Nikola Mutafchiev

Nikola Mutafchiev (Bulgarian: Никола Мутафчиев) (10 August 1904 in Stara Zagora – 24 March 1963) was a Bulgarian footballer who played as a forward for Levski Sofia and Bulgaria during the 1920s. His elder brother Dimitar Mutafchiev also was a footballer.

Career

For six seasons from 1921 to 1927, Mutafchiev scored 50 goals in 52 games for Levski.^[1]

He played for the national team in the Bulgaria's first international match against Austria in Vienna on 21 May 1924. Mutafchiev also participated at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[2] On 10 April 1925, he became the first player to score for Bulgaria in a 2–1 friendly loss against Turkey.^[3]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League
		Apps	Goals
Levski Sofia	1921–22	10	9
	1922–23	8	7
	1923–24	16	15
	1924–25	14	18
	1925–26	0	0
	1926–27	4	1
Career totals		52	50

Honours

Levski Sofia

• Bulgarian State Football Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 1925
• Sofia Championship
  • Champion (3): 1923, 1924, 1925
• Ulpia Serdika Cup
  • Winner (1): 1926