# Ivan Minchev

Ivan Stoilov Minchev (Bulgarian: Иван Стоилов Минчев; born 28 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slavia Sofia.

## Club career
### Early career

Minchev began his career in his local Rozova Dolina aged 7 and moved to Litex Lovech Academy aged 15. In 2009 he moved to Lokomotiv Mezdra Academy, before moving to Lyubimets 2007 a year later.

### CSKA Sofia

On 14 June 2016, Minchev signed with the returning on the top-level team of CSKA Sofia He made his debut for the CSKA II team on 7 August 2016 in a match against Sozopol, won by CSKA II with 2–0 result. A week later he completed his debut for the first team in a league match against Neftochimic Burgas.

### Slavia Sofia

Three months after he joined CSKA and a single appearance for the first team, Minchev moved to Slavia Sofia. He made his debut for the team in a league match on 10 September 2017 against Lokomotiv Plovdiv won by Slavia with 5–2 result. In the league match against Vereya played on 1 October he scored his first goal for the club. On 15 April 2017, Minchev was named as Man of the Match in the league match against his ex club Montana.
On 28 November 2017, Minchev was awarded as Man of the Match in the league match against Cherno More where he scored the first goal for the 2–0 win. Minchev ended his first half of the 2017–18 season with 5 goals and 5 assists in 19 league matches, attracting interest from Russian and Kazakhstan clubs.

### Beroe

On 9 June 2018, Minchev signed with Beroe Stara Zagora.

## International career

On 2 November 2017, Minchev received his first call-up for Bulgaria for the friendly game against Saudi Arabia. 11 days later he made his debut for the national side in a match, coming on as a substitute in added time of the second half. In August 2024, Minchev was once again called up, being selected by manager Ilian Iliev for the September UEFA Nations League matches against Belarus and Northern Ireland, earning his second cap against the former.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 1 August 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Lyubimets 2007 | 2009–10 | B Group | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 |
| Lyubimets 2007 | 2010–11 | B Group | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 1 |
| Lyubimets 2007 | 2011–12 | B Group | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 2 |
| Lyubimets 2007 | 2012–13 | B Group | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 2 |
| Lyubimets 2007 | 2013–14 | A Group | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 0 |
| Lyubimets 2007 | Total | Total | 86 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 7 |
| Spartak Varna | 2013–14 | B Group | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 2 |
| Montana | 2014–15 | B Group | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 6 |
| Montana | 2015–16 | A Group | 30 | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 35 | 7 |
| Montana | Total | Total | 57 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 13 |
| CSKA Sofia II | 2016–17 | Second League | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2016–17 | First League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2016–17 | First League | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| Slavia Sofia | 2017–18 | First League | 29 | 6 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 35 | 8 |
| Slavia Sofia | Total | Total | 52 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 13 |
| Beroe | 2018–19 | First League | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 0 |
| Beroe | 2019–20 | First League | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 4 |
| Beroe | 2020–21 | First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Beroe | Total | Total | 58 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 268 | 33 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 295 | 39 |
* ↑ Appearances in Relegation Play-offs

## Honours

Slavia Sofia
* Bulgarian Cup: 2017–18