Ivan Minchev

Ivan Minchev
Personal information
Full name Ivan Stoilov Minchev
Date of birth (1991-05-28) 28 May 1991 (age 35)
Place of birth Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position 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 138 (18)
International career‡
2017– Bulgaria 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:30, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

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

Club career

Early career

Minchev began his career in his local Rozova Dolina aged 7 and moved to Litex Lovech Academy aged 15. 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 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. A week later he completed his debut for the first team in a league match against Neftochimic Burgas.

Slavia Sofia

Three months after he joined CSKA and a single appearance for the first team, Minchev moved to Slavia Sofia. 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. In the league match against Vereya played on 1 October he scored his first goal for the club. On 15 April 2017, Minchev was named as Man of the Match in the league match against his ex club Montana.

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. 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.

Beroe

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

International career

On 2 November 2017, Minchev received his first call-up for Bulgaria for the friendly game against Saudi Arabia. 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. In August 2024, Minchev was once again called up, being selected by manager Ilian Iliev for the September UEFA Nations League matches against Belarus and Northern Ireland, earning his second cap against the former.

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 August 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyubimets 2007 2009–10 B Group 6200——62
2010–11 24110——251
2011–12 23111——242
2012–13 22220——242
2013–14 A Group 11010——120
Total 866510000917
Spartak Varna 2013–14 B Group 12200——122
Montana 2014–15 B Group 27531——306
2015–16 A Group 30651——357
Total 57118200006513
CSKA Sofia II 2016–17 Second League 20–––20
CSKA Sofia 2016–17 First League 1000––10
Slavia Sofia 2016–17 First League 235100030275
2017–18 29662––358
Total 52117200306213
Beroe 2018–19 First League 29020––310
2019–20 29321––314
2020–21 0000––00
Total 583410000624
Career total 26833246003029539
  1. ↑ Appearances in Relegation Play-offs

Honours

Slavia Sofia

References

  1. 1 2 "Bulgaria - I. Minchev - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  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
  15. ↑ "Пълен състав на България "А" за мачовете с Беларус и Северна Ирландия" (in Bulgarian). bfunion.bg. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.