Ivaylo Petev

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Ivaylo Petev

|image = Ivaylo Petev (cropped).JPG

|image_size = 200px

|caption = Petev in 2010

|fullname = Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev

|height = {{height|m=1.81}}

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|07|09|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Lovech, Bulgaria

|currentclub =

|position = Midfielder

|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1994

|youthclubs1 = Litex Lovech

|years1 = 1996–2002

|clubs1 = Litex Lovech

|caps1 = 86

|goals1 = 15

|years2 = 1995–1996

|clubs2 = → Parva Atomna (loan)

|caps2 =

|goals2 =

|years3 = 1998

|clubs3 = → Olimpik Teteven (loan)

|caps3 = 6

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 1999

|clubs4 = → Spartak Varna (loan)

|caps4 = 19

|goals4 = 2

|years5 = 2002

|clubs5 = Cherno More Varna

|caps5 = 10

|goals5 = 1

|years6 = 2003

|clubs6 = Litex Lovech

|caps6 = 3

|goals6 = 0

|years7 = 2003–2004

|clubs7 = Spartak Varna

|caps7 = 13

|goals7 = 3

|years8 = 2004–2005

|clubs8 = Rodopa Smolyan

|caps8 = 28

|goals8 = 4

|years9 = 2006

|clubs9 = Dunav Ruse

|caps9 = 26

|goals9 = 2

|years10 = 2007

|clubs10 = Marek Dupnitsa

|caps10 = 10

|goals10 = 1

|years11 = 2007

|clubs11 = Trikala

|caps11 = 22

|goals11 = 1

|years12 = 2008–2009

|clubs12 = Lyubimets

|caps12 = 28

|goals12 = 5

|years13 = 2009–2010

|clubs13 = Etar 1924

|caps13 = 23

|goals13 = 5

|totalcaps = 274

|totalgoals = 39

|manageryears1 = 2008–2009

|managerclubs1 = Lyubimets

|manageryears2 = 2010–2013

|managerclubs2 = Ludogorets Razgrad

|manageryears3 = 2013

|managerclubs3 = Levski Sofia

|manageryears4 = 2013–2014

|managerclubs4 = AEL Limassol

|manageryears5 = 2014–2016

|managerclubs5 = Bulgaria

|manageryears6 = 2016–2017

|managerclubs6 = Dinamo Zagreb

|manageryears7 = 2017–2018

|managerclubs7 = Omonia

|manageryears8 = 2018–2019

|managerclubs8 = Al Qadsiah

|manageryears9 = 2019–2020

|managerclubs9 = Jagiellonia Białystok

|manageryears10 = 2021–2022

|managerclubs10 = Bosnia and Herzegovina

|manageryears11 = 2023

|managerclubs11 = Ludogorets Razgrad

|manageryears12 = 2023–2024

|managerclubs12 = Universitatea Craiova

}}

Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev ({{langx|bg|Ивайло Богданов Петев}}; born 9 July 1975) is a Bulgarian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Petev spent his whole career playing in Bulgaria, apart from a season at Greek club Trikala. He was most successful early in his career with hometown club Litex Lovech.

After finishing his playing career, Petev became a manager, managing and having the most success at Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad. He also worked as a manager in Cyprus, Croatia, Saudi Arabia and Poland. Petev worked as head coach of the Bulgaria and Bosnia and Herzegovina national team as well.

Playing career

Petev previously played as a midfielder for Litex Lovech, Spartak Varna, Rodopa Smolyan and Marek Dupnitsa.{{cite web|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|title=Stats Centre: Ivaylo Petev Facts|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=57&CPID=120&TEID=1403&PLID=183946&pStr=Player|access-date=11 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014142152/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=57&CPID=120&TEID=1403&PLID=183946&pStr=Player|archive-date=14 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}

Managerial career

=Ludogorets Razgrad=

After a short spell at Lyubimets as a player-manager in 2009, Petev was appointed as manager of Ludogorets Razgrad, following Kiril Domuschiev's purchase of the club. He 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 Petev with Stoycho Stoev after poor performances against Lyubimets and Slovan Bratislava in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds.{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-ludogorets-sack-coach-petev-one-game-season-142258648.html |title=Soccer-Ludogorets sack coach Petev one game into new season - Yahoo Sports |website=sports.yahoo.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014011939/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-ludogorets-sack-coach-petev-one-game-season-142258648.html |archive-date=2013-10-14}}

