Ivan Orlinov Yordanov ( bg, Иван Орлинов Йорданов; born 7 November 2000) is a

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who plays as a

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for Ludogorets Razgrad.

Career

Yordanov joined Ludogorets academy in 2017 from Botev 2002. He made his senior debut with the reserves in the

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on 13 May 2018, playing full 90 minutes in a 4–0 away loss against

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. On 1 October 2018, Yordanov scored his first goal for Ludogorets II in a 2–2 home draw against

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. In December 2018, he signed a professional contract with the club. Yordanov made his first team debut on 13 July 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for

Dominik Yankov Dominik Ivilin Yankov ( bg, Доминик Ивилин Янков; born 28 July 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ludogorets Razgrad. Born in Canada, he represents Bulgaria on international level. Yankov played ...

in a 2–0 home league win over Tsarsko Selo. In June 2021, Yordanov was fully promoted to the first team by the first team manager, Valdas Dambrauskas. In January 2023 Yordanov was sent on loan to Spartak Varna until the end of the season. He made his league debut on 20 February in a match against

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. A week later he scored his first goal for the team in a league win against

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becoming also the man of the match. In August, Yordanov returned to Ludogorets and became part of the main squad. On 21 September 2023 he scored his first goal in

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against

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, for the 4:0 win.

International career

On 5 September 2022, Yordanov received his first call-up for the

national team for the

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games against

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and

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on 23 and 26 September 2022. He made his debut for the team on 26 September, coming as a substitute in the match against

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* 2000 births Living people Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers PFC Ludogorets Razgrad II players PFC Ludogorets Razgrad players FC Spartak Varna players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Men's association football midfielders People from Rakovski Sportspeople from Plovdiv Province {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub