Ivo Ivanov (footballer born March 1985)

Ivo Ivanov
Personal information
Full nameIvo Ivanov Ivanov
Date of birth11 March 1985
Place of birthKazanluk, Bulgaria
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentre-back
Club information
Current team
Beroe Stara Zagora
Number6
Youth career
Beroe Stara Zagora
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2010Beroe Stara Zagora107(9)
2010–2012Levski Sofia33(1)
2012–Beroe Stara Zagora69(2)
National team
2009Bulgaria1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 December 2013

Ivo Ivanov Ivanov (Bulgarian: Иво Иванов; born 11 March 1985 in Kazanluk) is a Bulgarian football defender who plays for and is the current club captain of Beroe Stara Zagora.[1]

Career

Beroe

Ivanov began his career in Beroe and made his debut in the 2003-04 season. On 6 May 2010, Beroe won the Bulgarian Cup, beating Chernomorets Pomorie in the final. Ivanov played through the whole match. On 18 October 2009, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 away league win over Levski Sofia.

Levski Sofia

After playing seven seasons for Beroe, Ivanov signed a three-year-deal with Levski Sofia for a fee of around €100 000 on 8 June 2010.[2] He made his unofficial debut for Levski in a pre-season friendly match against Târgu Mureş on 30 June, entering the match as a substitute.

Ivanov made his competitive debut for Levski in a match against Dundalk - a second qualifying round for Europa League. Levski won the first match and the result was 6–0. In Europa League match against Lille held on 4 November 2010, Levski was leading 2–1 until Ivo Ivanov scored an own goal shortly before the conclusion of the game to make it 2-2.[3] On 17 April 2011, Ivanov scored the winning goal against Cherno More Varna in an A PFG match.[4]

Return to Beroe

On 31 July 2012, Ivanov re-joined Beroe as part of a player exchange deal sending Dimitar Vezalov to Levski Sofia.[5]

After the departure of Georgi Andonov from Beroe in August 2014, Ivanov was named as his replacement as club captain. On 20 January 2015, he signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him at Beroe until 2017.[6]

International

On 18 November 2009, Ivo Ivanov made his debut for the national team after coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute for Blagoy Georgiev in the 4:1 away win against Malta in a friendly match.[7]

Honours

Club

Beroe

Career statistics

As of 12 June 2011.
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
PFC Levski Sofia 2010–11 20130110341
2011–12 1302000150
2012–13 00002020
Career totals 33150130511

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