SOCCER PLAYER

Nikola Kotkov

1938 - 1971

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Nikola Todorov Kotkov (Bulgarian: Никола Тодоров Котков) (9 December 1938 – 30 June 1971), nicknamed Koteto (Котето, "The Kitten") was a Bulgarian footballer who played as a striker. Born in the capital Sofia, Kotkov started his football career as a Lokomotiv Sofia trainee and went on to spend much of it (1956–1969) with the club, winning the Bulgarian Championship in 1964. He then played for Levski Sofia, until his death in 1971. Kotkov died together with his friend and teammate Georgi Asparuhov in a traffic accident in the Vitinya Pass of the Balkan Mountains, en route to Vratsa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikola Kotkov is the 3,222nd most popular soccer player (down from 1,522nd in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 144th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Bulgarian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nikola Kotkov ranks 3,222 out of 21,273. Before him are Danilo Pereira, José Vidal, Eduardo da Silva, George Robledo, Mirandinha, and Pedro Cubilla. After him are Béla Kárpáti, Zoran Vujović, Nicolás Burdisso, Peter Platzer, Osvaldo Velloso de Barros, and Karel Burkert.

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Among people born in 1938, Nikola Kotkov ranks 425. Before him are Marcel Artelesa, Halit Akçatepe, Jan Lála, Giuseppe Merisi, Roger E. Mosley, and Bronislovas Lubys. After him are Nina Andreyeva, Bobby Hebb, Jô Soares, Toini Gustafsson, William Bolcom, and Bohumil Němeček. Among people deceased in 1971, Nikola Kotkov ranks 186. Before him are Tadas Ivanauskas, Emmett Toppino, Jean Vilar, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Armand Massard, and Edward Andrade. After him are Emerich Vogl, Michael Rennie, Gerhard von Rad, Hjalmar Andersson, Carl Blegen, and Joseph Pletincx.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Nikola Kotkov ranks 212 out of 415. Before him are Kostas Varnalis (1884), Stefan Toshev (1859), Georgi Kyoseivanov (1884), Stanislav Stratiev (1941), Pencho Zlatev (1883), and Zlatko Yankov (1966). After him are Yordanka Donkova (1961), Dobri Hristov (1875), Stefan Yanev (1960), Yordan Yovkov (1880), Diana Yorgova (1942), and Stoyanka Mutafova (1922).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Bulgaria

Among soccer players born in Bulgaria, Nikola Kotkov ranks 21. Before him are Simeon Simeonov (1946), Lyuboslav Penev (1966), Stefan Bozhkov (1923), Ivan Kolev (1930), Dinko Dermendzhiev (1941), and Zlatko Yankov (1966). After him are Boris Gaganelov (1941), Aleksandar Shalamanov (1941), Kiril Metkov (1965), Ivan Davidov (1943), Nikola Kovachev (1934), and Ivan Vutsov (1939).

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