Iliya Nikolov (; born 14 July 1986) is a Bulgarian footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Maritsa Plovdiv. He is also acting as goalkeeping coach.
Nikolov started his career in his home town Haskovo in the local team FC Haskovo, before signing with Litex Lovech. He then played for two seasons on loan at Svilengrad and then Spartak Plovdiv, before terminating his Litex contract by mutual consent to move to Botev Plovdiv.
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