Pavlin Ivanov ( bg, Павлин Иванов; born March 28, 1993) is a

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n professional basketball player for

CSU Sibiu BC CSU Sibiu is a Romanian professional basketball club, based in Sibiu, Romania. The club competes in the Liga Națională, winning the championship in 1995 and 1999. The home arena is Transilvania Hall, a 1850-seat arena in Sibiu. History In ...

of the

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. He plays as a

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Career

Ivanov started playing basketball at the local youth club in Yambol - Tiger, at the age of nine. In 2008 he moved to

Benetton Basket Pallacanestro Treviso, named Benetton Basket due to a long running sponsorship by the Benetton Group and widely referred to as Benetton Treviso, is an Italian youth basketball club based in Treviso, Veneto. The club was previously a successful pr ...

youth club and made his professional debut there in the season 2011–12. The next season, he signed for KK Budućnost. In December 2013 he returned to his home town to play for BC Yambol. In 2014–15 he signed for Levski, but he finished the season at

BC Beroe BC Beroe ( bg, БК Берое) is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Stara Zagora and plays in the Bulgarian National Basketball League. The club plays its home games at the Obshtinska Municipal Hall , which has a capacity of 800 ...

. The next season Ivanov moved to Lukoil Academic. His club won the League and he was awarded finals MVP. In the first days of 2018 he moved to

Levski Lukoil Basketball Club Levski Sofia ( bg, Баскетболен клуб Левски София), simply known as Levski ( bg, Левски), is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia. It is the basketball section of Levski ...

with all the first team players of Lukoil Academic, as part of a sponsorship switch between the two clubs. He signed with

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for 1+1 years, in November 2018. On February 2, 2020, he has signed with Beroe in the Bulgarian NBL. The same year in June he joined

Rilski Sportist FC Rilski Sportist (ФК Рилски спортист Самоков) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Samokov founded in 1947 and currently playing in the South-West Third League. Their home stadium is Iskar Stadium. Throughou ...

. After two seasons with Rilski Sportist, Ivanov moved for a second time to defending champion that year Balkan Botevgrad. The next season, he signed with

of the

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Bulgarian national team

Ivanov represented the senior men's Bulgarian national team in the

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, averaging 10.2 points per game. His first men's game was against

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. With Bulgaria's youth national teams, he played at the

2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 27th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams featured the competition, held in Lithuania from July 22 to August 1. Serbia was the defending champion. Lithuania won the title aft ...

and

2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 9 to 21 July 2013. For the first time competition was increased to 20 participating team ...

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanov, Pavlin 1993 births Living people BC Balkan Botevgrad players BC Beroe players BC Levski Sofia players BC Yambol players Bulgarian men's basketball players KK Budućnost players Pallacanestro Treviso players PBC Academic players People from Yambol Shooting guards