=Levski Sofia=

On 8 October 2013, Petev became manager of Levski Sofia, which proved unpopular because of his past club allegiances. At his public unveiling, gathered Levski supporters stripped off his shirt in front of the press, which led to Petev's resignation a day later.{{cite web|publisher=topsport.bg|title=Ивайло Петев си тръгна завинаги от "Левски"! |url=http://topsport.ibox.bg/news/id_158490856| date=9 October 2013| access-date=9 October 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24468656|title=Levski Sofia coach Petev quits club after fan altercation|date=9 October 2013|access-date=10 October 2013|publisher=BBC Sport}}{{cite AV media |date=8 October 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP7_GZyR9II |title=Скандал! Петев съблечен гол и изгонен от феновете на Левски! |publisher=nqkoi nqkoisi |via=YouTube |access-date=7 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410012822/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP7_GZyR9II |archive-date=10 April 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite AV media |date=8 October 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEOh9_g2bq4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/SEOh9_g2bq4 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Fans of Levski Sofia took off clothes of the coach and kicked him out of the press conference |publisher=BulgarianFootball |via=YouTube |access-date=7 September 2021}}{{cbignore}}

=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 against APOEL. Despite the defeat, AEL qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League season. Petev led the team to a 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 UEFA Europa League. AEL were drawn against English team, Tottenham Hotspur, but were eliminated after losing 5–1 on aggregate.

=Bulgaria=

In December 2014, Petev was officially appointed by the Bulgarian Football Union as head coach of the Bulgaria national team.{{cite web | url = https://www.dnevnik.bg/sport/2022/06/30/4363855_tursi_se_trenyor_ili_kak_nacionalniiat_otbor_se_vurti/|title = Търси се треньор: как националният отбор се върти в омагьосан кръг | language = bg | publisher = dnevnik.bg| author=Kichukov, Simeon|date = 30 June 2022|access-date = 12 July 2022}} In his first official game in charge, Bulgaria played a 2–2 draw at home against 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 UEFA Euro 2016. During his tenure, Petev was interested in strengthening the national side by securing the services of a number of foreign-born players with Bulgarian roots such as Borys Tashchy and Nikola Vujadinović, though some issues, mainly relating to the paperwork, prevented them from making their debuts.{{cite web | url = https://www.novsport.com/news2166311_1064.html| title = Хубчев се отказа от чужденците. Селекционерът замразява натурализирането на Ташчъ| language = bg |author=|publisher = novsport.com| date=15 November 2016 |access-date = 4 July 2023}}

=Dinamo Zagreb=

On 27 September 2016, Petev became manager of Croatian team Dinamo Zagreb.

He was sacked on 13 July 2017, after Dinamo finished the season trophyless for the first time in twelve years, and after he fell out with several players including Ante Ćorić, Sammir and Junior Fernandes.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2017-07-13|title=Ivajlo Petev više nije trener Dinama: Poznat njegov nasljednik!|url=https://gol.dnevnik.hr/clanak/rubrika/nogomet/ivajlo-petev-dobio-otkaz-u-dinamu---482652.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-22|website=Gol.hr|language=hr}}

=Later career=

After Dinamo, Petev worked as a manager at Cypriot club Omonia, Saudi Arabian side Al Qadsiah and Polish club Jagiellonia Białystok.

