Ivaylo Yordanov

For the Bulgarian Olympic wrestler, seeIvaylo Yordanov (wrestler).

In thisBulgarian name,thepatronymicisStoimenovand thefamily nameisYordanov.

Ivaylo Yordanov

Yordanov in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Ivaylo Stoimenov Yordanov
Date of birth	(1968-04-22)22 April 1968
Place of birth	Samokov,Bulgaria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker,midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1989	Rilski Sportist	199	(23)
1989–1991	Lokomotiv GO	51	(23)
1991–2001	Sporting CP	184	(56)
Total		434	(102)
International career
1991–2000	Bulgaria	51	(4)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Sporting B(assistant)
2004–2005	Bulgaria(assistant)
2010	Litex Lovech(assistant)
2016	Beroe(assistant)
2019–2020	Bulgaria U21(assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivaylo Stoimenov Yordanov(Bulgarian:Ивайло Стоименов Йорданов;born 22 April 1968) is a Bulgarian retired professionalfootballerwho played mainly as astriker.

During his career, he represented mainlySportingin Portugal, appearing in more than 250 official games in one full decade and winning two major titles.

ABulgaria internationalfor nine years, Yordanov represented the nation in twoWorld CupsandEuro 1996.

Club career

Born inSamokov,Yordanov began his career at localPFC Rilski Sportist,where he first appeared professionally at not yet 15, moving toFC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsain 1989. Inthe lastof his two seasons, he topped theFirst Professional Football Leaguescoring charts, at 21 goals, helping lowly Lokomotiv to a comfortable ninth place.

In1991–92,Yordanov joinedSporting CP,signing alongside compatriotBoncho Genchev– who had been his predecessor at Lokomotiv GO – where he would play in a variety of positions (includingcentral defender,due to injuries to teammates). Persistent injury problems and the 1997 diagnosis ofmultiple sclerosisled to a 2001 retirement,still with theLisbonclub (he contributed with 11 matches and one goal in the team'sPrimeira Ligaconquestthe previous year).

Upon retiring, Yordanov stayed connected with Sporting, in its youth teams.On 7 June 2010 he joinedAngel Chervenkov's staff atPFC Litex Lovech,as part of thescoutingdepartments.

In 2017, Yordanov took up the role ofdirector of footballat his former club Lokomotiv GO.

International career

Yordanov wascapped51 times and scored four goals for theBulgaria national team,including sevenFIFA World Cupgames in the1994and1998championships.

In the former, in another display of "team-first" attitude – and first discovering his versatile qualities – during theround-of-16tie againstMexico(as Bulgaria prevailed in apenalty shootout) he filled in at centre-back, due to the absence ofTrifon Ivanov(suspension) andNikolay Iliev(injury). During the match, he set upHristo Stoichkov's goal in the 1–1 draw.

Yordanov would also appear atUEFA Euro 1996,playing all three group stage matches (two complete) as Bulgaria finished third in their group.

International goals

Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yordanov goal.

List of international goals scored by Ivaylo Yordanov

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 June 1996	Vasil Levski National Stadium,Sofia,Bulgaria	United Arab Emirates	1–0	4–1	Friendly match
2	2 April 1997	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Cyprus	4–1	4–1	1998 World Cup qualifier
3	5 June 1998	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Algeria	2–0	2–0	Friendly match
4	31 March 1999	Stade Josy Barthel,Luxembourg City,Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2–0	2–0	Euro 2000 qualifier

Honours

Sporting

• Primeira Liga:1999–2000
• Taça de Portugal:1994–95
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira:1995

External links

• Bulgarian Sport Catalog profile(in Bulgarian)at theWayback Machine(archived 28 June 2006)
• Ivaylo Yordanovat ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Ivaylo Yordanovat National-Football-Teams
• Ivaylo Yordanov–FIFAcompetition record (archived)
• Ivaylo Yordanovat EU-Football.info