Rumen Ivanov

{{Short description|Bulgarian footballer (1973–2024)}}

{{Sources|date=November 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rumen Ivanov

| image =

| full_name = Rumen Ivanov Ivanov

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1973|9|14}}

| birth_place = Bulgaria

| height = 1.80 m

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2024|11|8|1973|9|14}}

| death_place =

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1991–1994 | clubs1 = Etar V. Tarnovo | caps1 = 64 | goals1 = 16

| years3 = 1994–1996 | clubs3 = Botev Plovdiv | caps3 = 53 | goals3 = 15

| years4 = 1996 | clubs4 = Levski Sofia | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1996–1998 | clubs5 = Young Boys | caps5 = 52 | goals5 = 29

| years6 = 1998–2000 | clubs6 = Aarau | caps6 = 86 | goals6 = 37

| years7 = 2001 | clubs7 = Baden | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 5

| years8 = 2001–2003 | clubs8 = Waldhof Mannheim | caps8 = 24 | goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2003 | clubs9 = Botev Plovdiv | caps9 = 9 | goals9 = 3

| years10 = 2004 | clubs10 = Rodopa Smolyan | caps10 = 5 | goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2004–2005 | clubs11 = Metalik Sopot{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} | caps11 = | goals11 =

| years12 = 2005 | clubs12 = Vihar Gorublyane{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} | caps12 = | goals12 =

| years13 = 2006 | clubs13 = Etar V. Tarnovo | caps13 = 11 | goals13 = 6

| years14 = 2006 | clubs14 = Botev-Bali{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} | caps14 = | goals14 =

| years15 = 2007 | clubs15 = Lyubimetz 2007 | caps15 = | goals15 =

| years16 = 2008 | clubs16 = Naftex Burgas | caps16 = 8 | goals16 = 4

| years17 = 2008 | clubs17 = Frenaros 2000{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} | caps17 = | goals17 =

| years18 = 2009 | clubs18 = Etar V. Tarnovo | caps18 = 25 | goals18 = 11

| years19 = 2010 | clubs19 = Zagorets Nova Zagora{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} | caps19 = | goals19 =

| years20 = 2010 | clubs20 = Botev Krivodol | caps20 = 8 | goals20 = 1

| years21 = 2011–2012 | clubs21 = Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa | caps21 = | goals21 =

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Rumen Ivanov (Bulgarian: Румен Иванов; 14 September 1973 – 8 November 2024) was a Bulgarian professional footballer who played as a forward.{{Worldfootball.net|roumen-ivanov}} He died from a heart attack on 8 November 2024, at the age of 51.{{cite news |title=Стана ясна причината за смъртта на обичан наш футболист |url=https://blitz.bg/sport/bg-futbol/stana-yasna-prichinata-za-smrtta-na-obichan-nash-futbolist_554193.html |access-date=9 November 2024 |publisher=blitz.bg |date=9 November 2024}}