Ivaylo Petev

Ivaylo Petev

Petev with Litex Lovech in May 2010
Personal information
Full name	Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev
Date of birth	(1975-07-09) 9 July 1975
Place of birth	Lovech, Bulgaria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dinamo Zagreb (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2002	Litex Lovech	86	(15)
1998	→ Olimpik Teteven (loan)	6	(0)
1999	→ Spartak Varna (loan)	19	(2)
2002	Cherno More Varna	10	(1)
2003	Litex Lovech	3	(0)
2003–2004	Spartak Varna	13	(3)
2004–2005	Rodopa Smolyan	28	(4)
2006	Dunav Ruse	26	(2)
2007	Marek Dupnitsa	10	(1)
2007–2008	Trikala	22	(1)
2008–2009	Lyubimets	28	(5)
2009–2010	Etar 1924	23	(5)
Total		274	(39)
Managerial career
2009	Lyubimets (player-manager)
2010–2013	Ludogorets Razgrad
2013	Levski Sofia
2013–2014	AEL Limassol
2014–2016	Bulgaria
2016–	Dinamo Zagreb
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev (Template:Lang-bg; born 9 July 1975) is a retired Bulgarian football player and current manager of Dinamo Zagreb.

Club career

Petev previously played as a midfielder for Litex Lovech, Spartak Varna, Rodopa Smolyan and Marek Dupnitsa.

Managerial career

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.

Managerial statistics

As of 3 December 2016

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Ludogorets Razgrad	1 July 2010	21 July 2013	94	62	19	13	065.96
AEL Limassol	25 October 2013	17 November 2014	37	24	4	9	064.86
Bulgaria	17 December 2014	27 September 2016	13	5	2	6	038.46
Dinamo Zagreb	27 September 2016	Present	13	7	3	3	053.85
Total			157	98	28	31	062.42

Honours

Manager

Ludogorets Razgrad

• Bulgarian A Group: 2011–12, 2012–13
• Bulgarian Cup: 2012
• Bulgarian Supercup: 2012, runners-up: 2013
• Bulgarian B Group: 2010–11

AEL Limassol

• Cypriot First Division runners-up: 2013–14