Boris Nikolov (footballer)
| Senior career* | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1905–1912 | Galatasaray | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1905–1907 | Galatasaray | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Boris Nikolov or Boris Nikolof (Bulgarian: Борис Николов), nicknamed The Bear (Мечката, Mechkata), was a Bulgarian football player and manager. In the inceptive years of leading Turkish (then Ottoman) football club Galatasaray S.K., which he co-founded, Nikolov was both the club's first manager and first captain.