Galin Ivanov (born 6 April 1975) is a Bulgarian former

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player and current

manager, who played both as a defender, as well as a

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. He made his name playing for

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in the

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, making a brief jump to the

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in 2003. He is currently assistant coach of

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club Ludogorets Razgrad II.

Playing career

Club career

Ivanov started his career in 1992 at his local side

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before being acquired by

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giants

in 1996. He styed at the club until 2003, winning the Bulgarian First League Championship and

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twice within a span of seven seasons. In 2003, Ivanov moved to the

signing a contract with D.C. United and joining up with compatriot Hristo Stoitchkov. In March 2004 he returned to the

signing with Marek Dupnitza, 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

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. He managed to appear in 7

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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

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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 CSKA after

Stoycho Mladenov Stoycho Dimitrov Mladenov (; born 12 April 1957 in Ploski, Blagoevgrad Province) is a Bulgarian former football player and manager. He has 212 matches and 107 goals for CSKA. With the club he won the national title 6 times, 4 as a player and ...

resigned. He was replaced by Luboslav Penev in late April 2015 due to CSKA's continued poor run of games in the

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Ludogorets Razgrad

In the summer of 2015 Ivanov took

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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: Веселин Бранимиров Атанасов; born 25 August 1975) is a Bulgarian football coach and a former player who is assistant manager of Cherno More. A defender, he had caps at internati ...

just for one game, but on 7 January 2016 he was appointed as permanent manager who will lead the team in B Group. On 15 January 2017, following the appointment of

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as new manager, Ivanov was demoted to assistant.

Managerial statistics

Honours

;CSKA Sofia *

: 1996–97, 2002–03 *

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

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 Footballers from Dobrich Men's association football defenders