Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev ( bg, Ивайло Богданов Петев; born 9 July 1975) is a Bulgarian professional

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and former

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who is the head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He spent his whole career playing in Bulgaria, a part from a season at Greek club

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. Petev was most successful early in his career with hometown club

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. After finishing his playing career, he became a manager, managing and having the most success at Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad. Petev also worked as a manager in Cyprus, Croatia, Saudi Arabia and Poland. He worked as head coach of the Bulgaria national team as well. Since January 2021, Petev has been working as head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Playing career

Petev previously played as a

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for

, Spartak Varna,

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and

Marek Dupnitsa FC Marek ( bg, ФК Марек) is a Bulgarian football club based in Dupnitsa, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded in 1947 following the unification of four local clubs. ...

Managerial career

Ludogorets Razgrad

After a short spell at

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as a

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in 2009, Petev was appointed as manager of Ludogorets Razgrad, following

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's purchase of the club. He managed to lead the team to a promotion to the top division of Bulgarian football, followed by two

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titles (the first in the club's history), a

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and a

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. On 21 July 2013, Ludogorets replaced Petev with

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after poor performances against Lyubimets and Slovan Bratislava in the first leg of the

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qualifying rounds.

Levski Sofia

On 8 October 2013, Petev became manager of

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, which proved unpopular because of his past club allegiances. At his public unveiling, gathered Levski supporters stripped off his shirt in front of the press, which led to Petev's resignation a day later.

AEL Limassol

In October 2013, Petev signed a contract with Cypriot side

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. He led AEL to the first place in the regular season's league table, three points ahead of

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and

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, which resulted in the qualification for the play-offs. Although leading the group until the last round, AEL lost the title in the decisive match against APOEL. Despite the defeat, AEL qualified for the

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season. Petev led the team to a 1–0 win against

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in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, but his team failed to keep the advantage and lost the second leg 0–3, thus being eliminated and placed in the

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. AEL were drawn against English team,

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, but were eliminated after losing 5–1 on aggregate.

Bulgaria

In December 2014, Petev was officially appointed by the

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as head coach of the Bulgaria national team. In his first official game in charge, Bulgaria played a 2–2 draw at home against

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despite leading until the 84th minute thanks to first half goals from

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and Iliyan Mitsanski. The team eventually finished in fourth place and was unable to qualify for

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Dinamo Zagreb

On 27 September 2016, Petev became manager of Croatian team

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. He was sacked on 13 July 2017, after Dinamo finished the

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trophyless for the first time in twelve years, and after he fell out with several players including Ante Ćorić,

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and

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Later career

After Dinamo, Petev worked as a manager at Cypriot club Omonia, Saudi Arabian side Al Qadsiah and Polish club

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

On 21 January 2021, it was announced that the Bosnia and Herzegovina FA had named Petev as the new Bosnia and Herzegovina national team head coach, ahead of the country's

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qualifiers. He debuted as head coach on 24 March 2021, in a World Cup qualifier game against

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, which ended as a 2–2 draw. By the end of the qualifying campaign, Bosnia and Herzegovina won only seven points, making it the worst qualifying campaign in their history. On 23 September 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina topped their

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in the

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, and got promoted to

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Personal life

In December 2014, Petev appeared on ''

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''. He is married and has a daughter.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Litex Lovech * Bulgarian B Group: 1996–97 *

: 2000–01

Manager

Ludogorets Razgrad * Bulgarian A Group: 2011–12,

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* Bulgarian B Group:

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(East) *

: 2011–12 *

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petev, Ivaylo 1975 births Living people People from Lovech Bulgarian footballers Association football midfielders Bulgarian football managers Bulgarian expatriate football managers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Litex Lovech players PFC Spartak Varna players PFC Cherno More Varna players PFC Rodopa Smolyan players FC Dunav Ruse players PFC Marek Dupnitsa players FC Lyubimets players FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo players Croatian Football League managers Saudi Professional League managers PFC Ludogorets Razgrad managers PFC Levski Sofia managers AEL Limassol managers Bulgaria national football team managers GNK Dinamo Zagreb managers AC Omonia managers Al-Qadisiyah FC managers Jagiellonia Białystok managers Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Expatriate football managers in Croatia Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate football managers in Poland Expatriate football managers in Bosnia and Herzegovina