Ivaylo Klimentov

Ivaylo Klimentov
Personal information
Full name Ivaylo Georgiev Klimentov
Date of birth (1998-02-03) 3 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Batak, Bulgaria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dobrudzha
Number 19
Youth career
2011–2013 Gimnàstic de Tarragona
2013–2014 Valencia
2014–2017 Ludogorets Razgrad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Ludogorets Razgrad II 72 (8)
2016–2019 Ludogorets Razgrad 5 (1)
2018 → Vitosha Bistritsa (loan) 3 (0)
2019–2022 CSKA 1948 55 (3)
2021–2022 CSKA 1948 II 8 (1)
2022–2023 Spartak Varna 25 (1)
2023– Dobrudzha 37 (3)
International career‡
2015–2016 Bulgaria U17 3 (1)
2016–2017 Bulgaria U19 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 July 2017

Ivaylo Klimentov (Bulgarian: Ивайло Климентов; born 3 February 1998) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dobrudzha .[1]

Career

Ludogorets Razgrad

Klimentov joined Ludogorets Razgrad in 2014 after arriving from the Spanish Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[2]

He made his debut for Ludogorets II on 17 March 2016.[3] 2 months later on 27 May 2016 in a match against Botev Plovdiv he also made his debut for Ludogorets' main team.[4] Klimentov started the 2017–18 season at Ludogorets II by scoring his debut goal for the team in the first match of the season against Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia.[5]

He scored his first goal for Ludogorets on 20 May 2018 in the last league match for the season against Botev Plovdiv and later was nominated as Man of the match.[6]

On 6 July 2018, Klimentov was loaned to Vitosha Bistritsa until the end of the season.[7]

Spartak Varna

In July 2022 Klimentov joined Spartak Varna on a two-year contract.[8]

International career

Youth levels

Klimentov was called up for the Bulgaria U19 team for the 2017 European Under-19 Championship qualification from 22 to 27 March 2017.[9] After a draw and 2 wins the team qualified for the knockout phase which was held in July 2017.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 May 2018[1]
Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Club League Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bulgaria League Bulgarian Cup Europe Other[a] Total
Ludogorets Razgrad II B Group 2015–16 2 0 – – – 2 0
Second League 2016–17 23 0 – – – 23 0
2017–18 25 4 – – – 25 4
Total 50 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 4
Ludogorets Razgrad A Group 2015–16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
First League 2016–17 1 0 1 0 0 0 — 2 0
2017–18 3 1 0 0 0 0 — 3 1
Total 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Career statistics 55 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 56 5
  1. ^ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

Honours

Club

Ludogorets
CSKA 1948

References

  1. ^ a b Klimentov Stats
  2. ^ 14 нови играчи в ДЮШ на Лудогорец. Вижте кои са – има интересни имена
  3. ^ Litex II vs Ludogorets II
  4. ^ Дерменджиев: Тези момчета трябва да свикват да играят под напрежение
  5. ^ Лудогорец 2 започна с успех новия сезон във Втора лига, разочарование за Локо (Сф)
  6. ^ Талантите на Лудогорец надиграха мъжете на Ботев (Пловдив) за 2:2
  7. ^ "Ивайло Климентов ще играе във Витоша" (in Bulgarian). fcvitosha.bg. 6 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Официално: Спартак (Варна) взе още един футболист от ЦСКА 1948" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  9. ^ Съставът на България (U19) за Елитния кръг във Франция
  10. ^ Футболът ни възкръсна! 19-годишните лъвове "изядоха" всички, България с нов грандиозен успех