Ivaylo Petev

Ivaylo Petev (Bulgarian: Ивайло Петев; born 9 July 1975) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer and current manager.

Ivaylo Petev
Petev with Litex Lovech in May 2010
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(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2002 Litex Lovech 86 (15)
1998 → Olimpik Teteven (loan) 6 (0)
1999 → Spartak Varna (loan) 19 (2)
2002 Cherno More Varna 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 (player-manager)
2010–2013 Ludogorets Razgrad
2013 Levski Sofia
2013–2014 AEL Limassol
2014–2016 Bulgaria
2016–2017 Dinamo Zagreb
2017–2018 Omonia
2018–2019 Al-Qadsiah
2019–2020 Jagiellonia Białystok
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

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

Managerial career

Ludogorets Razgrad

After a short spell at Lyubimets as a playing manager in 2009, Ivaylo Petev was appointed as head coach of Ludogorets Razgrad, following Kiril Domuschiev's purchase of the club. Petev managed to lead the team to a promotion to the top division of Bulgarian football, followed by two A Group titles (the first in the club's history), a Bulgarian Cup and a Bulgarian Supercup. On 21 July 2013, Ludogorets replaced him with Stoycho Stoev after poor performances against Lyubimets and Slovan Bratislava in the first leg of the Champions League qualifying rounds.[2]

Levski Sofia

On 8 October 2013, Petev was appointed as the coach of Levski Sofia, which proved unpopular because of his past club allegiances. At his public unveiling, gathered Levski supporters stripped off his shirt in front of the press, which led to Petev's resignation a day later.[3][4][5][6]

AEL Limassol

In October 2013, Petev signed a contract with Cypriot side AEL Limassol. He led AEL to the first place in the regular season's league table, three points ahead of 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 decisive match with APOEL . Despite the defeat, AEL qualified for the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League season. Petev led the team to a 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. AEL were drawn against English team, Tottenham Hotspur, but were eliminated after losing 5-1 on aggregate.

Bulgaria

In December 2014, Petev was officially appointed by the Bulgarian Football Union as head coach 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. The team eventually finished in fourth place and was unable to qualify for Euro 2016.

Dinamo Zagreb

On 27 September 2016, Petev became the head coach of Croatian team Dinamo Zagreb.

Personal life

In December 2014, Petev appeared on Slavi's Show. He is married and has a daughter.[7]

Managerial statistics
As of 21 February 2018
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Ludogorets Razgrad 1 July 2010 21 July 2013 94 62 19 13 065.96
AEL Limassol 25 October 2013 17 November 2014 37 24 4 9 064.86
Bulgaria 17 December 2014 27 September 2016 13 5 2 6 038.46
Dinamo Zagreb 27 September 2016 13 July 2017 16 9 3 4 056.25
Omonia 14 December 2017 21 March 2018 12 8 1 3 066.67
Total 174 110 29 35 063.22

Honours

Manager
Ludogorets Razgrad
AEL Limassol
GNK Dinamo Zagreb

References
  1. "Stats Centre: Ivaylo Petev Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  2. https://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-ludogorets-sack-coach-petev-one-game-season-142258648.html
  3. "Ивайло Петев си тръгна завинаги от "Левски"!". topsport.bg. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  4. "Levski Sofia coach Petev quits club after fan altercation". BBC Sport. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP7_GZyR9II
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEOh9_g2bq4
  7. Dimitrov, Milen (13 May 2016). "Ивайло Петев: aз да се откажа? Абсурд". vitoshanews.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.


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