Stanislav Ivaylov Ivanov ( bg, Станислав Ивайлов Иванов; born 16 April 1999) is a Bulgarian professional

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who plays as a winger for Arda Kardzhali.

Club career

Born in

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, Ivanov began his football career playing for his hometown club

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at the age of six. In 2012, he joined

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

's youth academy. His first involvement in the first team was after coming on as a substitute and scoring the winning goal in a friendly game against

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on 23 May 2014, which finished 3–2. Ivanov made his competitive debut for Levski at the age of 16 years and 10 months, in a 0–0 home league draw against

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on 2 March 2016, coming on as a substitute for Miki Orachev. He began to establish himself in the Levski first team from the 2018–19 season, making 11 starts. His first senior goals came on 25 September 2018 when he scored twice in a 6–0 away win over Atletik Kuklen in the first round of the

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. On 4 May 2019, Ivanov scored his first league goal in a 3–1 away win against Botev Plovdiv. He ended the season with four goals in 20 appearances in all competitions. Ivanov continued his progress during 2019–20, becoming a regular in the midfield as a right winger. His form led to him being named Best Progressing Player in the

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for 2019. Over the course of the domestic campaign, Ivanov contributed 9 goals and 5 assists for the club. On 9 December 2020, Stanislav joined

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club Chicago Fire. He signed a two-year contract with an option for a further year, taking effect from 1 January 2021. He made his debut for Chicago on 21 July 2021, coming on as a substitute in their 2–2 draw against

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. On 13 January 2023, Ivanov and Chicago mutually agreed to terminate his contract with the club.

International career

Ivanov was called up for the Bulgaria U19 team for the 2017 European Under-19 Championship qualification from 22 to 27 March 2017. After a draw and 2 wins the team qualified for the

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which was held in July 2017.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *Best Progressing Player in the

: 2019

References

External links

*
Profile at Levskisofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanov, Stanislav Living people 1999 births People from Gabrovo Bulgarian footballers Association football forwards Bulgaria youth international footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Major League Soccer players PFC Levski Sofia players Chicago Fire FC players Bulgarian expatriate footballers Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States