Ivan Cvetkov
Tsvetkov playing for Pirin in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ivan Petkov Tsvetkov | ||
| Date of birth | 31 August 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position |
Second striker Striker |
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| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1997 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | ||
| 1997–1998 | SC Heerenveen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2000 | SC Heerenveen | 16 | (2) |
| 2000–2002 | BV Veendam | 66 | (40) |
| 2002–2004 | FC Zwolle | 41 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Helmond Sport | 32 | (19) |
| 2005–2007 | Sparta Rotterdam | 41 | (8) |
| 2007–2008 | Sivasspor | 41 | (11) |
| 2008–2010 | Khazar Lankaran | 50 | (22) |
| 2011 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 12 | (8) |
| 2011–2012 | Levski Sofia | 30 | (11) |
| 2012–2015 | Botev Plovdiv | 77 | (28) |
| 2017 | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 14 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| 2012 | Bulgaria | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2017– | Pirin Blagoevgrad (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2017. |
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Ivan Tsvetkov (Bulgarian: Иван Цветков; born 31 August 1979 in Blagoevgrad) is a retired Bulgarian footballer who played as a forward. He is also assistant manager.
Born in Blagoevgrad, Tsvetkov took up football with local side Pirin. At the age of 18, he joined Dutch SC Heerenveen's youth academy. In 1998 Tsvetkov started his senior career and during his two seasons at Abe Lenstra Stadion, he scored 2 goals in 16 matches.
In summer of 2000, Tsvetkov joined BV Veendam. After 18 goals in his first season, he was named as the Eerste Divisie top scorer at the close of the following 2001–02 season with a total of 22 goals in the league.
In July 2002, Tsvetkov transferred to Zwolle after Veendam accepted an undisclosed bid. He spent two years at Zwolle, where he capped 41 times and scored 1 goal, before moved to Helmond Sport.
In January 2007 after making 41 appearances for Sparta Rotterdam, Tsvetkov was transferred to Turkish side Sivasspor. He scored his first Süper Lig hat-trick on 30 March 2007, scoring four in a 4–0 win over Kasımpaşa.
On 27 August 2008, Tsvetkov signed for Azerbaijani club Khazar Lankaran. During that season, Ivan became a topscorer of his team, scoring 15 goals, and the second best goalscorer of the league.
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