Ivan Venkov Kolev is a Bulgarian football manager and former player. He coached Indonesian clubs, Persija Jakarta

Persija Jakarta

Persija Jakarta is an Indonesian football club from Jakarta. It is one of Indonesia's most successful clubs and the most popular sports club in the city. The club's patron is Sutiyoso, the governor of Jakarta until 2007. Persija Jakarta was founded on November 28, 1928, with the embryo called...

, Mitra Kukar

Mitra Kukar

Mitra Kukar FC is an Indonesian football club based in Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan.The team has just been promoted to the Indonesia Super League.-History:...

, and Persipura Jayapura

Persipura Jayapura

Persipura, an acronym for Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Jayapura is a professional football club based in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia. The tautology Persipura Jayapura is often used in local media....

. His top career in Indonesia when managing Indonesia national football team

Indonesia national football team

The Indonesia national football team represents Indonesia in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia . Prior to independence in 1945, the team competed as the Dutch East Indies national football team. Under this name, Indonesia was the first Asian team to...

. Prior to his jobs in Indonesia, he coaching Myanmar

Myanmar national football team

The Myanmar national football team is the national team of Myanmar and is controlled by the Myanmar Football Federation. It was known as the Burma national football team until 1989, when Burma was renamed Myanmar. It finished second in the 1968 Asian Cup. They have participated in the Summer...

. Since 2010, he coaches Indonesian top club, Sriwijaya FC.

2007 Asian Cup

In 2007 Asian Cup

2007 AFC Asian Cup

The Asian Football Confederation's 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals were held from July 7 to July 29, 2007. For the first time in its history, the competition was co-hosted by four nations: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The tournament was won by first-time champions Iraq, who defeated Saudi...

, Kolev was the coach of Indonesia

Indonesia national football team

The Indonesia national football team represents Indonesia in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia . Prior to independence in 1945, the team competed as the Dutch East Indies national football team. Under this name, Indonesia was the first Asian team to...

 which played in Group D along with Korea Republic, Bahrain

Bahrain national football team

The Bahrain national football team is the national team of the Kingdom of Bahrain and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association; it was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. They have never reached the finals of the World Cup, but have twice come within one match of doing so...

 and Saudi Arabian's team

Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...

. Indonesia won 2-1 of Bahrain, lost 1-2 by Saudian, and lost again in last matches of groups by South Korea with 0-1.

Indonesia

• ASEAN Football Championship
• Runners-up (1): 2002
  2002 Tiger Cup
  The 2002 Tiger Cup was co-hosted by Indonesia and Singapore from 15 December to 29 December 2002 and participated by all national teams of the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered except for...
  
  

Myanmar

• ASEAN Football Championship
• Fourth place (1): 2004
  2004 Tiger Cup
  The 2004 Tiger Cup was jointly hosted by Vietnam and Malaysia from 7 December to 16 January 2005 and participated by the national football teams of Southeast Asia....