Lozan Kotsev

Lozan Kotsev
Personal information
Full name Lozan Vladimirov Kotsev
Date of birth (1911-02-08)8 February 1911
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of death 14 June 1991(1991-06-14) (aged 80)
Place of death Bulgaria
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1935 Borislav Sofia ? (?)
1931–1934 FK-13 ? (?)
1935–1936 Lausanne-Sport 7 (4)
1936–1939 FK-13 22 (10)
International career
1935 Bulgaria 1 (0)
Managerial career
1952–1954 Air Forces
1957–1959 Septemvri
1960–1962 Cherno More
1962–1965 Sudan
1967–1968 Singapore
1972–1973 Beroe
1974 Egaleo
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Sudan (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up1963 Ghana
Arab Games
Silver medal – second place1965 Cairo
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lozan Kotsev (Bulgarian: Лозан Коцев; 8 February 1911 - 14 June 1991) was a Bulgarian footballer and manager. He is the first Bulgarian ever to play abroad professionally and the first to win a championship with a foreign club.

Career

Playing career

Kotsev began his playing career with Borislav (Sofia) and then FK-13, before signing with Swiss side Lausanne-Sport in 1935, becoming the first Bulgarian to play abroad, and helping them win the league title in 1936.[1]

Managerial career

From 1957 until 1959, Kotsev managed Septemvri Sofia. In 1960, he was appointed manager of Cherno More.[2] After that, he was hired as manager of Sudan, with whom he reached the final of the African Cup in 1963.[1] He later managed Singapore for one year before returning to Bulgaria.[3] In 1972, he was appointed manager of Beroe.[4] His last appointment as a coach was in November 1974, when he spent a month and a half at the helm of Greek side Egaleo.[5]

Honours

Player

FC Lausanne-Sport

FK-13

Manager

Sudan

References

  1. 1 2 "Български треньор е вицешампион на Африка за 1963 г." 24chasa.bg.
  2. ↑ "НАСТАВНИЦИТЕ НА ПФК "ЧЕРНО МОРЕ"". chernomorepfc.bg.
  3. ↑ "Lozan Kotsev - Straits Times article".
  4. ↑ ""Берое в елита": 1972-73 г. – Европейски". beroe.bg.
  5. ↑ Παύλος Γερακάρης (20 December 1974). "Το Αιγάλεω ψάχνει για νέο προπονητή. Διώχνει τον Κότσεφ". Athletic Echo (in Greek). p. 8.
  6. ↑ "African Cup of Nations 1963". Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "4th Pan Arab Games, 1965 (Cairo, Egypt)". Retrieved 4 April 2026.
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