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Anatoli Nankov

b. 1969

Bulgarian footballer

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Born 1969. Anatoli Nankov is a Bulgarian association football player and association football coach.

Anatoli Aleksandrov Nankov (; born 15 July 1969) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Career Nankov spent most of his career playing in the Bulgarian A PFG, but also had a spell with GKS Katowice. On 23 July 1997, Nankov was involved in arguably one of the most dramatic matches in CSKA Sofia's recent history, scoring twice to give his team a 3:1 away lead against Romanian side FC Steaua BucureΘ™ti in the first leg of a Champions League preliminary phase match, but was ultimately sent off and the Romanians succeeded in bringing the score to 3–3. CSKA Sofia were eliminated from the competition after suffering a 0–2 home defeat in the return leg, for which Nankov was ineligible to play.

He has been capped 17 times for the Bulgaria national team, scoring 1 goal, and played two games at the 1998 World Cup, receiving a red card in the first match against Paraguay, which ended in a scoreless draw.

He acted as manager of Hebar Pazardzhik in 2005 and was later employed as the assistant manager to Stoycho Mladenov at CSKA Sofia until March 2015. Following Mladenov's resignation, Nankov was head coach of the "redmen" in one match – a 0–0 draw with Beroe.

Honours CSKA Sofia First Professional Football League: 1991–92, 1996–97 Bulgarian Cup: 1992–93, 1996–97

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Who is Anatoli Nankov?

Bulgarian footballer

When was Anatoli Nankov born?

Anatoli Nankov was born on 15 July 1969 in Oresh.

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Anatoli Nankov is an association football player and association football coach.

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Anatoli Nankov is Bulgarian.

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