Robert Ivanov
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 September 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Eintracht Braunschweig | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
[2] –2011 | PK-35 | ||
2012 | LPS | ||
2013 | Myllypuro | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Myllypuro | 35 | (6) |
2015 | Viikingit | 19 | (3) |
2015 | → Viikingit II | 1 | (1) |
2016–2020 | Honka | 115 | (13) |
2020–2023 | Warta Poznań | 84 | (2) |
2023– | Eintracht Braunschweig | 35 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Finland | 33 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024 |
Robert Ivanov (Russian: Роберт Иванов, born 19 September 1994)[3] is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Braunschweig and the Finland national team.
Club career
[edit]Ivanov has played for FC Myllypuro, FC Viikingit and FC Honka in Kolmonen, Kakkonen, Ykkönen and Veikkausliiga; then all four highest-tiers in Finnish football league system.[4]
He was part of the Veikkausliiga Team of the Month for July 2018,[5] and September 2018.[6]
On 1 September 2020, he signed an initial two-year contract with Polish club Warta Poznań for an undisclosed fee.[7]
On 16 June 2023, it was announced that Ivanov had signed a two-year deal with 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Braunschweig on a free transfer.[8] Ivanov scored his first goal for the club on 8 October 2023, in a 3–1 home defeat against Paderborn.[9]
International career
[edit]Having never played for any of the Finland international youth teams,[10][11] Ivanov made his debut for the Finland senior national team on 8 January 2019 at the age of 24, in a friendly against Sweden, coming on an 85th-minute substitute for Albin Granlund.[12]
Ivanov was called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament friendly match against Sweden on 29 May 2021.[13] He was part of the Finland squad in the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 in June 2021.[14]
Personal life
[edit]Ivanov was born in Kurkimäki, Helsinki, and raised in East Helsinki to an Ingrian Finnish mother and a Russian father. His mother Nelli Pakki, a former Estonian international handball player,[15] had moved to Finland from Estonia earlier in 1990.[16][17] Besides professional football, Ivanov has played futsal in MaKu.[18]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Myllypuro | 2013 | Kolmonen | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 4 | |
2014 | Kakkonen | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 2 | ||
Total | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 6 | ||
FC Viikingit | 2015 | Kakkonen | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | |
FC Viikingit II | 2015 | Kolmonen | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
FC Honka | 2016 | Kakkonen | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | 27 | 5 | |
2017 | Ykkönen | 24 | 3 | 6 | 3 | — | 30 | 6 | ||
2018 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | 37 | 4 | ||
2019 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 36 | 3 | ||
2020 | Veikkausliiga | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
Total | 115 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 18 | ||
Warta Poznań | 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | ||
2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | ||
Total | 84 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 2 | ||
Eintracht Braunschweig | 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | |
2024–25 | 2. Bundesliga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | ||
Total | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
Career total | 288 | 26 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 324 | 31 |
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup, Polish Cup and DFB-Pokal
- ^ Includes UEFA Europa League
International
[edit]National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Finland | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 6 | 0 | |
2022 | 9 | 0 | |
2023 | 10 | 0 | |
2024 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 33 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ Robert Ivanov at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b Tulospalvelu Palloliitto
- ^ "#4 Ivanov, Robert" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ Robert Ivanov at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Honka-tähti jälleen kuukauden pelaajaksi – kuukauden valmentaja VPS:n hurjaan lentoon siivittänyt Vuorinen" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Tulikuuma HJK-tähti jälleen kuukauden pelaajaksi" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ "ROBERT IVANOV BECOMES A FOOTBALL PLAYER OF WARTA POZNAŃ" (in Polish). Warta Poznań. 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Robert Ivanov wechselt zu Eintracht Braunschweig" (in German). regionalheute.de. 16 June 2023.
- ^ "ref". SOCCERWAY. 8 October 2023.
- ^ Pitkä polku Huuhkajiin, Helsingin Sanomat, Ari Virtanen, 9 October 2021
- ^ Henkilökuva: Robert Ivanov – matka divarista Puolaan, floppitaulu.net, 9 October 2020
- ^ "Sweden v Finland game report". Eurosport. 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Näillä pelaajilla Huuhkajat lähtevät kohti EM-kisoja – kaksi nimeä kiinnostivat yli muiden" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Huuhkajien Robert Ivanoville huhutaan maukasta siirtoa – kintereillä 31 mestaruutta voittanut suurseura, Aamulehti, Viljami Kalmari, 15 June 2021
- ^ Virtanen, Ari (15 April 2018). "Robert Ivanov selvisi läheisten kuolemista juttelemalla itsekseen poterossa Parolannummella – jalkapalloilijana hän nousi aladivareista FC Honkaan ja Veikkausliigaan". HS.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ Huuhkajien sensaatio kannatti lapsena Venäjää – äiti kertoo: ”ammattiohjaaja sanoi, että toivoton tapaus”, Iltalehti, 16 June 2021
- ^ Inkeristä Eurooppaan – Yhdessä inkeriläisperheessä on kolme tapaa olla suomalainen. Vaari kärsi vainot, äiti pääsi it-töihin, lapset varttuvat euromaassa, Helsingin Sanomat, 10 March 2002
- ^ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto
- ^ "Robert Ivanov". soccerway.
- ^ "Robert Ivanov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Robert Ivanov » Internationals, REF worldfootball.net
External links
[edit]- Living people
- 1994 births
- Finnish people of Russian descent
- People of Ingrian Finnish descent
- Finnish men's footballers
- Footballers from Helsinki
- Men's association football defenders
- Finland men's international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2020 players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Ykkönen players
- Kakkonen players
- Ekstraklasa players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- FC Myllypuro players
- FC Viikingit players
- FC Honka players
- Warta Poznań players
- Eintracht Braunschweig players
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- PK-35 (men) players