Kosta Manev

Kosta Manev
	Manev in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	7 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Radoviš, Macedonia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	AP Brera Strumica
Number	26
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2012	Klubi-04
2013–2014	PK-35 Vantaa
2014	Viikingit
2014	Honka
2015–2016	PK-35 Vantaa
2016–2017	Inter Turku
2018	PS Kemi
2018–2019	Vardar
2019–2020	Velež Mostar
2021–2023	Akademija Pandev
2023	Al-Khaldiya
2023–2024	Makedonija GP
2024–	AP Brera Strumica
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2024

Kosta Manev (Macedonian: Коста Манев; born 7 April 1993) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for AP Brera Strumica.^[2]

Career

After spending his entire senior career in Finland, Manev returned to Macedonia in summer 2018 and signed a one-year contract with FK Vardar.^[4]

On 27 July 2019, he signed a one-year contract with Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina club FK Velež Mostar.^[5] Manev made his official debut for Velež on 10 August 2019, in a 0–0 away league draw against FK Sloboda Tuzla.^[6] He left Velež after his contract with the club expired in June 2020.^[7]

Originally from Radoviš,^[4] Manev moved to Finland in 2009.^[9] He has also acquired a Finnish citizenship.^[10]^[11]

As of 2 October 2024.^[12]^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Other		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Klubi 04	2011	Kakkonen	4	0	–		–		–		4	0
	2012	Kakkonen	24	0	2	0	–		–		26	0
	Total		28	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	30	0
PK-35 Vantaa	2013	Ykkönen	20	0	3	0	–		–		23	0
	2014	Ykkönen	12	0	1	0	–		–		13	0
	Total		32	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	36	0
Viikingit	2014	Ykkönen	3	0	–		–		–		3	0
Honka	2014	Veikkausliiga	11	0	–		–		–		11	0
PK-35 Vantaa	2015	Ykkönen	24	2	4	1	–		–		28	3
	2016	Veikkausliiga	9	0	4	0	4^[b]	0	–		17	0
	Total		33	2	8	1	4	0	0	0	45	3
Inter Turku	2016	Veikkausliiga	12	2	0	0	0	0	–		12	2
	2017	Veikkausliiga	21	1	7	0	–		–		28	1
	Total		33	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	40	3
PS Kemi	2018	Veikkausliiga	14	0	–		–		–		14	0
Vardar	2018–19	Macedonian First League	27	0	0	0	–		2^[c]	0	29	0
Velež Mostar	2019–20	Bosnian Premier League	19	0	–		–		–		19	0
Akademija Pandev	2020–21	Macedonian First League	11	1	2	0	–		–		13	1
	2021–22	Macedonian First League	24	2	0	0	–		–		24	2
	2022–23	Macedonian First League	5	0	0	0	–		–		5	0
	Total		40	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	42	2
Al-Khaldiya	2022–23	Bahraini Premier League					–		–
FK Makedonija G.P.	2023–24	Macedonian First League	25	0	3	0	–		0^[d]	0	28	3
AP Brera Strumica	2024–25	Macedonian First League	4	0	0	0	–		–		4	0
Career total			269	7	26	1	4	0	2	0	301	8

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^ ^a ^b Kosta Manev at Soccerway
^ Kosta Manev at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b Kosta Manev joins Vardar at FK Vardar official website, 4 July 2018, Retrieved 16 August 2018
^ R. Pašić (27 July 2019). "Kosta Manev novi igrač Veleža!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
^ E.B. (10 August 2019). "Sloboda i Velež podijelili bodove u susretu bez pogodaka" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^ E. Čaušević (22 June 2020). "Ništa od dogovora: Kosta Manev neće ostati u Veležu!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
^ "Македонија ЃП се пофали со трансферот на Коста Манев". Gol.mk. 12 August 2023.
^ "Kosta Manev jatkosopimukseen PK-35 Vantaan kanssa" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
^ "KOSTA MANEV". Palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ "Manev, Kosta". Veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ Kosta Manev, Finnish FA