Ivaylo Petev

Ivaylo Petev
Personal information
Full nameIvaylo Petev Bogdanov
Date of birth9 July 1975
Place of birthLovech, Bulgaria
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
None
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1996–2002Litex Lovech86(15)
1998→ Olympic Teteven (loan)6(0)
1999→ Spartak Varna (loan)19(2)
2002Cherno More10(1)
2003Litex Lovech3(0)
2003–2004Spartak Varna13(3)
2004–2005Rodopa Smolyan28(4)
2006Dunav Ruse26(2)
2007Marek Dupnitsa10(1)
2007–2008Trikala22(1)
2008–2009Lyubimets28(5)
2009–2010Etar 192423(5)
Total274(39)
Teams managed
2009Lyubimets
2010–2013Ludogorets Razgrad
2013Levski Sofia
2013–2014AEL Limassol
2015–Bulgaria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Ivaylo Petev (Bulgarian: Ивайло Петев; born 9 July 1975) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player.

Career

Petev previously played as a midfielder for Litex Lovech, Spartak Varna, Rodopa Smolyan and Marek Dupnitsa.[1]

Managerial career

Ludogorets Razgrad

After becoming head coach of Ludogorets Razgrad, he led the team to a promotion to the top division of Bulgarian football, two A PFG titles (the first in the club's history), a Bulgarian Cup and a Bulgarian Supercup. On 21 July 2013, Bulgaria champions Ludogorets Razgrad replaced coach Ivaylo Petev with Stoycho Stoev.[2]

Levski Sofia

On 8 October 2013, Petev was appointed as the coach of Levski Sofia, which drew the ire of a number of FC Levski supporters (due to a presumed conflict of interest because of his previous managerial appointments) who pulled off a Levski Sofia shirt he was wearing, forcing him to resign a day later.[3][4]

AEL Limassol

In October 2013, Petev signed a contract with Cypriot side AEL Limassol. He led AEL to finish first in the regular season's league table, three points ahead Apollon Limassol and APOEL Nicosia, which resulted in the qualification for the play-offs. Although leading the group until the last round, AEL lost the title in the deciding match with APOEL . Despite this defeat, AEL qualified for the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League season. Petev led the team to a surprise 1-0 win against Zenit Saint Petersburg in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, but his team failed to keep the advantage and lost the second leg 0-3 thus being eliminated and placed in the Europa League. Here they were drawn against the English club, Tottenham Hotspur.

Bulgaria NT

In December 2014, Petev was officially appointed as manager of Bulgaria. In his first official game in charge, Bulgaria played a 2-2 draw at home to Italy despite leading until the 84th minute thanks to first half goals from Ivelin Popov and Iliyan Mitsanski.

Manager

Statistics

As of 29 March 2015
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 2010 2013 94 62 19 13 65.96
Cyprus AEL Limassol 2013 2014 37 24 4 9 64.86
Bulgaria Bulgaria 2015 present 2 0 2 0 0.00
Total 133 86 25 22 64.66

Honours

Manager

Ludogorets Razgrad

Bulgarian A Group:

Bulgarian Cup:

Bulgarian Supercup:

Bulgarian B Group:

AEL Limassol

Cypriot First Division:

Personal

In December 2014, Petev appeared on Slavi's Show.

References

  1. ↑ "Stats Centre: Ivaylo Petev Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  2. ↑ http://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-ludogorets-sack-coach-petev-one-game-season-142258648.html
  3. ↑ "Ивайло Петев си тръгна завинаги от "Левски"!". topsport.bg. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Levski Sofia coach Petev quits club after fan altercation". BBC Sport. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.