Ivan Minchev ( Bulgarian: Иван Минчев; born 28 May 1991) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

n professional

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who plays as a

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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 groun ...

Career

Early career

Minchev began his career in his local Rozova Dolina at age of 7 and moved to

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

Academy at age of 15. In 2009 he moved to

Lokomotiv Mezdra FC Lokomotiv Mezdra (ФК Локомотив Мездра) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Mezdra, which currently playing in the Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadiu ...

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 CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

He made his debut for the CSKA II team on 7 August 2016 in a match against

Sozopol Sozopol ( bg, Созопол , el, Σωζόπολη, translit=Sozopoli) is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Today it is one of the major seaside resorts in the country, known for th ...

, won by CSKA II with 2:0 result. A week later he completed his debut for the first team in a league match against Neftochimic Burgas.

Slavia Sofia

Just 3 months after he joined CSKA and a single appearance for the first team, Minchev moved to

. He made his debut for the team in a league match on 10 September 2017 against

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

won by Slavia with 5:2 result. The league match against

Vereya Vereya (russian: Верея) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Vereya, Naro-Fominsky District, Moscow Oblast, a town in Naro-Fominsky District of Moscow Oblast ;Rural localities * Vereya, Orekhovo-Zuyevsky ...

played on 1 October was the lucky match for Minchev when he scored his first goal for the club. On 15 April 2017 Minchev was named as Man of the Match in the league match against his ex club

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

. 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. 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.

Beroe

On 9 June 2018, Minchev signed with

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 ...

International career

On 2 November 2017 Minchev received his first call-up for

for the friendly game against

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. 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.България би участника на световното - Саудитска Арабия
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Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Slavia Sofia *

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(1): 2017–18

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Minchev, Ivan 1991 births Living people People from Kazanlak Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra players FC Lyubimets players PFC Spartak Varna players FC Montana players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Slavia Sofia players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Association football midfielders