Ivan Čvorović

Ivan Čvorović (Bulgarian: Иван Чворович, romanized: Ivan Chvorovich, Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Чворовић; born 21 September 1985) is a retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born and raised in Serbia, Čvorović received Bulgarian citizenship in 2012 and subsequently opted to play internationally for the Bulgaria national team. He earned one cap for them in a 2–1 away friendly win over Netherlands on 26 May 2012.

Ivan Čvorović
Čvorović with Ludogorets in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-06-15) 15 June 1985
Place of birth Belgrade, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Teleoptik 8 (0)
2003–2004 Srem Jakovo 26 (0)
2005–2007 Naftex Burgas 27 (0)
2007–2008 Chernomorets Burgas 10 (0)
2009–2012 Minyor Pernik 59 (0)
2012–2016 Ludogorets Razgrad 25 (0)
2016 Levski Sofia 0 (0)
2017–2019 Botev Plovdiv 37 (0)
2019 Tsarsko Selo 4 (0)
International career
2012 Bulgaria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Belgrade, Čvorović was educated in Partizan's youth academy.[1] His first season as senior was in 2002–03 with Partizan´s satellite club FK Teleoptik. The following season, he moved to FK Srem Jakovo where he played a season and a half before moving to Bulgaria.[2]

In 2004, he relocated to Bulgaria, signing a contract with Naftex Burgas. In 2007, he transferred to Chernomorets Burgas. On 6 March 2009, Minyor Pernik signed Čvorović. He took number 91. In May, just after making his debut for the Bulgaria national team, he joined Ludogorets Razgrad.[3]

On 20 January 2017, Čvorović signed a one-year contract with Botev Plovdiv.[4] He made his official debut on 18 February during a 1–0 away win over Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa.[5] Čvorović lost his first-choice status to Daniel Kajzer during the 2018–19 First League season and left the team in late May 2019 after the expiry of his contract.[6]

International career

In 2012, Čvorović took Bulgarian nationality after having resided in the country for more than five years. He made his debut for the Bulgaria national team in their win against the Netherlands on 26 May 2012, after coming on as a substitute for Stoyan Kolev during the second half.[7]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Teleoptik 2002–03 8000–80
Srem Jakovo 2003–04 10000–100
2004–05 16000–160
Total 26000–260
Naftex Burgas 2004–05 13000–130
2005–06 10000–100
2006–07 4030–70
Total 27030–300
Chernomorets Burgas 2007–08 1010–20
2008–09 9010–100
Total 10020–120
Minyor Pernik 2008–09 11010–120
2009–10 5010–60
2010–11 17000–170
2011–12 26030–290
Total 5905000640
Ludogorets Razgrad 2012–13 1002000120
2013–14 906010160
2014–15 60200080
2015–16 00000000
Total 2508010340
Levski Sofia 2016–17 00100010
Botev Plovdiv 2016–17 11010–120
2017–18 2600060320
2018–19 00100010
Total 3702060450
Career total 1930210702210

Honours

Ludogorets Razgrad

Botev Plovdiv

References
  1. Bugarski Srbin pojačava šampiona Archived 10 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine at sportal.rs, 2 June 2012 (in Serbian)
  2. Ivan Čvorović at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "Ludogorets signs bulgarian national team debutant goalkeeper Ivan Čvorović". Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  4. "Ботев привлече Иван Чворович" (in Bulgarian). botevplovdiv.bg. 20 January 2017.
  5. Ботев надви Локомотив в Горна Оряховица
  6. "Вратар напусна Ботев (Пловдив), продължава във Втора лига" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  7. Bulgaria won 2:1 against the Netherlands retrieved on 27 May 2012 from http://www.focus-fen.net Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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