Petko Petkov (football manager)

Petko Petkov

Personal information
Full name	Petko Tsvetanov Petkov
Date of birth	(1968-03-29) 29 March 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1976–1986	FC Lulin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1991	Akademik Sofia
1991–1993	Septemvri Sofia
Managerial career
1995–2000	Akademik Sofia (youth coach)
2000–2001	Minyor Pernik (assistant)
2001–2002	Al Nadjma (assistant)
2002–2003	Septemvri Sofia (assistant)
2003–2004	Septemvri Sofia
2005–2006	Levski Sofia (youth coach)
2007–2010	Litex Lovech (youth coach)
2010	Litex Lovech (caretaker)[1]
2018–2019	CSKA 1948
2019–2020	Etar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petko Tsvetanov Petkov (Bulgarian: Петко Петков; born 29 March 1968) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player. He played as forward.

Petkov began his career at FC Lulin, training in the youth team between 1976 and 1986. From 1986 to 1988 he served his duty in the army. From 1988 to 1991 Petkov played for Akademik, in the Bulgarian "B" group, and from 1991 to 1993 he played for Septemvri. He retired from football in 1993 after being diagnosed with an abductor injury.^{[citation needed]}

Petkov was youth coach at Septemvri from 1995 until 2008. He helped Septemvri to win a total of eighteen awards during his stay in the club. He discovered a number of talented players, including Ivan Ivanov, Ivan Karadjov, Stefan Pavlov, Georgi Sokolov, Trifon Trifonov, Alexander Tonev, Alexander Vasilev, Bojidar Lazov, Hristo Surmov, Veselin Mitrev, Spas Popov, Apostol Delev and Garra Mladenov.^{[citation needed]}

He was appointed manager of CSKA 1948 in August 2018.^[2]

He was appointed manager of Etar in December 2019.