Name: Nikolay Asenov Arabov

Nickname: "Maĭstora"



Country: Bulgaria
Club: FC Sliven
Position: *SWP, CB, AMF
Side: LF/BS
Age: 24-28 years (14/11/1953)

Height: 176 cm
Weight: 69 kg

Attack: 62
Defence: 83
Balance: 82
Stamina: 79
Top Speed: 80
Acceleration: 82
Response: 81
Agility: 77
Dribble Accuracy: 75
Dribble Speed: 74
Short Pass Accuracy: 77
Short Pass Speed: 73
Long Pass Accuracy: 78
Long Pass Speed: 80
Shot Accuracy: 64
Shot Power: 78
Shot Technique: 63
Free Kick Accuracy: 60
Curling: 64
Header: 80
Jump: 85
Technique: 76
Aggression: 62
Mentality: 78
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 82

Injury Tolerance: A
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 4
Consistency: 6
Growth Type: Standard Lasting

CARDS:
S10: DF Leader

SPECIAL ABILITIES: D-Line Control

Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Defence Minded


INFO

Nikolay Asenov Arabov, called the Master, is a former Bulgarian football player, central defender (libero), whose professional career lasted more than 20 years. As a teenager in the FC Sliven school, Arabov played as a central striker. In 1971 entered the first team, initially being used as an offensive midfielder before being retrained as a libero by then coach Sergi Yotsov. Small but quick sweeper, skillful on the ball. He would easily outpace taller opponents, meanwhile he had more problems with technically gifted opponents. He was good passer as he began as midfielder, carrying the ball forward, got involved in corners and scored goals. Born on November 14, 1953 in Sliven. One of the best Bulgarian defenders in the 80's. He played for Sliven (1971-1987/pr., 1992/93), Spartak (Pleven) (1987/es.) Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgaria) (1988), "Red Flag" (1988/es .- 1992), "Anagenisi (Cyprus) (1987, 23 games with 1 goal) and Tirana (Albania) (1993-1994). There are 331 games and 9 goals in the A group (310 games with 8 goals in Sliven, 14 games with a goal of "Spartacus" (Square) and 7 games for Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) in his career. In Team " Sliven is a semifinalist for the Cup of Bulgaria in 1983 and 1986 - 4 place. record for the team of Sliven with 345 games played (110 in the B group). There are 42 games for the A national team (1976 - 1986), 2 matches for "B" national, a youth team match and 2 games for the youth national team. Participate on the World Cup 1986 in Mexico (in 3 games). He made his debut for the A national team on November 28, 1976 against Romania. Selected as "Distinguished Master of Sport" in 1984, with Sliven has 2 games in the tournament for the UEFA Cup). Upon finishing of his active playing career, he was working as a trainer in Academic (Svishtov) and Albanian teams Tirana, Partizani "and" Flamurtari.