Vladimir Ivanov (footballer, born 1973)

Vladimir Ivanov (Bulgarian: Владимир Иванов; born 6 February 1973) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a defender. He is also known as "Fugata" (Bulgarian: Фугата).[1] On 3 November 2016, following the departure of Aleksandr Tarkhanov, Ivanov was appointed as permanent manager.[2] However, following a streak of poor results, on 11 May 2017 he was demoted to assistant of the newly appointed manager Zlatomir Zagorčić.[3]

Vladimir Ivanov

Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Ivanov Ivanov
Date of birth	(1973-02-06) 6 February 1973
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Club information
Current team	Rilski Sportist (head coach)
Youth career
1983–1991	Slavia Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1996	Slavia Sofia	85	(6)
1997–1998	Levski Sofia	41	(4)
1998–1999	Borussia M'gladbach	0	(0)
2000–2001	Lokomotiv Sofia	42	(3)
2001–2002	Levski Sofia	12	(0)
2002–2006	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	92	(2)
2006–2009	Slavia Sofia	73	(0)
Total		345	(15)
National team
2002–2004	Bulgaria	6	(0)
Teams managed
2015	Slavia Sofia (caretaker)
2016	Slavia Sofia (assistant)
2016–2017	Slavia Sofia
2017–2019	Slavia Sofia (assistant)
2019	Montana
2020–	Rilski Sportist
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In his playing career Ivanov played for Slavia Sofia, Levski Sofia, Lokomotiv Sofia, Lokomotiv Plovdiv and German Borussia Mönchengladbach.

He was part of the Bulgarian 2004 European Football Championship team, who exited in the first round, finishing bottom of Group C, having finished top of Qualifying Group 8 in the pre-tournament phase.