Galin Ivanov ( bg, Галин Иванов; born 15 April 1988) is a Bulgarian professional

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, who plays as an

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for

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...

. His former clubs include

Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...

, Levski Sofia and

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

Career

In June 2014, Ivanov signed for

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side

FK Khazar Lankaran Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Klub, script=Latn, az, Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season. Since the ...

. In February 2015, he became part of the Samsunspor team in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

on a one-and-a-half-year contract. In September 2016, Ivanov joined Levski Sofia, signing a short-term contract which was not renewed. On 12 February 2017, Ivanov signed with

Neftochimic Burgas ''For the new club claimed as the successor, see PFC Neftochimic Burgas.'' PFC Naftex Burgas ({{Lang-bg, ПФК Нафтекс) is a former football club from Burgas, Bulgaria. History The club was created in 1962 by a group of workers, laying t ...

. On 18 August 2017, Ivanov returned to

, signing a short-term contract. After spending two years with CSKA 1948, he once again returned to Slavia Sofia in the summer of 2022.

International career

Ivanov earned his first cap for the senior national football team of his country on 3 June 2016, after coming on as a second-half substitute for

Mihail Aleksandrov Mihail Ivanov Aleksandrov ( bg, Михаил Иванов Александров; born 11 June 1989) is a Bulgarian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He primarily played as a right winger or a right-sided midfielder. Career CSKA ...

in the 2:7 loss against

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in a semi-final of the 2016

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first.''

Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Slavia Sofia *

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: 2017–18

References

External links

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Profile at LevskiSofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanov, Galin 1988 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders PFC Levski Sofia players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players PFC Slavia Sofia players Arminia Bielefeld players PFC Litex Lovech players Khazar Lankaran FK players Samsunspor footballers PFC Neftochimic Burgas players Szombathelyi Haladás footballers FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players 2. Bundesliga players Azerbaijan Premier League players TFF First League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Sportspeople from Kazanlak