Pavlin Ivanov (basketball)

Pavlin Ivanov
No. 22 – BC Levski Sofia
Position Shooting guard
League NBL
Personal information
Born (1993-03-28) March 28, 1993
Yambol, Bulgaria
Nationality Bulgarian
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
Playing career 2011–present
Career history
2011–2012 Benetton Treviso
2012–2013 Budućnost
2013–2014 Yambol
2014–2015 Levski Sofia
2015 Beroe
2015-2017 Lukoil Academic
2018-present Levski Lukoil
Career highlights and awards

Pavlin Ivanov (Bulgarian: Павлин Иванов) (born March 28, 1993) is a Bulgarian professional basketball player, who is currently playing for Levski Lukoil in the Bulgarian League, as a shooting guard. Ivanov was born in Yambol.

Career

Ivanov started playing basketbal 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 2011-12 season. The next season, he signed for KK Buducnost. 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 sponsorship switch between the two clubs .[5].

Bulgarian national team

Ivanov represented the senior men's Bulgarian national team in the second qualification tournament for FIBA EuroBasket 2015, averaging 5.3 points per game. He also played in EuroBasket 2017 qualification, averaging 7.5 points per game. With Bulgaria's youth national teams, he played at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Делник – Павлин Иванов, баскетболист на „Ямбол", национал: Най-тежко е когато не си на терена". Delnik.net. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  2. ↑ "Павлин Иванов подписа с Бенетон Тревизо". Bgbasket.com. 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  3. ↑ Баскетбол. "Павлин Иванов премина в Берое - Баскетбол - БГ баскетбол". Gong.bg. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  4. ↑ "MVP на плейофите - Павлин Иванов в интервю за НБЛ". Nbl.basketball.bg. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  5. ↑ "Lukoil Bulgaria is the new sponsor of Levski". Sportando.com. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Pavlin Ivanov". Fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
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