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Ivan Tsvetkov

Ivan Tsvetkov

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Retired
Age46
CitizenshipBulgaria Netherlands
Height1.79 m
Footleft
BornAugust 31, 1979
👕200+ Apps 100+ Goals Veteran
Market value
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

10
clubs played for
00/01
debut season
0.33
goals / match
Botev Plovdiv
top club · 92 apps

Career highs

€1.60m
peak value · 2008
€15k
top transfer fee · 12/13
26
best season · 04/05
1 / 0
int'l caps / goals
354Appearances
116Goals
34Assists
14Yellow cards
0Red cards
67Full matches (90′)
Full nameIvan Tsvetkov
Name in home countryИван Петков Цветков
Date of birth1979-08-31 (46 yrs)
Place of birthBlagoevgrad, Bulgaria
CitizenshipBulgaria Netherlands
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footleft
Height179.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2017-07-01
Contract expires
Agentno agent
Jul 2017
Transfer: Pirin → Retired
17/18 · Transfer
Jan 2017
Transfer: Retired → Pirin
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2016
16/17 — Pirin Blagoevgrad
15 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2015
Transfer: Botev Plovdiv → Retired
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2014
14/15 — Botev Plovdiv
37 matches · 12 G · 5 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Botev Plovdiv
24 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2013
Injury: unknown
17 games missed
Jul 2012
12/13 — Botev Plovdiv
31 matches · 17 G · 5 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: Levski Sofia → Botev Plovdiv
12/13 · Transfer · €15k
Jul 2011
11/12 — Levski Sofia
34 matches · 13 G · 6 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2011
Transfer: Pirin → Levski Sofia
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2010
10/11 — Pirin Blagoevgrad
15 matches · 9 G · 6 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — Khazar Lankaran (- 2016)
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Aug 2008
Transfer: Sivasspor → Khazar Lankaran
08/09 · Transfer
Jul 2007
07/08 — Sivasspor
29 matches · 7 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2007
Transfer: Sparta R. → Sivasspor
06/07 · Transfer
Jul 2006
06/07 — Sparta Rotterdam, Sivasspor
27 matches · 7 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — Sparta Rotterdam
27 matches · 5 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2005
Transfer: Helmond Sport → Sparta R.
05/06 · Transfer
Jul 2004
04/05 — Helmond Sport
38 matches · 26 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2004
Transfer: FC Zwolle → Helmond Sport
04/05 · Transfer
Jul 2003
03/04 — FC Zwolle
17 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2002
02/03 — FC Zwolle
29 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2002
Transfer: BV Veendam → FC Zwolle
02/03 · Transfer
Jul 2001
01/02 — BV Veendam
6 matches · 6 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2000
00/01 — BV Veendam
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2000
Transfer: Heerenveen → BV Veendam
00/01 · Transfer
Jul 1999
99/00 — SC Heerenveen
6 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 1998
98/99 — SC Heerenveen
13 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 1997
Transfer: Pirin → Heerenveen
97/98 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €1.60m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
6,026 min
Minutes played by club
SC Heerenveen 3.3%
Pirin Blagoevgrad 9.2%
Botev Plovdiv 37.4%
Levski Sofia 3.6%
Khazar Lankaran (- 2016) 0.0%
Sivasspor 5.5%
Sparta Rotterdam 9.6%
Helmond Sport 3.5%
FC Zwolle 26.7%
BV Veendam 1.2%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
SC Heerenveen 2 98/99 99/00 19 2 2 201
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2 10/11 16/17 30 15 7 554
Botev Plovdiv 3 12/13 14/15 92 33 12 2,254
Levski Sofia 1 11/12 11/12 34 13 6 219
Khazar Lankaran (- 2016) 1 09/10 09/10 4 0 0 0
Sivasspor 2 06/07 07/08 42 11 2 334
Sparta Rotterdam 2 05/06 06/07 41 8 3 577
Helmond Sport 1 04/05 04/05 38 26 0 210
FC Zwolle 2 02/03 03/04 46 2 2 1,607
BV Veendam 2 00/01 01/02 8 6 0 70

