Evgeni Ivanov ( bg, Евгени Иванов) (born 3 June 1974 in

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) is a former

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, a former member of

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, a participant of the

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(

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), a bronze medalist of the World Cup 2007.

Personal life

Ivanov was born in

. He has wife and two children - Sarah and Simona. Creator and owner of the first private organization dealing with sports management, marketing and public health in Bulgaria
ASEM GROUP Ltd.
("ASEM Group" Ltd.). Ivanov develop original projects related to the prevention and care of children's health, supports national campaigns promoting junior sport and promotes physical activity for the whole family as a healthy lifestyle.

Career

Clubs

He is alumnus of the Bulgarian club

VC CSKA Sofia VC CSKA Sofia, is a professional volleyball team based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It plays in the Bulgaria volley league. On 5 May 1948 establishing a sports club "September at CDV" which incorporates seven club sports, including volleyball. His succ ...

. His first coach was Nikolai Adamov, who worked with this team. In season 2006/2007 was a player of the BOT Skra Bełchatów. He won with club from

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title of Polish Champion and Polish Cup 2007. In 2007/2008 played for another Polish club -

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, but the team lost their 3rd place match with AZS Olsztyn. Club didn't renew the contract. Then he played in

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to 2010. In 2010, he returned to

, where in 2012 ended his career as an active competitor.''Пушката се връща в училище''
- monitor.bg

Sporting achievements

Clubs

National championships

* 2006/2007 Simple gold cup

Polish Cup, with BOT Skra Bełchatów * 2006/2007 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with BOT Skra Bełchatów * 2009/2010 Gold medal with cup

Bulgarian Championship, with CSKA Sofia * 2010/2011 Gold medal with cup

Bulgarian Championship, with CSKA Sofia

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanov, Evgeni 1974 births Living people Bulgarian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Bulgaria Expatriate volleyball players in Poland Polish Champions of men's volleyball Skra Bełchatów players