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Nikolay Arabov (Bulgarian: Николай Арабов) (born 14 November 1953) is a former Bulgarian footballer and Bulgaria international. He was a central defender.

[edit] Career

Arabov made his debut for Sliven in 1971 and stayed in the club for 15 years, with 310 games in A PFG. Capped 42 times for the Bulgaria national football team in the period 1976 - 1986, including 3 games at 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. Arabov has also played for Spartak Pleven, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Anagennisi Dherynia and Albanian KF Tirana before returning to Sliven for its last season in A PFG (1993). After his retirement as a player Arabov worked for long years in Albania, coaching KF Tirana, KF Partizani and KS Flamurtari.

v • d • e Bulgaria squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Mihaylov • 2 Sirakov • 3 Arabov • 4 Petrov • 5 Dimitrov • 6 Zhelyazkov • 7 Iskrenov • 8 Sadakov • 9 Mladenov • 10 Gospodinov • 11 Getov • 12 Zdravkov • 13 A. Markov • 14 P. Markov • 15 Yordanov • 16 Dragolov • 17 Kolev • 18 Velichkov • 19 Pashev • 20 Kostadinov • 21 Dyakov • 22 Valov • Coach: Vutsov

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