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Ivan Minchev

Ivan Minchev
Personal information
Full name Ivan Stoilov Minchev
Date of birth (1991-05-28) 28 May 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Slavia Sofia
Number 73
Youth career
2001–2005 Rozova Dolina
2005–2009 Litex Lovech
2009–2010 Lokomotiv Mezdra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Lyubimets 2007 86 (6)
2014 Spartak Varna 12 (2)
2014–2016 Montana 57 (11)
2016 CSKA Sofia II 2 (0)
2016 CSKA Sofia 1 (0)
2016–2018 Slavia Sofia 52 (11)
2018–2021 Beroe 83 (8)
2021 Bregalnica Štip 4 (0)
2021– Slavia Sofia 71 (5)
International career
2017– Bulgaria 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:30, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Ivan Minchev (Bulgarian: Иван Минчев; born 28 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slavia Sofia.[1]

Club career

Early career

Minchev began his career in his local Rozova Dolina aged 7 and moved to Litex Lovech Academy aged 15.[2] In 2009 he moved to Lokomotiv Mezdra Academy, before moving to Lyubimets 2007 a year later.

CSKA Sofia

On 14 June 2016, Minchev signed with the returning on the top-level team of CSKA Sofia[3] He made his debut for the CSKA II team on 7 August 2016 in a match against Sozopol, won by CSKA II with 2–0 result.[4] A week later he completed his debut for the first team in a league match against Neftochimic Burgas.[5]

Slavia Sofia

Three months after he joined CSKA and a single appearance for the first team, Minchev moved to Slavia Sofia.[6] He made his debut for the team in a league match on 10 September 2017 against Lokomotiv Plovdiv won by Slavia with 5–2 result.[7] In the league match against Vereya played on 1 October he scored his first goal for the club.[8] On 15 April 2017, Minchev was named as Man of the Match in the league match against his ex club Montana.[9]

On 28 November 2017, Minchev was awarded as Man of the Match in the league match against Cherno More where he scored the first goal for the 2–0 win.[10] Minchev ended his first half of the 2017–18 season with 5 goals and 5 assists in 19 league matches, attracting interest from Russian and Kazakhstan clubs.[11]

Beroe

On 9 June 2018, Minchev signed with Beroe Stara Zagora.[12]

International career

On 2 November 2017, Minchev received his first call-up for Bulgaria for the friendly game against Saudi Arabia.[13] 11 days later he made his debut for the national side in a match, coming on as a substitute in added time of the second half.[14] In August 2024, Minchev was once again called up, being selected by manager Ilian Iliev for the September UEFA Nations League matches against Belarus and Northern Ireland,[15] earning his second cap against the former.

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 August 2020[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lyubimets 2007 2009–10 B Group 6 2 0 0 6 2
2010–11 24 1 1 0 25 1
2011–12 23 1 1 1 24 2
2012–13 22 2 2 0 24 2
2013–14 A Group 11 0 1 0 12 0
Total 86 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 91 7
Spartak Varna 2013–14 B Group 12 2 0 0 12 2
Montana 2014–15 B Group 27 5 3 1 30 6
2015–16 A Group 30 6 5 1 35 7
Total 57 11 8 2 0 0 0 0 65 13
CSKA Sofia II 2016–17 Second League 2 0 2 0
CSKA Sofia 2016–17 First League 1 0 0 0 1 0
Slavia Sofia 2016–17 First League 23 5 1 0 0 0 3[a] 0 27 5
2017–18 29 6 6 2 35 8
Total 52 11 7 2 0 0 3 0 62 13
Beroe 2018–19 First League 29 0 2 0 31 0
2019–20 29 3 2 1 31 4
2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 58 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 62 4
Career total 268 33 24 6 0 0 3 0 295 39
  1. ^ Appearances in Relegation Play-offs

Honours

Slavia Sofia

References