Nikolay Nikolov (Bulgarian: Николай Николов; born 26 January 1981) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a defender and manager for Kostenets.

Nikolov started your career in Levski Sofia.

After that he played for Balkan Botevgrad, Levski-Spartak, Levski Sofia, Pirin Gotse Delchev, Chernomorets, Montana, and Armenian club Banants.

On 30 January 2017, Nikolov joined Marek Dupnitsa.

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