.JPG) Petev in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev | ||
| Date of birth | (1975-07-09)9 July 1975 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Lovech, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1994 | Litex Lovech | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2002 | Litex Lovech | 86 | (15) |
| 1995–1996 | →Parva Atomna (loan) | ||
| 1998 | → Olimpik Teteven (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1999 | →Spartak Varna (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2002 | Cherno More Varna | 10 | (1) |
| 2003 | Litex Lovech | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Spartak Varna | 13 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | Rodopa Smolyan | 28 | (4) |
| 2006 | Dunav Ruse | 26 | (2) |
| 2007 | Marek Dupnitsa | 10 | (1) |
| 2007 | Trikala | 22 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Lyubimets | 28 | (5) |
| 2009–2010 | Etar 1924 | 23 | (5) |
| Total | 274 | (39) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Lyubimets | ||
| 2010–2013 | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
| 2013 | Levski Sofia | ||
| 2013–2014 | AEL Limassol | ||
| 2014–2016 | Bulgaria | ||
| 2016–2017 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| 2017–2018 | Omonia | ||
| 2018–2019 | Al Qadsiah | ||
| 2019–2020 | Jagiellonia Białystok | ||
| 2021–2022 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| 2023 | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
| 2023–2024 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev (Bulgarian:Ивайло Богданов Петев; born 9 July 1975) is a Bulgarianfootball manager and formerplayer who played as amidfielder.
Petev spent his whole career playing in Bulgaria, apart from a season at Greek clubTrikala. He was most successful early in his career with hometown clubLitex 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 theBulgaria andBosnia and Herzegovina national team as well.
Petev previously played as amidfielder forLitex Lovech,Spartak Varna,Rodopa Smolyan andMarek Dupnitsa.[1]
After a short spell atLyubimets as aplayer-manager in 2009, Petev was appointed as manager ofLudogorets Razgrad, followingKiril Domuschiev's purchase of the club. He managed to lead the team to a promotion to the top division of Bulgarian football, followed by twoA Group titles (the first in the club's history), aBulgarian Cup and aBulgarian Supercup. On 21 July 2013,Ludogorets replaced Petev withStoycho Stoev after poor performances against Lyubimets andSlovan Bratislava in the first leg of theUEFA Champions League qualifying rounds.[2]
On 8 October 2013, Petev became manager ofLevski 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.[3][4][5][6]
In October 2013, Petev signed a contract with Cypriot sideAEL Limassol. He led AEL to the first place in the regular season's league table, three points ahead ofApollon Limassol andAPOEL 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 the2014–15 UEFA Champions League season. Petev led the team to a 1–0 win againstZenit 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 theUEFA Europa League. AEL were drawn against English team,Tottenham Hotspur, but were eliminated after losing 5–1 on aggregate.
In December 2014, Petev was officially appointed by theBulgarian Football Union as head coach of theBulgaria national team.[7] In his first official game in charge, Bulgaria played a 2–2 draw at home againstItaly despite leading until the 84th minute thanks to first half goals fromIvelin Popov andIliyan Mitsanski. The team eventually finished in fourth place and was unable to qualify forUEFA 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 asBorys Tashchy andNikola Vujadinović, though some issues, mainly relating to the paperwork, prevented them from making their debuts.[8]
On 27 September 2016, Petev became manager of Croatian teamDinamo Zagreb.
He was sacked on 13 July 2017, after Dinamo finished theseason trophyless for the first time in twelve years, and after he fell out with several players includingAnte Ćorić,Sammir andJunior Fernandes.[9]
After Dinamo, Petev worked as a manager at Cypriot clubOmonia, Saudi Arabian sideAl Qadsiah and Polish clubJagiellonia Białystok.
On 21 January 2021, it was announced that theBosnia and Herzegovina FA had named Petev as the newBosnia and Herzegovina national team head coach, ahead of the country's2022 FIFA World Cupqualifiers.[10]
He debuted as head coach on 24 March 2021, in a World Cup qualifier game againstFinland, which ended as a 2–2 draw.[11] By the end of the qualifying campaign, Bosnia and Herzegovina won only seven points, making it the worst qualifying campaign in their history.[12][13] On 23 September 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina topped theirgroup in theUEFA Nations League, and got promoted toLeague A.[14]
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'sUEFA Euro 2024qualifying campaign.[15][16]
In March 2023, Petev once again took over as manager ofLudogorets Razgrad, succeedingAnte Šimundža.[17]
In December 2014, Petev appeared onSlavi's Show. He is married and has a daughter.[18]
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Ludogorets Razgrad |  | 1 July 2010 | 21 July 2013 | 94 | 62 | 19 | 13 | 186 | 66 | +120 | 065.96 |
| Levski Sofia | | 8 October 2013 | 9 October 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| AEL Limassol |  | 25 October 2013 | 17 November 2014 | 43 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 78 | 40 | +38 | 060.47 |
| Bulgaria | | 17 December 2014 | 27 September 2016 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 038.46 |
| Dinamo Zagreb |  | 29 September 2016 | 13 July 2017 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 26 | +34 | 065.71 |
| Omonia | | 14 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 053.33 |
| Al Qadsiah |  | 5 November 2018 | 10 March 2019[20] | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 033.33 |
| Jagiellonia Białystok |  | 30 December 2019 | 31 July 2020 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 035.29 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |  | 21 January 2021 | 31 December 2022 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 030.00 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | | 7 March 2023 | 27 October 2023 | 42 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 89 | 49 | +40 | 059.52 |
| Universitatea Craiova |  | 7 November 2023 | 10 April 2024 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | 314 | 176 | 59 | 79 | 545 | 323 | +222 | 056.05 | |||
Litex Lovech
Ludogorets Razgrad
Dinamo Zagreb