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

7€225K13€450K20€675K26€900K01/02 — 6 goals (BV Veendam)601/0202/03 — 2 goals (FC Zwolle)02/03 — 1 assists302/0303/04 — 1 assists103/0404/05 — 26 goals (Helmond Sport)2604/0505/06 — 5 goals (Sparta Rotterdam)05/06 — 2 assists705/0606/07 — 7 goals (Sparta Rotterdam)06/07 — 1 assists806/0707/08 — 7 goals (Sivasspor)07/08 — 2 assists907/0809/1010/11 — 9 goals (Pirin Blagoevgrad)10/11 — 6 assists1510/1111/12 — 13 goals (Levski Sofia)11/12 — 6 assists1911/1212/13 — 17 goals (Botev Plovdiv)12/13 — 5 assists2212/1313/14 — 4 goals (Botev Plovdiv)13/14 — 2 assists613/1414/15 — 12 goals (Botev Plovdiv)14/15 — 5 assists1714/1516/17 — 6 goals (Pirin Blagoevgrad)16/17 — 1 assists716/1798/99 — 2 goals (SC Heerenveen)98/99 — 1 assists398/9999/00 — 1 assists199/0004/05 — €400K07/08 — €750K09/10 — €900K12/13 — €800K14/15 — €750KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

00/01: 0000/0101/02: 6601/0202/03: 2202/0303/04: 0003/0404/05: 262604/0505/06: 5505/0606/07: 7706/0707/08: 7707/0809/10: 0009/1010/11: 9910/1111/12: 131311/1212/13: 171712/1313/14: 4413/1414/15: 121214/1516/17: 6616/1798/99: 2298/9999/00: 0099/00

Assists by season

00/01: 0000/0101/02: 0001/0202/03: 1102/0303/04: 1103/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 2205/0606/07: 1106/0707/08: 2207/0809/10: 0009/1010/11: 6610/1111/12: 6611/1212/13: 5512/1313/14: 2213/1414/15: 5514/1516/17: 1116/1798/99: 1198/9999/00: 1199/00
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
99/00 Amstel Cup SC Heerenveen 2 0 0 0 0 0
99/00 KPN Telecomp. SC Heerenveen 4 0 1 1 0 0
98/99 Amstel Cup SC Heerenveen 1 0 0 0 0 0
98/99 Cup Winners' Cup SC Heerenveen 1 0 0 0 0 0
98/99 KPN Telecomp. SC Heerenveen 11 2 1 0 0 201
16/17 Bulgarian Cup Pirin Blagoevgrad 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 efbet Liga Pirin Blagoevgrad 6 2 0 1 0 104
16/17 Efbet liga - Relegation gr. Pirin Blagoevgrad 8 4 1 0 0 94
14/15 A Group Botev Plovdiv 20 7 4 0 0 195
14/15 Bulgarian Cup Botev Plovdiv 3 2 0 0 0 112
14/15 Bulgarian Super Cup Botev Plovdiv 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Efbet liga - Championship gr. Botev Plovdiv 9 1 1 1 0 728
14/15 Europa League Qualifying Botev Plovdiv 4 2 0 0 0 180
13/14 A Group Botev Plovdiv 11 1 2 1 0 614
13/14 Bulgarian Cup Botev Plovdiv 5 1 0 0 0 136
13/14 Efbet liga - Championship gr. Botev Plovdiv 8 2 0 1 0 138
12/13 A Group Botev Plovdiv 29 17 5 1 0 151
12/13 Bulgarian Cup Botev Plovdiv 2 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 A Group Levski Sofia 30 11 6 2 0 145
11/12 Bulgarian Cup Levski Sofia 2 2 0 0 0 74
11/12 Europa League Qualifying Levski Sofia 2 0 0 1 0 0
10/11 A Group Pirin Blagoevgrad 13 8 4 0 0 146
10/11 Bulgarian Cup Pirin Blagoevgrad 2 1 2 0 0 210
09/10 Premyer Liqa Khazar Lankaran (- 2016) 4 0 0 1 0 0
07/08 Süper Lig Sivasspor 28 7 2 1 0 195
07/08 Türkiye Kupasi Sivasspor 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Eredivisie Sparta Rotterdam 14 3 1 1 0 316
06/07 Süper Lig Sivasspor 13 4 0 0 0 139
05/06 Eredivisie Sparta Rotterdam 27 5 2 0 0 261
04/05 Eerste Divisie Helmond Sport 32 19 0 1 0 136
04/05 Keuken Kampioen Play-Offs Helmond Sport 6 7 0 0 0 74
03/04 Eredivisie FC Zwolle 17 0 1 1 0 0
02/03 Eredivisie FC Zwolle 24 1 1 0 0 1,335
02/03 Keuken Kampioen Play-Offs FC Zwolle 5 1 0 0 0 272
01/02 Amstel Cup BV Veendam 1 0 0 0 0 0
01/02 Eerste Divisie BV Veendam 5 6 0 0 0 70
00/01 Eerste Divisie BV Veendam 2 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
97/98 1997-07-01 Pirin Heerenveen Transfer 0
00/01 2000-07-01 Heerenveen BV Veendam Transfer 0
02/03 2002-07-01 BV Veendam FC Zwolle Transfer 0
04/05 2004-07-01 FC Zwolle Helmond Sport Transfer 0
05/06 2005-07-01 Helmond Sport Sparta R. Transfer 400000
06/07 2007-01-24 Sparta R. Sivasspor Transfer 400000
08/09 2008-08-27 Sivasspor Khazar Lankaran Transfer 1600000
11/12 2011-07-01 Pirin Levski Sofia Transfer 900000
12/13 2012-07-01 Levski Sofia Botev Plovdiv Transfer 750000 €15k
15/16 2015-07-01 Botev Plovdiv Retired Transfer 700000
16/17 2017-01-19 Retired Pirin Transfer 0
17/18 2017-07-01 Pirin Retired Transfer 0
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
13/14 Adductor injury 2013-06-19 2013-09-15 89 17
Current
Peak€1.60m
Low
Δ since start−€400k
€400k€800k€1.20m€1.60m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #3394 1 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Mariyan Ognyanov 2 8 0
Tomas Jirsak 2 1 0
Vander 2 1 0
Stanislav Kostov 2 2 0
Orlin Starokin 2 0 0
Plamen Iliev 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
04/05 Eerste Divisie Helmond Sport 19 32
12/13 A Group Botev Plovdiv 17 29
11/12 A Group Levski Sofia 11 30

