 Ivkov in 1974 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kiril Lozanov Ivkov | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1946 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pernik, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 May 2025 (aged 78) | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1962–1965 | Metalurg Pernik | |||||||||||||
| 1965–1967 | Minyor Pernik | 63 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1967–1978 | Levski Sofia | 293 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1968–1979 | Bulgaria | 44 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–1982 | Bulgaria (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Levski Sofia | |||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Osam Lovech | |||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Sliven | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | Spartak Varna | |||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Kiril Lozanov Ivkov (Bulgarian: Кирил Лoзaнoв Ивков; 21 June 1946 – 24 May 2025) was a Bulgarian footballer and manager. As a footballer ,he mainly played as a defender for Minyor Pernik and Levski Sofia. With Levski Sofia, he scored 15 goals in 375 matches, and won four Bulgarian League titles, four Bulgarian Cups, and was named was named Bulgarian Footballer of the Year in 1974 and 1975. He was also capped 44 times for Bulgaria, and played for them at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal, and at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
Ivkov died on 24 May 2025, at the age of 78.
