Ivan Ivanov (footballer, born 1988)

Ivan Kamenov Ivanov (Bulgarian: Иван Каменов Иванов; born 25 February 1988) is a former Bulgarian professional footballer who has been a member of the Bulgarian national team, and played mainly as a centre-back. In 2013, Ivanov was named the Bulgarian Footballer of the Year, becoming the first defender to win this award after Trifon Ivanov in 1996.

For other people named Ivan Ivanov, see Ivan Ivanov (disambiguation).

Ivan Ivanov
Ivanov in 2011
Personal information
Full name Ivan Kamenov Ivanov
Date of birth (1988-02-25) 25 February 1988
Place of birth Zlatitsa, Bulgaria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
–2005 Pirin 1922
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Pirin 1922 6 (0)
2005–2010 CSKA Sofia 53 (6)
2007–2008 → Lokomotiv Plovdiv (loan) 24 (0)
2010–2011 Alania Vladikavkaz 24 (2)
2011–2013 Partizan 59 (8)
2013–2015 Basel 11 (0)
2016 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 9 (0)
2016–2017 Panathinaikos 7 (0)
2017 Arsenal Tula 5 (0)
2017–2018 Beroe Stara Zagora 21 (1)
2018–2019 Altay 6 (0)
2019 Vihren Sandanski 3 (0)
2019 Etar 11 (0)
National team‡
2004–2005 Bulgaria U17[2] 6 (0)
2006–2007 Bulgaria U19[2] 8 (0)
2007–2009 Bulgaria U21[2] 9 (1)
2008–2016 Bulgaria 40 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 February 2015

Club career

Early career

Born in Zlatitsa, Ivanov was inspired to become a footballer after watching the Bulgaria national football team's performance during their 1994 FIFA World Cup campaign.[3] He made his debut with Pirin 1922, before moving to CSKA Sofia in 2005. With CSKA, he was a Bulgarian Cup winner in 2006 and Bulgarian Supercup winner in the same year. In August 2007, Ivanov went on loan to Lokomotiv Plovdiv. In the winter of 2008, local media reported that he was a target for English side Derby County, but problems with the work permit stopped the transfer.[4]

CSKA Sofia
Ivanov celebrating the win against Dynamo Moscow (2009)

After many departures from the club in the 2008 summer transfer window, Ivanov became an integral part of CSKA's defence, together with Kiril Kotev. He was in the starting line-up against Litex Lovech in the 2008 Bulgarian Supercup, which they won 2–1. On 19 September 2008, Ivanov scored his first goal for CSKA against Minyor Pernik, a header after a corner kick in the 67th minute. On 18 March 2009, Ivanov scored against his former club Lokomotiv Plovdiv to secure a 3–1 win for CSKA. He continued his goalscoring run on 21 March 2009, in a 2–0 win against Spartak Varna. In total, Ivanov scored five league goals in the 2008–09 season.

On 15 August 2009, Ivanov scored his first goal of the 2009–10 season, in a 3–0 home win against Beroe Stara Zagora. On 27 August 2009, Ivanov scored the winning goal against Dynamo Moscow in the Europa League play-off round, helping his team to a 2–1 aggregate win and an entry into the group stage of the tournament.[5] On 1 November 2009, he was indefinitely banned from the first team, along with eight other players, following a breach of discipline. On 20 November 2009, Ivanov was reinstated to the first team and a day later came on as a substitute for Aleksandar Branekov in a 2–2 away draw with Lokomotiv Sofia.

Alania Vladikavkaz

In February 2010, Ivanov signed a four-year contract with Alania Vladikavkaz.[6] He scored two goals in 24 matches of the Russian Premier League. However, Alania were relegated to the Russian First Division after only one season.

Partizan

On 17 June 2011, Ivanov signed a three-year contract with Partizan.[7] He made his competitive debut for the club on 13 July 2011, in a 4–0 home win against Shkëndija in the second qualifying round of the Champions League. On 3 December 2011, he scored his first goal for Partizan, in a 3–0 home win against Radnički Kragujevac. He also scored a header which provided to be the winning goal in their 2–1 away win over OFK Beograd on 14 March 2012. In the 2011–12 season, Ivanov played every minute of Partizan's league matches and scored four goals.

On 30 August 2012, Ivanov scored a header against Tromsø to give Partizan a 1–0 win and thus qualify the team for the Europa League group stage. In recognition of his contributions, he was voted Partizan's Player of the Year for 2012 by the club's supporters. Ivanov was also named in the 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season, alongside four teammates.

Basel

In August 2013, Ivanov signed a contract with Swiss side Basel.[8] He scored his first goal for the club with a header in an away cup match against Old Boys, with an assist coming from Matías Delgado. On 11 December 2013, Ivanov was sent off in a 0–2 loss to Schalke 04.[9]

On 14 January 2014, Ivanov suffered a knee injury in a friendly match against Eintracht Braunschweig,[10] causing him to miss the rest of the 2013–14 season.[11] Finally, the team won the 2013–14 Swiss Super League.[12] They also reached the final of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, but were beaten 0–2 by Zürich after extra time. Ivanov also missed the entire 2014–15 season due to the injury reoccurring. Basel again won the title and again reached the 2014–15 Swiss Cup final.

