Ivaylo Naydenov

Ivaylo Naydenov
	Naydenov with Bulgaria U21 in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Ivaylo Krasimirov Naydenov
Date of birth	22 March 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
2005–2017	Levski Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2021	Levski Sofia
2019	→ Arda (loan)
2022–	Hebar
National team‡
2014–2015	Bulgaria U17
2015–2017	Bulgaria U19
2019–2020	Bulgaria U21
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:49, 20 December 2021 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2020

Ivaylo Naydenov (Bulgarian: Ивайло Найденов; born 22 March 1998) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Hebar.

Naydenov joined Levski Sofia's academy in 2005 and progressed through the youth ranks. He made his senior debut in 2016, at age 18.

Career[]

On 13 August 2016, Naydenov made his first senior appearance for Levski, replacing Bozhidar Kraev in the last minutes as Levski won 1-0 at home against Ludogorets Razgrad in the A Group.^[2]

International career[]

Naydenov made his debut for the Bulgarian under-21 team on 22 March 2019 in the starting eleven for the friendly against Northern Ireland U21.^[3]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 14 February 2021

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
Levski Sofia	First League	2016–17	10	0	0	0	–		–		10	0
		2017–18	10	0	1	0	1	0	–		12	0
		2018–19	7	0	2	0	0	0	–		9	0
		2019–20	12	0	2	0	1	0	–		15	0
		2020–21	27	1	2	0	–		–		29	1
		2021–22	2	0	0	0	–		–		2	0
	Total		68	1	7	0	2	0	0	0	77	1
Arda (loan)	Second League	2018–19	11	0	0	0	–		1^[b]	0	12	0
Career statistics			79	1	7	0	2	0	1	0	89	1