In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Kalinov and the family name is Topuzakov.
Elin Topuzakov
Personal information
Full name
Elin Kalinov Topuzakov
Date of birth
(1977-02-05) 5 February 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth
Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)
Centre-back
Youth career
1987–1994
Dimitrovgrad
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1995–2008
Levski Sofia
220
(19)
1999
→ Pirin (loan)
14
(2)
2008–2009
Hapoel Tel Aviv
43
(1)
2009–2010
Levski Sofia
13
(0)
2010–2011
Hapoel Ramat Gan
25
(2)
Total
321
(24)
International career
2000–2008
Bulgaria
27
(0)
Managerial career
2013–2014
Levski Sofia (assistant)
2014
Levski Sofia (caretaker)
2014–2016
Levski Sofia (assistant)
2016–2017
Levski Sofia
2017–2018
Arda Kardzali
2019–2020
Bulgaria (assistant)
2022–2023
Levski Sofia II
2023
Levski Sofia (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 April 2013
Elin Kalinov Topuzakov (Bulgarian: Елин Калинов Топузаков; born 5 February 1977) is a Bulgarian former football defender and current manager.
He is nicknamed Balls (Bulgarian: Топчо / Topcho) because of his last name. In his career, he played as a sweeper or center back. Topuzakov also used to be a regular start-up for the Bulgaria national football team.
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success of Ludogorets. Two weeks later, former Levski Sofia player ElinTopuzakov was appointed as head coach and Emil Kremenliev was hired as sporting...
2021–22 season. In May 2023, he was invited by interim first-team coach ElinTopuzakov to train with the Levski senior squad for the first time. In June of...
2022–23 season. On 4 June 2022, ElinTopuzakov was announced as the head coach of the team. On 12 April 2023, Topuzakov was announced as an interim manager...
January 2008, Levski and Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. agreed on the transfers of ElinTopuzakov and Dimitar Telkiyski. The two players went to Israel. They signed their...
his last appearance for Levski Sofia on 24 May 2014, after replacing ElinTopuzakov in the first half of a 3–2 win over Lazio in an exhibition match, which...
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emerged victorious. Momchil Tsvetanov joined Krasimir Bezinski and ElinTopuzakov in becoming the player with most cup wins in the history of the tournament...
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European competitions, surpassing the record set by former Levski teammate ElinTopuzakov. Yovov has participated in 66 matches for Bulgarian teams in European...
March 2017, he was appointed as manager of Levski Sofia, replacing ElinTopuzakov. After five months of stay, PFC Levski and Nikolay Mitov decided to...
by several serious injuries. He also fell out of favour with manager ElinTopuzakov soon after his arrival. Sandberg left the club in November 2017 by mutual...
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