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Ivan Tsvetkov

Ivan Tsvetkov
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Tsvetkov playing for Pirin in 2011
Personal information
Full name Ivan Petkov Tsvetkov
Date of birth (1979-08-31) 31 August 1979 (age 37)
Place of birth Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Playing position Second striker
Striker
Club information
Current team
Pirin Blagoevgrad
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 0 (0)
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 19 January 2017.

Ivan Tsvetkov (Bulgarian: Иван Цветков; born 31 August 1979 in Blagoevgrad) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a forward for Pirin Blagoevgrad. 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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