Milen Radukanov

Milen Radukanov

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)
Playing position	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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 March 2013. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 October 2013

Milen Radukanov (Bulgarian: Милен Радуканов; born 12 December 1972) is a Bulgarian former footballer and manager of Slavia Sofia.

Coaching career

CSKA Sofia

In 2010 he 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. Since 21 October 2010 he became temporary head coach of CSKA. The team showed nice results under his charge and he got assigned as permanent head coach. His assistants were Todor Yanchev (the team's captain) and Svetoslav Petrov. He got in charge of the team, when they were 11th in the league and drove them to 3rd place at the end of the season. In addition, in the same season he managed to win the Bulgarian Cup and Bulgarian Supercup. In late October 2011, Radukanov vacated the position of head coach of CSKA Sofia after 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

As a player

CSKA Sofia (1992–1996)

• Bulgarian Cup (1)

• 1993

Levski Sofia (1997–1999)

• Bulgarian Cup (1)

• 1998

As a manager

CSKA Sofia (2010–2011)

• Bulgarian Cup (1)

• 2010–11

• Bulgarian Supercup (1)

• 2011

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	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

1. "Milen Radukanov becomes coach in CSKA" (in Bulgarian). Sportal.bg.
2. "The debut of the Bulgarian Jose Mourinho" (in Bulgarian). Sportal.bg.
3. "Milen Radukanov is the new head coach of Botev Plovdiv" (in Bulgarian). botevplovdiv.bg.
4. "Милен Радуканов е новият треньор на ЦСКА, Росен Кирилов ще му бъде помощник" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
5. "Официално: Милен Радуканов поема Славия, представят го днес" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
6. "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. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

External links

• Milen Radukanov at National-Football-Teams.com