[1] Throughout his career, he has been the manager of the following football teams: Spartak Pleven,[1] Spartak Varna, Yantra Gabrovo, Cherno More Varna,[2] Marek Dupnitsa,[3] Kaliakra Kavarna and Levski Sofia.

On 8 May 2008 he was assigned as the new manager of PFC Levski Sofia, seeing his "dream posting" occur,[4] only to be fired after 2 official matches on 13 August 2008, after Levski Sofia's 0–1 home loss in Champions League qualifying to BATE Borisov.

[6] In late November 2012, he was appointed as the head coach of Slavia Sofia, replacing Martin Kushev.

He and his wife Svetlana have three sons - Ivan, Petar,[7] and Svetoslav,[8] with the latter two also playing professional football.

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