{{short description|Bulgarian footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Atanas Nikolov | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|7|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria | height = {{height|m=1.82|precision=0}} | currentclub = Perun Kresna (manager) | clubnumber = | position = Forward | youthyears1= | youthclubs1= | years1 = 1998–2001 | years2 = 2001–2003 | years3 = 2003–2005 | years4 = 2005–2007 | years5 = 2007–2009 | years6 = 2009–2010 | years7 = 2010 | years8 = 2011–2012 | clubs1 = Pirin Blagoevgrad | clubs2 = Minyor Bobov Dol | clubs3 = Dorostol Silistra | clubs4 = Pirin 1922 | clubs5 = Loko Mezdra | clubs6 = Minyor Pernik | clubs7 = Pirin Blagoevgrad | clubs8 = Septemvri Simitli | caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = 30 | goals2 = 8 | caps3 = 37 | goals3 = 19 | caps4 = 51 | goals4 = 18 | caps5 = 23 | goals5 = 18 | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 4 | caps7 = 4 | goals7 = 0 | caps8 = 28 | goals8 = 6 | manageryears1 = 2014–2017 | managerclubs1 = Pirin Blagoevgrad (youth team) | manageryears2 = 2019– | managerclubs2 = Perun Kresna | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}
'''Atanas Nikolov''' ({{langx|bg|Атанас Николов}}; born 21 July 1977) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player who manages Bulgarian Third League club Perun Kresna.
==Club career== On 15 March 2012, Nikolov scored the second goal in the historic 2:1 victory against Bulgarian powerhouse CSKA Sofia in the quarter-finals of the Bulgarian Cup.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=webcafe.bg|title=Сензацията е факт: Септември (Симитли) елиминира ЦСКА|url=https://www.webcafe.bg/id_854369947|accessdate=17 March 2012}}</ref>
Nikolov previously played for Pirin 1922 and Lokomotiv Mezdra in the A PFG.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Guardian.co.uk |title=Stats Centre: Atanas Nikolov Facts |url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=57&CPID=120&TEID=1403&PLID=196243&pStr=Player |accessdate=2010-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930052320/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=57&CPID=120&TEID=1403&PLID=196243&pStr=Player |archivedate=2012-09-30 }}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nikolov, Atanas}} Category:Bulgarian men's footballers Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Category:Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Category:Footballers from Blagoevgrad Category:OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players Category:PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players Category:FC Lokomotiv Mezdra players Category:FC Minyor Pernik players Category:FC Septemvri Simitli players Category:Men's association football forwards
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