Pavlin Ivanov Explained

League:Liga Națională (men's basketball)
Position:Shooting guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lb:198
Team:CSU Sibiu
Nationality:Bulgarian
Birth Date:28 March 1993
Birth Place:Yambol, Bulgaria
Career Start:2011
Years1:2011–2012
Team1:Benetton Treviso
Years2:2012–2013
Years3:2013–2014
Years4:2014–2015
Years5:2015
Team5:Beroe
Years6:2015–2017
Team6:Lukoil Academic
Years7:2018
Team7:Levski Lukoil
Years8:2018-2019
Team8:Balkan
Years9:2019–2020
Team9:Blu Basket Treviglio
Years10:2020
Team10:Beroe
Years11:2020–2022
Team11:Rilski Sportist
Years12:2022–23
Team12:Balkan
Years13:2023–present
Team13:CSU Sibiu
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Pavlin Ivanov (Bulgarian: Павлин Иванов; born March 28, 1993) is a Bulgarian professional basketball player for CSU Sibiu of the Liga Națională (men's basketball). He plays as a shooting guard.

Career

Ivanov started playing basketball at the local youth club in Yambol - Tiger, at the age of nine.[1] In 2008 he moved to Benetton Basket youth club [2] and made his professional debut there in the season 2011–12. The next season, he signed for KK Budućnost. In December 2013 he returned to his home town to play for BC Yambol. In 2014–15 he signed for Levski, but he finished the season at BC Beroe.[3] The next season Ivanov moved to Lukoil Academic. His club won the League and he was awarded finals MVP.[4] In the first days of 2018 he moved to Levski Lukoil with all the first team players of Lukoil Academic, as part of a sponsorship switch between the two clubs.[5] He signed with Balkan for 1+1 years, in November 2018.[6]

On February 2, 2020, he has signed with Beroe in the Bulgarian NBL. [7] The same year in June he joined Rilski Sportist. [8]

After two seasons with Rilski Sportist, Ivanov moved for a second time to defending champion that year Balkan Botevgrad. [9] The next season, he signed with CSU Sibiu of the Romanian league. [10]

Bulgarian national team

Ivanov represented the senior men's Bulgarian national team in the EuroBasket 2022, averaging 10.2 points per game.[11] His first men's game was against Romania.[12] With Bulgaria's youth national teams, he played at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Делник – Павлин Иванов, баскетболист на "Ямбол", национал: Най-тежко е когато не си на терена . Delnik.net . 2017-04-12.
  2. Web site: Павлин Иванов подписа с Бенетон Тревизо . Bgbasket.com . 2008-10-14 . 2017-04-12.
  3. Web site: Баскетбол . Павлин Иванов премина в Берое - Баскетбол - БГ баскетбол . Gong.bg . 2017-04-12.
  4. Web site: MVP на плейофите - Павлин Иванов в интервю за НБЛ . Nbl.basketball.bg . 2017-04-12.
  5. News: Lukoil Bulgaria is the new sponsor of Levski. 2 January 2018. 2 January 2018. Sportando.com.
  6. News: Балкан се подсили с Павлин Иванов. 26 November 2018. 27 November 2018. bgbasket.com.
  7. Web site: Pavlin Ivanov signs with Beroe. February 2, 2020. Sportando. En. February 3, 2020.
  8. Web site: Рилски спортист обра точките с Павлин Иванов. 10 June 2020. superbasket.bg. Bg. June 11, 2020.
  9. News: ПАВЛИН ИВАНОВ ПОДПИСА С БАЛКАН. 4 August 2022. 4 August 2022. balkan-basket.com.
  10. News: Căpitanul Bulgariei vine la BC CSU Sibiu. 28 July 2023. 2 August 2023. bc-csusibiu.ro.
  11. https://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2022/player/Pavlin-Ivanov Eurobasket 22 stats
  12. http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.gameID_9490-A-1-1.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9486.teamID_.html Box Score
  13. Web site: Pavlin Ivanov . Fibaeurope.com . 2017-04-12.