Nikolay Arabov (born 14 November 1953) is a former Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n footballer and Bulgaria international

Bulgaria national football team

The FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus...

. He was a defender.

Career

Arabov made his debut for Sliven

OFC Sliven 2000

OFC Sliven 2000 is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sliven, currently playing in the East B PFG, the second division of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium in Sliven with a capacity of 15,000...

 in 1971 and stayed in the club for 15 years, with 310 games in A PFG. Capped 42 times for the Bulgaria national football team

Bulgaria national football team

The FIFA Bulgaria national football team is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Luboslav Penev is in charge manager after replacement of Lothar Matthäus...

 in the period 1976 - 1986, including 3 games at 1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

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 in Mexico

Mexico

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. Arabov has also played for Spartak Pleven, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Anagennisi Dherynia

Anagennisi Dherynia

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 and Albanian KF Tirana  before returning to Sliven for its last season in A PFG (1993). After his retirement as a player Arabov worked for long years in Albania, coaching KF Tirana, KF Partizani

KF Partizani Tirana

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 and KS Flamurtari.