013	Cherno More	63	(4)
2014	Lyubimets 2007	3	(0)
2014	Montana	0	(0)
2014–2015	Botev Plovdiv	10	(0)
2015–	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	20	(1)
International career
2011–2012	Bulgaria U21	6	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2016

Rosen Rosenov Kolev (Bulgarian: Росен Колев; born 4 July 1990 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defender for Russian club Volga Nizhny Novgorod.

Career

Early career

Kolev started to play football in CSKA Sofia's youth teams. In June 2007, English side Reading officially invited Rosen to join the training sessions of their U-19 team for one week.

Kolev's professional career started in 2008 but during that season he didn't make an appearance for the first team and in January 2010 was sent on loan to B PFG side Bdin Vidin. Rosen made his debut for Bdin on 27 February 2010 in a 1–2 away loss against Balkan Botevgrad.

Kom-Minyor

In June 2010 his contract with CSKA was mutually terminated and Kolev joined Kom-Minyor. He made his Kom-Minyor début on 31 July 2010 in the away game versus Chavdar Byala Slatina. Kolev got his first goal on 11 September, in a 2–2 home draw against Septemvri Simitli. On 2 October he scored his 2nd League goal of the season against Vihren Sandanski in a 1–0 win. He continued his scoring in the season by scoring Kom-Minyor's second goal in a 2–0 win against Botev Krivodol of the Bulgarian Cup on 20 November.

Botev Plovdiv

Kolev joined Botev Plovdiv on 11 July 2014. Nine days later, on 20 July, he made his debut during the 1-0 win over Lokomotiv Sofia. Kolev did not play in any official games in 2015 and on 25 May his contract with Botev was mutually terminated. Kolev left the team after playing in 11 games.

Statistics

As of 1 March 2016

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
CSKA Sofia	2008–09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2009–10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bdin Vidin	2009–10	10	1	0	0	–	–	10	1
Kom-Minyor	2010–11	14	2	2	1	–	–	16	3
Cherno More	2010–11	8	1	1	0	–	–	9	1
	2011–12	21	1	1	0	–	–	22	1
	2012–13	25	2	4	1	–	–	29	3
	2013–14	10	0	2	0	–	–	12	0
Lyubimets 2007	2013–14	3	0	0	0	–	–	3	0
Botev Plovdiv	2014–15	10	0	0	0	–	–	10	0
Volga NN	2015–16	11	0	2	0	–	–	13	0
Career totals		114	7	12	2	0	0	126	9