Nikolay Rusev

{{Short description|Bulgarian footballer (born 1956)}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Nikolay Rusev

| image =

| full_name = Nikolay Ivanov Rusev

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|8|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nesebar, Bulgaria

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Nesebar

| youthyears1 = 1966–1972

| youthclubs1 = Nesebar

| years1 = 1972–1983

| clubs1 = Nesebar

| caps1 = 195

| goals1 = 39

| years2 = 1983–1987

| clubs2 = Chernomorets Burgas

| caps2 = 119

| goals2 = 37

| years3 = 1987–1989

| clubs3 = APEP

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| years4 = 1989–1990

| clubs4 = Anagennisi Dherynia

| caps4 =

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| years5 = 1990–1995

| clubs5 = Nesebar

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| manageryears1 = 2000–2001

| managerclubs1 = Chernomorets Burgas

| manageryears2 = 2001–2008

| managerclubs2 = Nesebar

| manageryears3 = 2008–2010

| managerclubs3 = Nesebar (youth coach)

| manageryears4 = 2010–2017

| managerclubs4 = Nesebar

| manageryears5 = 2017–

| managerclubs5 = Nesebar (youth academy director)

| manageryears6 = 2021–

| managerclubs6 = Nesebar

}}

Nikolay Ivanov Rusev -"The Jangur"({{langx|bg|Николай Иванов Русев}}, born 26 August 1956) is a Bulgarian former football midfielder who works as Head of Youth Academy of Nesebar.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025082534/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=211942.html UEFA.com - 3 Aug 2004] He is most famous for having played for Nesebar and Chernomorets Burgas.