Full name Ivaylo Petev Bogdanov Years Team Spouse Yuliya Peteva Current team None Height 1.81 m | Playing position Role Football manager Name Ivaylo Petev Position Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1975-07-09) 9 July 1975 (age 40) Team coached Bulgaria national football team (Manager, since 2014) Manages Bulgaria national football team | ||
Levski Sofia fans strip their new coach during press conference
Ivaylo Petev sled jrebia za LIGA BULGARIA
Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev (Bulgarian: Ивайло Богданов Петев; born 9 July 1975) is a retired Bulgarian football player and coach who last managed Dinamo Zagreb.
Contents
- Levski Sofia fans strip their new coach during press conference
- Ivaylo Petev sled jrebia za LIGA BULGARIA
- Club career
- Ludogorets Razgrad
- Levski Sofia
- AEL Limassol
- Bulgaria
- Dinamo Zagreb
- Personal life
- Managerial statistics
- Manager
- References
Club career
Petev previously played as a midfielder for Litex Lovech, Spartak Varna, Rodopa Smolyan and Marek Dupnitsa.
Ludogorets Razgrad
After a short spell at Lyubimets as a playing manager in 2009, Ivaylo Petev was appointed as head coach of Ludogorets Razgrad, following Kiril Domuschiev's purchase of the club. Petev managed to lead the team to a promotion to the top division of Bulgarian football, followed by two A Group titles (the first in the club's history), a Bulgarian Cup and a Bulgarian Supercup. On 21 July 2013, Ludogorets replaced him with Stoycho Stoev after poor performances against Lyubimets and Slovan Bratislava in the first leg of the Champions League qualifying rounds.
Levski Sofia
On 8 October 2013, Petev was appointed as the coach of Levski Sofia, which drew the ire of a number of Levski supporters (due to a presumed conflict of interest because of his previous managerial positions and clubs represented as a player) who pulled off a Levski Sofia shirt he was wearing, essentially forcing him to resign a day later.
AEL Limassol
In October 2013, Petev signed a contract with Cypriot side AEL Limassol. He led AEL to the first place in the regular season's league table, three points ahead of Apollon Limassol and APOEL Nicosia, 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 with APOEL . Despite the defeat, AEL qualified for the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League season. Petev led the team to a surprise 1-0 win against Zenit Saint Petersburg 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 Europa League. AEL were drawn against English powerhouse, Tottenham Hotspur, but were easily eliminated after 5-1 on aggregate.
Bulgaria
In December 2014, Petev was officially appointed by the Bulgarian Football Union as head coach of Bulgaria. In his first official game in charge, Bulgaria played a 2-2 draw at home to Italy despite leading until the 84th minute thanks to first half goals from Ivelin Popov and Iliyan Mitsanski. The team eventually finished in fourth place and was unable to qualify for Euro 2016.
Dinamo Zagreb
On 27 September 2016, Petev became the head coach of Croatian team Dinamo Zagreb.
Personal life
In December 2014, Petev appeared on Slavi's Show. He is married and has a daughter.