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
11/12 A Group Levski Sofia 6 30
12/13 A Group Botev Plovdiv 5 29
10/11 A Group Pirin Blagoevgrad 4 13

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
00/01 Senior debut season
01/02 First senior goal
07/08 Goal #50 (career)
14/15 Goal #100 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
99/00 6 0 1 0 0 0
16/17 15 198 1 0 0 0.45
14/15 37 1,215 1 0 0 0.07
13/14 24 888 2 0 0 0.2
12/13 31 151 1 0 0 0.6
11/12 34 219 3 0 0 1.23
09/10 4 0 1 0 0 0
07/08 29 195 1 0 0 0.46
06/07 27 455 1 0 0 0.2
04/05 38 210 1 0 0 0.43
03/04 17 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

efbet Liga
109 apps
46 G
21 A
Eerste Divisie
39 apps
25 G
0 A
KPN Telecomp.
97 apps
11 G
7 A
Süper Lig
41 apps
11 G
2 A
Keuken Kampioen Play-Offs
11 apps
8 G
0 A
Bulgarian Cup
15 apps
6 G
2 A
Efbet liga - Relegation gr.
8 apps
4 G
1 A
Efbet liga - Championship gr.
17 apps
3 G
1 A
Europa League Qualifying
6 apps
2 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Ivan Tsvetkov

Who is Ivan Tsvetkov?

Ivan Tsvetkov is a Bulgaria professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Retired.

How old is Ivan Tsvetkov?

Ivan Tsvetkov is 46 years old. He was born on August 31, 1979 in Blagoevgrad.

What position does Ivan Tsvetkov play?

Ivan Tsvetkov plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Ivan Tsvetkov play for?

Ivan Tsvetkov currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Ivan Tsvetkov scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Ivan Tsvetkov has scored 116 goals in 354 appearances.