Ivaylo Petev
Ivaylo Bogdanov Petev (Bulgarian: Ивайло Богданов Петев; born 9 July 1975) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
He spent his whole career playing in Bulgaria, a part from a season at Greek club Trikala. Petev was most successful early in his career with hometown club Litex Lovech. After finishing his playing career, he became a manager, managing and having the most success at Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad. Petev also worked as a manager in Cyprus, Croatia, Saudi Arabia and Poland.
He worked as head coach of the Bulgaria national team as well. Since January 2021, Petev has been working as head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
Contents
- 1 Playing career
- 2 Managerial career
- 2.1 Ludogorets Razgrad
- 2.2 Levski Sofia
- 2.3 AEL Lim*ol
- 2.4 Bulgaria
- 2.5 Dinamo Zagreb
- 2.6 Later career
- 2.7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 3 Personal life
- 4 Managerial statistics
- 5 Honours
- 5.1 Player
- 5.2 Manager
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Playing career
Petev previously played as a midfielder for Litex Lovech, Spartak Varna, Rodopa Smolyan and Marek Dupnitsa.
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 *les (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.
Levski Sofia
On 8 October 2013, Petev was 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.
AEL Lim*ol
In October 2013, Petev signed a contract with Cypriot side AEL Lim*ol. He led AEL to the first place in the regular season's league table, three points ahead of Apollon Lim*ol and APOEL Nicosia, which resulted in the qualification for the play-offs. Although leading the group until the last round, AEL lost the *le 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. 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.
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.
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.
He debuted as head coach on 24 March 2021, in a World Cup qualifier game against Finland, which ended as a 2–2 draw. By the end of the qualifying campaign, Bosnia and Herzegovina won only seven points, making it the worst qualifying campaign in their history.
Personal life
In December 2014, Petev appeared on Slavi's Show. He is married and has a daughter.
On 26 March 2021, it was confirmed that Petev tested positive for COVID-19, amid its pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina; by 6 April, he recovered.
Managerial statistics
As of 29 March 2022Honours
Player
Litex Lovech
- Bulgarian B Group: 1996–97
- Bulgarian Cup: 2000–01
Manager
Ludogorets Razgrad
- Bulgarian A Group: 2011–12, 2012–13
- Bulgarian B Group: 2010–11 (East)
- Bulgarian Cup: 2011–12
- Bulgarian Supercup: 2012
References
External links
- Ivaylo Petev at Soccerway