In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Ivanov and the family name is Popov.
Ivelin Popov
Popov with Sochi in 2021
Personal information
Full name
Ivelin Ivanov Popov[1]
Date of birth
(1987-10-26) 26 October 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)
Attacking midfielder, second striker, winger
Team information
Current team
Botev Plovdiv
Number
10
Youth career
1993–1998
Septemvri Sofia
1999–2004
Levski Sofia
2004–2005
Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2005–2010
Litex Lovech
96
(25)
2010–2012
Gaziantepspor
60
(6)
2012–2015
Kuban Krasnodar
79
(19)
2015–2018
Spartak Moscow
77
(6)
2018
→ Rubin Kazan (loan)
9
(4)
2019–2020
Rostov
39
(6)
2020–2022
Sochi
22
(5)
2022–2023
Levski Sofia
31
(5)
2023–
Botev Plovdiv
28
(6)
International career‡
2006–2008
Bulgaria U21
13
(2)
2007–2019
Bulgaria
90
(18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:08, 18 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019
Ivelin Ivanov Popov (Bulgarian: Ивелин Иванов Попов; born 26 October 1987) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bulgarian First League club Botev Plovdiv.[3]
^"UEFA Nations League 2019: Booking List before League phase Matchday 5" (PDF). UEFA. 6 November 2018. p. 11. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^"Българите с половин сантиметър по-високи" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
^"ПФК Левски подписа с Ивелин Попов". Levski.bg (in Bulgarian). PFC Levski Sofia. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
Ivelin Ivanov Popov (Bulgarian: Ивелин Иванов Попов; born 26 October 1987) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder...
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times - 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023), Hristo Bonev (1969, 1972, 1973) and IvelinPopov (2015, 2016, 2017). The club with the most winners is Levski Sofia with...
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team featured several notable players, such as Viden Apostolov, Georgi Popov and Rayko Stoynov, with Vasil Spasov as head coach. Botev represented Bulgaria...
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Rashica Stefan Mugoša 1 goal Kristian Dimitrov Ismail Isa Todor Nedelev IvelinPopov Jakub Brabec Ondřej Čelůstka Vladimír Darida Jakub Jankto Alex Král Lukáš...
Izet Hajrović Deni Milošević Kristian Dimitrov Ismail Isa Todor Nedelev IvelinPopov Georgi Yomov Borna Barišić Andrej Kramarić Dejan Lovren Ante Rebić Kostakis...
"Lokomotiv" Kazan in the end gave the first line to the Ural team. Vadim Popov scored 24 goals, updating the club record for the season. Season-1983 did...
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Daniel Van Buyten Jelle Vossen Axel Witsel Vedad Ibišević Miralem Pjanić IvelinPopov Nikola Kalinić Ivica Olić Andreas Avraam Jaroslav Plašil Jan Rezek Michael...
Milan Đurić Vedad Ibišević Haris Medunjanin Edin Višća Iliyan Mitsanski IvelinPopov Marcelo Brozović Andrej Kramarić Luka Modrić Pavel Kadeřábek Václav Pilař...
Darren Bent Jermain Defoe Wayne Rooney Ashley Young Gareth Bale 2 goals IvelinPopov Adam Johnson Frank Lampard Mirko Vučinić Elsad Zverotić Tranquillo Barnetta...
defeated Anzhi 1–0 on 26 May 2013 with a lone goal from Bulgarian forward IvelinPopov, finishing fifth (the club's best Premier League finish). With this showing...
to Russia by joining Kuban Krasnodar, where he will join up teammate IvelinPopov. Manolev made his debut in a 1–1 draw against Dynamo Moscow. He scored...
Graziano Pellè Alexander Tettey 2 goals Rahid Amirguliyev Iliyan Mitsanski IvelinPopov Marcelo Brozović Andrej Kramarić Luka Modrić Antonio Candreva Giorgio...
despite leading until the 84th minute thanks to first half goals from IvelinPopov and Iliyan Mitsanski. The team eventually finished in fourth place and...
CM 15 James Eto'o 77' CM 20 Antonio Perera RW 31 Umeh Emmanuel AM 10 IvelinPopov (c) 84' LW 7 Mohamed Brahimi 77' 90+2' CF 9 Martin Sekulić 76' Substitutes:...
TBI A Football Group with a goal after coming on as a substitute for IvelinPopov – wrapping up a 5–0 away win against Lokomotiv Mezdra with an 89th-minute...
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