Galin Ivanov (born 6 April 1975) is a

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former

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player and current

manager, who played both as a defender, as well as a midfielder. He made his name playing for CSKA Sofia in the

Bulgarian A Professional Football Group The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

, making a brief jump to the MLS in 2003. He is currently assistant coach of

Bulgarian Second League The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

club Ludogorets Razgrad II.

Playing career

Club career

Ivanov started his career in 1992 at his local side FC Dobrudzha Dobrich before being acquired by

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giants CSKA Sofia in 1996. He styed at the club until 2003, winning the Bulgarian First League Championship and Bulgarian Cup twice within a span of seven seasons. In 2003, Ivanov moved to the MLS signing a contract with

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and joining up with compatriot

Hristo Stoitchkov Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov ( bg, Христо Стоичков Стоичков, ; born 8 February 1966) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who is a football commentator for TUDN. A prolific forward, he is regarded as one of the bes ...

. In March 2004 he returned to the

signing with

Marek Dupnitza FC Marek ( bg, ФК Марек) is a Bulgarian football club based in Dupnitsa, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded in 1947 following the unification of four local clubs. ...

, where he made a total of 12 appearances until the end of the season. During the summer transfer window, Ivanov again moved countries, this time joining up with Greek top-flight newcomers

Ergotelis The Gymnastics Club «Ergotelis» Heraklion Crete ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος «O Εργοτέλης» Ηρακλείου Κρήτης, Γ.Σ. Εργοτέλης), commonly known simply as Ergotelis ( el, Εργοτέλης), ...

. He managed to appear in 7 Alpha Ethniki matches before suffering a knee injury that kept him out for the rest of the tournament, which saw the club finish in 15th place and return to the Greek Second Division.

International career

Ivanov has represented Bulgaria in the youth teams earning 7 caps with the U-18 and 25 caps with the Bulgaria U-21 national football teams. He was called up to the senior team in 2000, earning a total of 5 caps within a two-year span.

Manager career

CSKA Sofia

In March 2015, Ivanov was appointed as manager of the senior team. On 24 March 2015 Galin was named as caretaker coach of

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after

Stoycho Mladenov Stoycho Dimitrov Mladenov ( bg, Стойчо Димитpoв Младенов; born 12 April 1957 in Ploski, Blagoevgrad Province) is a Bulgarian former football player and manager. Career Mladenov started from small teams like Dimitrovgrad and ...

resigned. He was replaced by

Luboslav Penev Lyuboslav Mladenov Penev ( bg, Любослав Младенов Пенев; born 31 August 1966) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player. Penev played as a forward for several clubs in Bulgaria and Spain. He started h ...

in late April 2015 due to CSKA's continued poor run of games in the A PFG.

Ludogorets Razgrad

In the summer of 2015 Ivanov took Ludogorets Razgrad U-19 team who plays in the Elite Youth League of Bulgaria. On 6 December 2015 he take care of Ludogorets Razgrad II team after the resignation of

Veselin Branimirov Veselin Branimirov Atanasov (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Веселин Бранимиров Атанасов; born 25 August 1975 in Varna, Bulgaria, Varna) is a Bulgarian Association football, football coach and a former Defender (associati ...

just for one game, but on 7 January 2016 he was appointed as permanent manager who will lead the team in

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. On 15 January 2017, following the appointment of Radoslav Zdravkov as new manager, Ivanov was demoted to assistant.

Managerial statistics

Honours

;CSKA Sofia *

: 1996–97, 2002–03 * Bulgarian Cup:

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References

External links

D.C. United Player Card
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanov, Galin Bulgarian men's footballers D.C. United players Ergotelis F.C. players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Major League Soccer players 1975 births Living people Bulgaria men's international footballers PFC CSKA Sofia players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Sportspeople from Dobrich Men's association football defenders