Nikolay Krastev (Bulgarian: Николай Кръстев; born 6 December 1996) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bulgarian First League club Slavia Sofia.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Nikolay Lachezarov Krastev | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Dupnitsa, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Slavia Sofia | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Levski Sofia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Levski Sofia | 19 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Lokomotiv Mezdra (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Nesebar (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Botev Vratsa (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Botev Vratsa (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | Vitosha Bistritsa | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Levski Sofia | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | Botev Vratsa | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | Slavia Sofia | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Bulgaria U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Bulgaria U21 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:32, 28 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2017 | |||
Krastev made his professional debut in a 0-2 league loss from Pomorie on 27 February 2016.[2] He made his league debut for Levski against Dunav during the 2016–17 Bulgarian First League, on 28 February 2017. Levski drew 2-2 and Krastev played full 90 minutes on the pitch.[3] 6 days later he became man of the match in the Eternal derby of Bulgarian football against CSKA Sofia, won by Levski with 2-1.[4]
On 4 May 2017 his contract was extended with 3 years, keeping him in the team until 31 July 2020.[5]
In August 2017, Krastev was loaned to Second League club Botev Vratsa.[6] In January 2018, he was called back to Levski's first team.[7] In June 2018, Krastev was loaned again to newly promoted Botev Vratsa.[8] In February 2022, Krastev signed a two-and-half-year contract with Slavia Sofia.[9]
On 17 March 2017 he received his first call up for Bulgaria's U21 team,[10] but on 21 March 2017 he joined Bulgaria's senior team for the match against Netherlands after the injury of Vladislav Stoyanov,[11] during which he remained on the bench.[12]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||||
| Levski Sofia | A Group | 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| First league | 2016–17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Lokomotiv Mezdra (loan) | B Group | 2015-16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Nesebar (loan) | Second League | 2016–17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Botev Vratsa (loan) | 2017–18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||||
| First League | 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Vitosha Bistritsa | 2019–20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Levski Sofia | 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Career statistics | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |||
PFC Slavia Sofia – current squad | |
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