Player · Bulgaria · Defender

Nikolay Minkov Minkov

No recorded goals

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Caps: 5
Starts: 4
Minutes: 323
Win % when playing: 0%
Goals: 0
Matches scored in: 0
Penalties: 0
Hat-tricks: 0
For their side: —
Yellow cards: 1
Sent off: 0

Goals by year

Nothing to draw.

When they scored

By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.

1–15′16–30′31–45′46–60′61–75′76–90′ET

Tallest: 1 · Minute

What the goals did

Nothing to draw.

Bulgaria with and without them

Bulgaria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.


With them	5	0	0	5	2	14	0%
Without them	1	0	1	0	2	2	0%

Played most alongside10


Anton Nedyalkov	5
Fabian Nürnberger	5
Ilia Gruev	5
Marin Petkov	5
Vladimir Nikolaev Nikolov	5
Georgi Milanov	4
Aleksandar Kolev	3
Andrian Kraev	3
Ilian Iliev	3
Radoslav Kirilov	3

Faced most10


Caoimhín Kelleher	Republic of Ireland	2
Evan Ferguson	Republic of Ireland	2
Finn Azaz	Republic of Ireland	2
Jack Taylor	Republic of Ireland	2
Jake O'Brien	Republic of Ireland	2
Jason Knight	Republic of Ireland	2
Josh Cullen	Republic of Ireland	2
Mark Sykes	Republic of Ireland	2
Matt Doherty	Republic of Ireland	2
Michael Johnston	Republic of Ireland	2

Against0

Nothing here.

At tournaments0

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.

Nothing here.

Every goal0

Nothing here.

Every match on record5

In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.


7 Sep 2025	v Georgia	0–3	started, off 45′	45	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
4 Sep 2025	v Spain	0–3	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
10 Jun 2025	v Greece	0–4	started, off 80′	80	—	—	Friendly
23 Mar 2025	v Republic of Ireland	1–2	started	90	—	—	UEFA Nations League 2025
20 Mar 2025	v Republic of Ireland	1–2	came on 72′	18	—	Yellow	UEFA Nations League 2025

Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.