Ivan Minchev

Ivan Minchev (Bulgarian: Иван Минчев; born 28 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slavia Sofia.[1]

Ivan Minchev
Personal information
Full name Ivan Stoilov Minchev
Date of birth (1991-05-28) 28 May 1991
Place of birth Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Slavia Sofia
Number 73
Youth career
2001–2005 Rozova Dolina
2005–2009 Litex Lovech
2009–2010 Lokomotiv Mezdra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Lyubimets 2007 86 (6)
2014 Spartak Varna 12 (2)
2014–2016 Montana 57 (11)
2016 CSKA Sofia II 2 (0)
2016 CSKA Sofia 1 (0)
2016–2018 Slavia Sofia 52 (11)
2018–2021 Beroe 83 (8)
2021 Bregalnica Štip 4 (0)
2021– Slavia Sofia 49 (3)
International career‡
2017 Bulgaria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:52, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Minchev began his career in his local Rozova Dolina aged 7 and moved to Litex Lovech Academy aged 15.[2] In 2009 he moved to Lokomotiv Mezdra Academy, before moving to Lyubimets 2007 a year later.

CSKA Sofia

On 14 June 2016 Minchev signed with the returning on the top level team of CSKA Sofia[3] He made his debut for the CSKA II team on 7 August 2016 in a match against Sozopol, won by CSKA II with 2:0 result.[4] A week later he completed his debut for the first team in a league match against Neftochimic Burgas.[5]

Slavia Sofia

Just 3 months after he joined CSKA and a single appearance for the first team, Minchev moved to Slavia Sofia.[6] He made his debut for the team in a league match on 10 September 2017 against Lokomotiv Plovdiv won by Slavia with 5:2 result.[7] The league match against Vereya played on 1 October was the lucky match for Minchev when he scored his first goal for the club.[8] On 15 April 2017 Minchev was named as Man of the Match in the league match against his ex club Montana.[9]

On 28 November 2017 Minchev was awarded as Man of the Match in the league match against Cherno More where he scored the first goal for the 2:0 win.[10] Minchev ended his first half of the 2017-18 season with 5 goals and 5 assists in 19 league matches, attracting interest from Russian and Kazakhstan clubs.[11]

Beroe

On 9 June 2018, Minchev signed with Beroe Stara Zagora.[12]

International career

On 2 November 2017 Minchev received his first call-up for Bulgaria for the friendly game against Saudi Arabia.[13] 11 days later he made his debut for the national side in a match, coming on as a substitute in added time of the second half.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 August 2020[1]
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyubimets 2007 B Group 2009–10 6200——62
2010–11 24110——251
2011–12 23111——242
2012–13 22220——242
A Group 2013–14 11010——120
Total 866510000917
Spartak Varna B Group 2013–14 12200——122
Montana 2014–15 27531——306
A Group 2015–16 30651——357
Total 57118200006513
CSKA Sofia II Second League 2016–17 20–––20
CSKA Sofia First League 2016–17 1000––10
Slavia Sofia First League 2016–17 23510003[lower-alpha 1]0275
2017–18 29662––358
Total 52117200306213
Beroe First League 2018–19 29020––310
2019–20 29321––314
2020–21 0000––00
Total 583410000624
Career statistics26833246003029539
  1. Relegation Play-offs

Honours
Slavia Sofia

References
  1. "Bulgaria - I. Minchev - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  2. Иван Минчев: В ЦСКА не получих разбиране и шанс
  3. Станислав Манолев и 16 от Литекс започнаха с ЦСКА
  4. Sozopol vs CSKA II
  5. CSKA vs Neftochimic
  6. ЦСКА потвърди ТОПСПОРТ - раздели се с няколко футболисти
  7. Пълен потрес! Славия шашна Локо Пд с велик обрат!
  8. Славия направи дните на Верея в елита много тежки
  9. Иван Минчев: Монтана ни създаде много главоболия
  10. Заслужено: Иван Минчев грабна приза за играч на мача
  11. Славия продава Иван Минчев в Казахстан?
  12. "Берое привлече Иван Минчев" (in Bulgarian). beroe.bg. 9 June 2018.
  13. Иван Минчев пред ТОПСПОРТ: Надявам се да дебютирам за България срещу Саудитска Арабия
  14. България би участника на световното - Саудитска Арабия
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