Dilyan Kolev
Bulgarian footballer
Dilyan Nikolaev Kolev (Bulgarian: Дилян Николаев Колев; born 9 November 1988) is a Bulgarian professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is also a former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Football career
Born in Byala, Rousse Province, Kolev underwent trials in the Litex Lovech youth academy after just two training sessions. His first coach was Yordan Yordanov. He progressed through all age groups at the academy, coached by specialists including Stefan Yarmov, Plamen Linkov, and Nikolay Dimitrov-Dzhaych. As a youth player, he won the Juliy Manzarov Cup in 2005. The same year, he also secured a bronze medal in the Bulgarian Football Union Cup (again with the 1987 cohort at Litex). In 2006, he was named "Best Youth Player" at the academy and was earmarked as the heir to the legendary Nebojša Jelenković.
Kolev's performances caught the attention of then-head coach Lyubko Petrovich. The promising talent began training with the first team, participating in 7-8 friendly matches, but never made an official debut for the senior squad.
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