==Bosnia and Herzegovina==

On 21 January 2021, it was announced that the Bosnia and Herzegovina FA had named Petev as the new Bosnia and Herzegovina national team head coach, ahead of the country's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/bugarin-ivaylo-petev-je-novi-selektor-nogometne-reprezentacije-bih/210121073|title=Bugarin Ivaylo Petev je novi selektor nogometne reprezentacije BiH|date=21 January 2021|access-date=21 January 2021|language=bs|author=N.K.|publisher=Klix.ba}}

He debuted as head coach on 24 March 2021, in a World Cup qualifier game against Finland, which ended as a 2–2 draw.{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/zmajevi-remijem-u-finskoj-poceli-kvalifikacije-za-svjetsko-prvenstvo/210324148|title=Zmajevi remijem u Finskoj počeli kvalifikacije za Svjetsko prvenstvo|date=24 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|language=bs|author=E.B.|publisher=Klix.ba}} By the end of the qualifying campaign, Bosnia and Herzegovina won only seven points, making it the worst qualifying campaign in their history.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-17|title=Veliko razočaranje u susjedstvu! Bivši trener Dinama na udaru: 'Neću odgovoriti, jako si negativan'|url=https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/sn/nogomet/nogomet-mix/veliko-razocaranje-u-susjedstvu-bivsi-trener-dinama-na-udaru-necu-odgovoriti-jako-si-negativan-15121309|access-date=2021-11-18|website=Sportske novosti|language=hr-hr}}{{cite web |last1=Ibrulj |first1=Saša |title=Kako je (opet) propala BiH |url=https://telesport.telegram.hr/kolumne/na-posudbi/kako-je-opet-propala-bih/ |website=Telesport |access-date=18 November 2021 |language=hr |date=18 November 2021}} On 23 September 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina topped their group in the UEFA Nations League, and got promoted to League A.{{Cite web |last=Ibrulj |first=Saša |date=2022-09-24 |title=Petev: U se i u svoje kljuse |url=https://telesport.telegram.hr/price/petev-u-se-i-u-svoje-kljuse/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=Telesport |language=hr}}

Despite promoting the team to the UEFA Nations League A, Petev's contract expired and he was released from his duties as head coach in December 2022, before the start of Bosnia and Herzegovina's UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.{{cite news|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/ivaylo-petev-bivsi/441096|title=Kraj saradnje: Ivaylo Petev bivši|date=25 December 2022|access-date=25 December 2022|language=bs|author=E. Ganibegović|newspaper=Sportsport |publisher=sportsport.ba}}{{cite web |url=https://telesport.telegram.hr/kolumne/na-posudbi/djed-mraz-u-bih-nogometu/ |first=Saša |last=Ibrulj |website=Telesport |lang=hr |date=2023-01-05 |access-date=2023-01-06 |title=Djed Mraz u BiH nogometu}}

==Return to Ludogorets==

In March 2023, Petev once again took over as manager of Ludogorets Razgrad, succeeding Ante Šimundža.{{cite web | url = https://dsport.bg/oficialno-ivailo-petev-se-zavrasta-v-ludogorec~111549.html|title = Официално: Ивайло Петев се завърна в Лудогорец | language = bg | publisher = dsport.bg| author=|date = 7 March 2023|access-date = 14 March 2023}}

Personal life

In December 2014, Petev appeared on Slavi's Show. He is married and has a daughter.{{cite web|publisher=vitoshanews.com|author=Dimitrov, Milen|title=Ивайло Петев: aз да се откажа? Абсурд|url=http://vitoshanews.com/index.php/2016/05/13/ivailo-petev-az-da-se-otkaja-absurd/|date=13 May 2016|access-date=8 October 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008175018/http://vitoshanews.com/index.php/2016/05/13/ivailo-petev-az-da-se-otkaja-absurd/|archive-date=8 October 2018}}