Ivanov was expected to recover for the start of the Euro 2016 qualifiers,[13] receiving a call-up for the match against Azerbaijan, but was eventually deemed not fully fit.[14]

On 15 December 2015 he was released from the club in mutual consent, in order to be able to cope with his injury at his own pace.[15]

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

After having trials at New York City FC, Ivanov was not able to sign because he was still recovering from a 2-year long injury (torn ligaments). Instead he chose to return to his home country and signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with a former team of his, PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[16] He appeared in 9 matches for Lokomotiv during the second half of the season.

Panathinaikos

On 28 June 2016, Ivanov signed a contract with Superleague Greece club Panathinaikos until the summer of 2019. He scored his first goal in a 1-1 Europa League game against Danish side Brøndby IF; a game which saw his team secure a place in the group phases of the tournament. Since joining the club, he had been a solid starter for Panathinaikos while manager Andrea Stramaccioni was in charge.[17][18] However, after Marinos Ouzounidis took over, he was no longer a first-team choice for the club, especially after the defensive mistake that helped Apollon Smyrnis open the scoring in the Greek Cup match between the two[19] (Panathinaikos eventually won 4-3); instead, discussions within Panathinaikos were made as to whether Ivanov would remain at the club even as a backup for the first team or would be completely released from his contract.[20] He was released from Panathinaikos on 24 January 2017 by mutual consent.[21]

Arsenal Tula

On 1 February 2017, Ivanov joined Russian Premier League club FC Arsenal Tula on a 1.5-year contract.[22] On 11 July 2017, Arsenal announced that Ivanov will be leaving the team.[23]

Altay

In June 2018, Ivanov signed for two years with newly promoted to TFF First League side Altay.[24]

Vihren Sandanski

In late June 2019, he returned to Bulgaria, signing a contract with Third League club Vihren Sandanski.[25]

Etar

Ivanov was part of the Etar squad during the autumn of 2019.[26]

Retirement

After struggling with injuries during the later stages of his career, on 22 May 2020 Ivanov announced his retirement from football.[27]

International career
Ivanov (#15) on the starting line against Switzerland (2011)

Youth level

Ivanov represented Bulgaria at all national levels, including U-17, U-19 and U-21 teams. On 10 June 2009, he scored his only goal for the under-21 side in a 4–3 loss against Israel U-21. Ivanov also served as team captain in the absence of Nikolay Mihaylov.[28]

Senior level

Ivanov made his debut for the senior national team on 20 August 2008, in a 2–1 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina, during which he entered the match as a substitute in the 67th minute.[29] He also came on as a substitute for the naturalized Brazilian Lúcio Wagner in a World Cup qualifier against Italy on 10 October 2008.[30] He played the full 90 minutes in another World Cup qualifier against Georgia five days later, which also ended in a scoreless draw. On 10 October 2009, Ivanov earned his fourth cap in a 4–1 away loss against Cyprus, attracting some criticism from the media for defensive mistakes.[31] Nonetheless, he played in the next match against Georgia.

On 6 September 2011, Ivanov netted his first national team goal, opening the scoring in a 3–1 away loss against Switzerland in a Euro 2012 qualifier.[32] He became an integral part of the national team in the following years. After missing the qualifiers for Euro 2016 due to continued struggles with injuries, Ivanov made his return to the team on 6 September 2016, in the 4:3 win over Luxembourg in a 2018 World Cup qualification match.

Career statistics

Club
As of 17 March 2018
Club Season League Cup Continental Super Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CSKA Sofia 2005–06 6000000060
2006–07 6000100070
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2007–08 240000000240
CSKA Sofia 2008–09 305300010345
2009–10 111108100202
Alania Vladikavkaz 2010 242400000282
2011–12 0000000000
Partizan 2011–12 3043060–394
2012–13 29400122–416
2013–14 000030–30
Basel 2013–14 1101160–181
2014–15 000000–00
2015–16 000000–00
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2015–16 900000–90
Panathinaikos 2016–17 703091–191
Arsenal Tula 2016–17 5000––60
Beroe Stara Zagora 2017–18 21110––221
Altay 2018–19 6010––70
Bulgaria 10375091101188
Russia 292400000332
Serbia 59830212–8310
Switzerland 1101160–181
Greece 703091–191
Career total 215171714541027822

International
As of 9 September 2016
Bulgaria national team
YearAppsGoals
200830
200920
201090
201191
201280
201382
201610
Total403

International goals
Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
16 September 2011St. Jakob-Park, Basel  Switzerland1–01–3UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
222 March 2013Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Malta6–06–02014 FIFA World Cup qualifying
34 June 2013Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty Kazakhstan2–02–1Friendly

Honours

Club
CSKA Sofia
Partizan
Basel
Individual

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