Rosen Rosenov Kolev (Bulgarian: Росен Колев; born 4 July 1990) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]
 Kolev in January 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rosen Rosenov Kolev | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CSKA Sofia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | CSKA Sofia | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Bdin Vidin (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2010 | Kom-Minyor | 16 | (2) |
| 2011–2013 | Cherno More | 64 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Botev Plovdiv | 13 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 20 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 24 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Pegasus | 27 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Dunav Ruse | 17 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Bulgaria U21 | 12 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Early career
Kolev started to play football in CSKA Sofia's youth teams. In June 2007, English side Reading officially invited Rosen to join the training sessions of their U-19 team for one week.[citation needed]
Kolev's professional career started in 2008 but during that season he didn't make an appearance for the first team and in January 2010 was sent on loan to B PFG side Bdin Vidin. Rosen made his debut for Bdin on 27 February 2010 in a 1–2 away loss against Balkan Botevgrad.
Kom-Minyor
In June 2010 his contract with CSKA was mutually terminated and Kolev joined Kom-Minyor. He made his Kom-Minyor début on 31 July 2010 in the away game versus Chavdar Byala Slatina. Kolev got his first goal on 11 September, in a 2–2 home draw against Septemvri Simitli. On 2 October he scored his 2nd League goal of the season against Vihren Sandanski in a 1–0 win. He continued his scoring in the season by scoring Kom-Minyor's second goal in a 2–0 win against Botev Krivodol of the Bulgarian Cup on 20 November.
Botev Plovdiv
Kolev joined Botev Plovdiv on 11 July 2014.[2] Nine days later, on 20 July, he made his debut during the 1–0 win over Lokomotiv Sofia.[3] Kolev did not play in any official games in 2015 and on 25 May his contract with Botev was mutually terminated. Kolev left the team after playing in 11 games.[4]
Peagsus
On 28 July 2017, Pegasus announced that they had signed Kolev.[5]
On 8 July 2019, it was revealed that Kolev had left the club.[6]
Statistics
As of 1 July 2019[update]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| CSKA Sofia | 2008–09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bdin Vidin | 2009–10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 1 |
| Kom-Minyor | 2010–11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 18 | 3 |
| Cherno More | 2010–11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 1 | |
| 2012–13 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 29 | 3 | |
| 2013–14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | |
| Lyubimets 2007 | 2013–14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| Botev Plovdiv | 2014–15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 |
| Volga NN | 2015–16 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 1 |
| Yenisey | 2016–17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 |
| Pegasus | 2017–18 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 1 | |
| Dunav Ruse | 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Career totals | 164 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 11 | |