Ivaylo Klimentov (Bulgarian: Ивайло Климентов; born 3 February 1998) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spartak Varna.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ivaylo Georgiev Klimentov | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-02-03) 3 February 1998 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Batak, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Spartak Varna | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| 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– | Spartak Varna | 13 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Bulgaria U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Bulgaria U19 | 12 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:03, 6 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 July 2017 | |||
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]
In July 2022 Klimentov joined Spartak Varna on a two-year contract.[8]
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]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Bulgaria | League | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Other[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | |||
FC Spartak Varna – current squad | |
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