Ivan Karadzhov

Ivan Karadzhov
	Karadzhov with CSKA in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Milchov Karadzhov
Date of birth	12 July 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Kresna, Bulgaria
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1999–2007	CSKA Sofia
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2011	CSKA Sofia
2007–2008	→ Rilski Sportist (loan)
2012	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2012	Slavia Sofia
2013–2014	Beroe
2016–2017	Vereya
2017	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
2018–2021	Arda Kardzhali
2022	CSKA 1948
2022	→ CSKA 1948 II
2022–2023	Beroe
International career‡
2007–2008	Bulgaria U19
2008–2009	Bulgaria U21
2021	Bulgaria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 June 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2022

Ivan Karadzhov (Bulgarian: Иван Караджов; born 12 July 1989) is a Bulgarian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

He made his official debut for CSKA in the last match of 2008-09 season in the Bulgarian A PFG (Professional Football Group) against Lokomotiv Mezdra. On 18 November he terminated his contract with CSKA Sofia due to unpaid salaries. He won the Bulgarian Cup as a member of Beroe. In February 2017, Karadzhov joined Belarusian Premier League side Shakhtyor Soligorsk.^[1] He appeared in 15 matches for the team before signing with Arda Kardzhali as a free agent in March 2018.^[2]

Karadzhov was part of the Bulgaria national under-19 football team, who plays on 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in Czech Republic. After his good displays, on 2 October 2009 he was called by the head coach of the Bulgaria national football team Stanimir Stoilov for the matches against Cyprus and Georgia. He did not receive any national team call-ups again until November 2020, and he finally made his debut for the senior team on 5 June 2021 in a friendly against Russia.^[3]

Karadzhov and his spouse Slavina have two children - a girl and a boy.^[4]