Managerial statistics

{{updated|7 April 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sofascore.com/hr/trener/ivaylo-petev-bogdanov/128049|title=Ivaylo Petev Bogdanov|access-date=18 March 2023|language=hr|website=Sofascore}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure !rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|{{Abbr\|Nat.\|Nationality}} !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="8"\|Record
{{Tooltip\|G\|Games managed}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Games won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !{{Tooltip\|Win %\|Winning percentage}}
align=left\|Ludogorets Razgrad \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|BUL}} \|align=left\|1 July 2010 \|align=left\|21 July 2013 {{WDL\|94\|62\|19\|13\|for=186\|against=66\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Levski Sofia \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|BUL}} \|align=left\|8 October 2013 \|align=left\|9 October 2013 {{WDL\|0\|0\|0\|0\|for=0\|against=0\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|AEL Limassol \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|CYP}} \|align=left\|25 October 2013 \|align=left\|17 November 2014 {{WDL\|43\|26\|8\|9\|for=78\|against=40\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Bulgaria \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|BUL}} \|align=left\|17 December 2014 \|align=left\|27 September 2016 {{WDL\|13\|5\|2\|6\|for=14\|against=25\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Dinamo Zagreb \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|CRO}} \|align=left\|29 September 2016 \|align=left\|13 July 2017 {{WDL\|35\|23\|5\|7\|for=60\|against=26\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Omonia \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|CYP}} \|align=left\|14 December 2017 \|align=left\|21 March 2018 {{WDL\|15\|8\|1\|6\|for=31\|against=21\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Al Qadsiah \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|KSA}} \|align=left\|5 November 2018 \|align=left\|10 March 2019{{cite tweet \|author=نادي القادسية السعودي \|user=qadisiyah1967 \|number=1104841765943734274 \|date=10 March 2019 \|title=🔘 ادارة النادي تنهي بالتراضي عقد البلغاري بيتيفا ومساعدية وتقدم الشكر لهم ... https://t.co/rxmDOM2rjJ \|language=ar \|access-date=7 September 2021}} {{WDL\|15\|5\|2\|8\|for=17\|against=20\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Jagiellonia Białystok \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|POL}} \|align=left\|30 December 2019 \|align=left\|31 July 2020 {{WDL\|17\|6\|5\|6\|for=17\|against=25\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Bosnia and Herzegovina \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|BIH}} \|align=left\|21 January 2021 \|align=left\|31 December 2022 {{WDL\|20\|6\|7\|7\|for=19\|against=24\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Ludogorets Razgrad \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|BUL}} \|align=left\|7 March 2023 \|align=left\|27 October 2023 {{WDL\|42\|25\|5\|12\|for=89\|against=49\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Universitatea Craiova \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|ROU}} \|align=left\|7 November 2023 \|align=left\|10 April 2024 {{WDL\|20\|10\|5\|5\|for=34\|against=27\|diff=yes}}
colspan="4"\|Total {{WDLtot\|314\|176\|59\|79\|for=545\|against=323\|diff=yes}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

!rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|{{Abbr|Nat.|Nationality}}

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="8"|Record

!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

align=left|Ludogorets Razgrad

|align=center|{{flagicon|BUL}}

|align=left|1 July 2010

|align=left|21 July 2013

align=left|Levski Sofia

|align=center|{{flagicon|BUL}}

|align=left|8 October 2013

|align=left|9 October 2013

align=left|AEL Limassol

|align=center|{{flagicon|CYP}}

|align=left|25 October 2013

|align=left|17 November 2014

align=left|Bulgaria

|align=center|{{flagicon|BUL}}

|align=left|17 December 2014

|align=left|27 September 2016

align=left|Dinamo Zagreb

|align=center|{{flagicon|CRO}}

|align=left|29 September 2016

|align=left|13 July 2017

align=left|Omonia

|align=center|{{flagicon|CYP}}

|align=left|14 December 2017

|align=left|21 March 2018

align=left|Al Qadsiah

|align=center|{{flagicon|KSA}}

|align=left|5 November 2018

|align=left|10 March 2019{{cite tweet |author=نادي القادسية السعودي |user=qadisiyah1967 |number=1104841765943734274 |date=10 March 2019 |title=🔘 ادارة النادي تنهي بالتراضي عقد البلغاري بيتيفا ومساعدية وتقدم الشكر لهم ... https://t.co/rxmDOM2rjJ |language=ar |access-date=7 September 2021}}

align=left|Jagiellonia Białystok

|align=center|{{flagicon|POL}}

|align=left|30 December 2019

|align=left|31 July 2020

align=left|Bosnia and Herzegovina

|align=center|{{flagicon|BIH}}

|align=left|21 January 2021

|align=left|31 December 2022

align=left|Ludogorets Razgrad

|align=center|{{flagicon|BUL}}

|align=left|7 March 2023

|align=left|27 October 2023