Ivelin Popov

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Personal information
Ivelin Popov
Full name	Ivelin Popov
Date of birth	26 October 1987 (1987-10-26) (age 20)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.82 m
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	PFC Litex Lovech
Number	32
Youth clubs
1997-2005, 2005-2005	PFC Levski Sofia Feyenoord
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-	PFC Litex Lovech	32 (8)
National team
2006-2007 2007-	Bulgaria U21 Bulgaria	9 (0) 2 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ivelin Popov (Bulgarian: Ивелин Попов) (born 26 October 1987) is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for PFC Litex Lovech as a right midfielder/supporting striker. He is known for his outbursts on and off the field, as well as womanizing ways.

On October 28, 2006, Litex Lovech ordered him to get married in order to curb his volatile temper. [1]

[edit] Career

He started his career with his home town club Levski Sofia but signed his first professional contract with Litex Lovech. In 2005 he trained for four months with Feyenoord but did not sign with the team because he was not 18 years old. On the 13th of November 2007 he was linked with English Premiership side Manchester City and more recently with Blackburn Rovers.

[edit] International career

In august 2007 the Bulgarian national coach Dimitar Penev called Ivelin in Bulgaria national football team for friendly mach with Wales.

v • d • e Litex Lovech – current squad

1 I.Nikolov • 3 Cambon • 5 Venkov • 6 Uras • 7 Genchev • 8 Tom • 9 Du Bala • 10 Sandrinho • 12 Todorov • 16 Manolev • 18 Bibishkov • 19 Niflore • 21 Janković • 22 P.Nikolov • 23 Jelenković • 26 Dudu • 27 Cvetanov • 28 E.Angelov • 30 Aleksandrov • 32 Popov • 33 Berberović • Manager: Miodrag Ješić