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{{short description|Bulgarian footballer}}
{{family name hatnote|Rumenov|Petkov|lang=Bulgarian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ivaylo Petkov
| image = Ivaylo Petkov .JPG
| upright = 
| caption = Petkov with [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]] in 2010
| full_name = Ivaylo Rumenov Petkov
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|3|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dolni Dabnik]], Bulgaria
| height = 1.86 m<ref>{{Cite web | title=Ivailo Petkov - Player Profile - Football - TNT Sports | url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/ivailo-petkov_prs15423/person.shtml | access-date=25 July 2025 | website=www.tntsports.co.uk}}</ref>
| position = [[Left-back]], [[centre-back]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 =  
| youthclubs1 =   
| years1 = 1995–1997 | clubs1 = [[PFC Spartak Pleven|Spartak Pleven]]     | caps1 = 29  | goals1 = 2
| years2 = 1997–1998 | clubs2 = [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]]         | caps2 = 27  | goals2 = 3
| years3 = 1998–2003 | clubs3 = [[İstanbulspor A.Ş.|Istanbulspor]]        | caps3 = 160 | goals3 = 7 
| years4 = 2003–2004 | clubs4 = [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)|Fenerbahçe]] | caps4 = 16  | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2004–2005 | clubs5 = [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]]    | caps5 = 43  | goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2005–2007 | clubs6 = [[MKE Ankaragücü|Ankaragücü]]             | caps6 = 44  | goals6 = 2 
| years7 = 2007–2008 | clubs7 = [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]]    | caps7 = 47  | goals7 = 10
| years8 = 2009–2011 | clubs8 = [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]]         | caps8 = 27  | goals8 = 2
| totalcaps = 393 | totalgoals = 28
| nationalyears1 = 1996–2009 | nationalteam1 = [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] | nationalcaps1 = 63 | nationalgoals1 = 3 
}}

'''Ivaylo Rumenov Petkov''' ({{langx|bg|Ивайло Руменов Петков}}; born 24 March 1976) is a Bulgarian former professional [[association football|footballer]], who played mainly as a [[left-back]] and [[centre-back]]. He has won three [[Bulgarian A Professional Football Group|A PFG]] titles, one [[Süper Lig]] title, a [[Bulgarian Cup]] and [[Bulgarian Supercup]] at Club Level, playing for six different teams throughout his career.

==Club career==
Petkov was born in [[Dolni Dabnik]], Pleven Province. He started to play football in [[PFC Spartak Pleven|Spartak Pleven]]. In 1995, he made his debut for the first team. He started to make his name in season 1997–98 when played for the present team [[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]]. After that he played for [[İstanbulspor]], [[Fenerbahçe SK]] and [[Ankaragücü]] football clubs in Turkey and [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]] in Russia.

In January 2009, Petkov returned to Bulgaria and signed with Litex Lovech.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01d6-0f85adcfafaf-c637130dd034-1000--litex-bring-back-kishishev-and-petkov/ |publisher=UEFA|title=Litex bring back Petkov |access-date=17 February 2009}}</ref> He has won two [[Bulgarian A Professional Football Group|A PFG]] titles, a [[Bulgarian Cup]] and a [[Bulgarian Supercup]]. At the end of 2010–11 season, Petkov announced his retirement from professional football.

==International career==
Petkov made his first appearance for [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] in 1996 when he was picked by [[Hristo Bonev]] for the friendly against [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] on 6 November.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omda.bg/public/bulg/football/team.htm |publisher=Omda.com |title=Франция'98: Съставът на България |language=bg |access-date=4 November 2012 |archive-date=5 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305055558/http://www.omda.bg/public/bulg/football/team.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He scored his first international goal on 18 August 1999, with a 32-yard shot in a 1–1 friendly draw against [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capital.bg/politika_i_ikonomika/sport/1999/08/21/251893_nacionalite_postignaha_prestijno_ravenstvo_s_ukraina/ |publisher=capital.bg|title=Националите постигнаха престижно равенство с Украйна|language=bg}}</ref> For Bulgaria, Petkov was capped 63 times, scoring 3 goals.

He was part of the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] and the [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]] squads, playing the first two matches in both competitions.

==Career statistics==

===Club===
:''(Correct {{As of|2011|alt=as of 11 June 2011}})''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[İstanbulspor A.Ş.|İstanbulspor]] 
|[[1998–99 1.Lig|1998–99]]
|31||2||4||1||colspan="2"|–||35||3
|-
|[[1999–2000 1.Lig|1999–2000]]
|31||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||33||0
|-
|[[2000–01 1.Lig|2000–01]]
|29||2||3||0||colspan="2"|–||32||2
|-
|[[2001–02 Süper Lig|2001–02]]
|32||2||3||0||colspan="2"|–||35||2
|-
|[[2002–03 Süper Lig|2002–03]]
|33||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||34||1
|-
|[[2003–04 Süper Lig|2003–04]]
|4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0
|-
!Total
!160!!7!!13!!1!!0!!0!!173!!8
|-
|[[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)|Fenerbahçe]] 
|[[2003–04 Süper Lig|2003–04]]
|16||0||2||1||0||0||18||1
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[PFC Litex Lovech|Litex Lovech]] 
|[[2008–09 A PFG|2008–09]]
|7||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||10||0
|-
|[[2009–10 A PFG|2009–10]]
|15||1||0||0||2||0||17||1
|-
|[[2010–11 A PFG|2010–11]]
|5||1||1||0||4||0||10||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!27!!2!!4!!0!!6!!0!!37!!2
|}

===International===
:''Scores and goals list Bulgaria's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable" align=centre style=font-size:100%
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 18 August 1999 || [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium|Valeriy Lobanovskyi Stadium]], [[Kyiv]], Ukraine || {{fb|Ukraine}} ||align="center"| '''1'''–1 ||align="center"| 1–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. || 10 October 1999 || [[Lazur Stadium]], [[Burgas]], Bulgaria || {{fb|Luxembourg}} ||align="center"| '''2'''–0 ||align="center"| 3–0 || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying|UEFA Euro 2000 qualification]]
|-
| 3. || 29 March 2000 || [[Georgi Asparuhov Stadium]], [[Sofia]], Bulgaria || {{fb|Belarus}} ||align="center"| '''3'''–1 ||align="center"| 4–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Litex Lovech'''
* [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|Bulgarian League]]: [[1997–98 A Group|1997–98]], [[2009–10 A Group|2009–10]], [[2010–11 A Group|2010–11]]
* [[Bulgarian Cup]]: [[2009 Bulgarian Cup Final|2008–09]]
* [[Bulgarian Supercup]]: [[2010 Bulgarian Supercup|2010]]

'''Fenerbahçe'''
* [[Süper Lig]]: [[2003–04 Süper Lig|2003–04]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA}}
* {{NFT}}
* {{WorldFootball.net}}
* {{Soccerway}}

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