Trifon Ivanov

**Trifon Marinov Ivanov** (; 27 July 1965 – 13 February 2016) was a Bulgarian international footballer. He played as a defender.

Ivanov played his first game for Bulgaria in 1988. He earned 76 caps and scored 6 goals over a ten-year international career. He played in the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 1996 UEFA European Championship.

Ivanov died of a heart attack on 13 February 2016 in Samovodene, Bulgaria. He was aged 50.

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|Bulgaria|1988|9|1|
|1989|7|1|||
|1990|4|0|||
|1991|6|1|||
|1992|6|0|||
|1993|5|1|||
|1994|12|1|||
|1995|8|0|||
|1996|9|0|||
|1997|5|1|||
|1998|5|0|||

- _Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ivanov goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|13 April 1988|Chernomorets Stadium, Burgas, Bulgaria||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|2|11 October 1989|Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Varna, Bulgaria||1–0|4–0|1990 World Cup Qualifier||||||||
|3|22 May 1991|Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino||1–0|3–0|Euro 1992 Qualifier||||||||
|4|14 April 1993|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||1–2|1–3|1994 World Cup Qualifier||||||||
|5|14 December 1994|Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales||1–0|3–0|Euro 1996 Qualifier||||||||
|6|10 September 1997|Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria||1–0|1–0|1998 World Cup Qualifier||||||||

## Honours

**CSKA Sofia**
- Bulgarian A Group: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92
- Bulgarian Cup: 1988–89
- Bulgarian Supercup: 1989

**Rapid Wien**
- Austrian Bundesliga: 1995–96
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: runner-up 1995–96

**Bulgaria**
- FIFA World Cup fourth place: 1994

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Trifon Ivanov
- **fullname**: Trifon Marinov Ivanov
- **birth place**: Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
- **death place**: Samovodene, Bulgaria
- **position**: Defender (association football), Centre-back
- **years1**: 1983–1988
- **clubs1**: F.C. Etar, Etar Veliko Tarnovo
- **caps1**: 62
- **goals1**: 7
- **years2**: 1988–1990
- **clubs2**: PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA Sofia
- **caps2**: 64
- **goals2**: 8
- **years3**: 1990–1993
- **clubs3**: Real Betis
- **caps3**: 52
- **goals3**: 9
- **years4**: 1991
- **clubs4**: → F.C. Etar, Etar (loan)
- **caps4**: 12
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 1992
- **clubs5**: → PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA Sofia (loan)
- **caps5**: 5
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 1993–1995
- **clubs6**: Neuchâtel Xamax
- **caps6**: 25
- **goals6**: 3
- **years7**: 1995
- **clubs7**: → PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA Sofia (loan)
- **caps7**: 7
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 1995–1997
- **clubs8**: Rapid Wien
- **caps8**: 53
- **goals8**: 7
- **years9**: 1997–1998
- **clubs9**: Austria Wien
- **caps9**: 11
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 1998
- **clubs10**: → PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA Sofia (loan)
- **caps10**: 10
- **goals10**: 1
- **years11**: 1998–2001
- **clubs11**: Floridsdorfer AC
- **caps11**: 52
- **goals11**: 8
- **totalcaps**: 353
- **totalgoals**: 45
- **nationalyears1**: 1988–1998
- **nationalteam1**: Bulgaria national football team, Bulgaria
- **nationalcaps1**: 76
- **nationalgoals1**: 6