Ivaylo Petev

Ivaylo Petev

Personal information
Full name	Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev
Date of birth	(1975-07-09) 9 July 1975
Place of birth	Lovech, Bulgaria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	None
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–2002	Litex Lovech	86	(15)
1998	→ Olympic Teteven (loan)	6	(0)
1999	→ Spartak Varna (loan)	19	(2)
2002	Cherno More	10	(1)
2003	Litex Lovech	3	(0)
2003–2004	Spartak Varna	13	(3)
2004–2005	Rodopa Smolyan	28	(4)
2006	Dunav Ruse	26	(2)
2007	Marek Dupnitsa	10	(1)
2007–2008	Trikala	22	(1)
2008–2009	Lyubimets	28	(5)
2009–2010	Etar 1924	23	(5)
Total		274	(39)
Teams managed
2009	Lyubimets
2010–2013	Ludogorets Razgrad
2013	Levski Sofia
2013–2014	AEL 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 13 October 2015

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Ludogorets Razgrad	1 July 2010	21 July 2013	7001940000000000000♠94	7001620000000000000♠62	7001190000000000000♠19	7001130000000000000♠13	7001659609999999999♠65.96
AEL Limassol	25 October 2013	17 November 2014	7001370000000000000♠37	7001240000000000000♠24	7000400000000000000♠4	7000900000000000000♠9	7001648600000000000♠64.86
Bulgaria	17 December 2014	present	7000800000000000000♠8	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000400000000000000♠4	7001250000000000000♠25.00
Total			7002139000000000000♠139	7001880000000000000♠88	7001250000000000000♠25	7001260000000000000♠26	7001633100000000000♠63.31

Honours

Manager

Ludogorets Razgrad

Bulgarian A Group:

• Champions (2): 2011–12, 2012–13

Bulgarian Cup:

• Winners (1): 2012

Bulgarian Supercup:

• Winners (1): 2012
• Runners-up (1): 2013

Bulgarian B Group:

• Winners (1): 2010–11

AEL Limassol

Cypriot First Division:

• Runners-up (1): 2013–14

Personal

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

References