Ivaylo Petev

Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev (Bulgarian: Ивайло Петев; 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3][4]

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	7001940000000000000♠94	7001620000000000000♠62	7001190000000000000♠19	7001130000000000000♠13	7001659609999999999♠65.96
AEL Limassol	25 October 2013	17 November 2014	7001370000000000000♠37	7001240000000000000♠24	7000400000000000000♠4	7000900000000000000♠9	7001648600000000000♠64.86
Bulgaria	17 December 2014	27 September 2016	7001130000000000000♠13	7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	7000600000000000000♠6	7001384600000000000♠38.46
Dinamo Zagreb	27 September 2016	Present	7001130000000000000♠13	7000700000000000000♠7	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	7001538500000000000♠53.85
Total			7002157000000000000♠157	7001980000000000000♠98	7001280000000000000♠28	7001310000000000000♠31	7001624200000000000♠62.42

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

References