Dávid Ivan

Dávid Ivan
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-02-26) 26 February 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth Bratislava, Slovakia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Slovan Duslo Šaľa
2007–2011 Nitra
2011–2015 Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Sampdoria 21 (1)
2016–2017Bari (loan) 8 (1)
2018Pro Vercelli (loan) 0 (0)
2018–2019Vis Pesaro (loan) 4 (0)
2019–2021 Chievo Verona 0 (0)
2021Dynamo Brest (loan) 14 (0)
2022 Dynamo Brest 20 (0)
2023 Dinamo Tirana 6 (1)
2023–2024 Elbasani 20 (0)
International career
2010–2011 Slovakia U16 5 (0)
2011 Slovakia U17 3 (0)
2012–2013 Slovakia U18 9 (0)
2013 Slovakia U19 7 (0)
2015 Slovakia U20 1 (0)
2015–2017 Slovakia U21 12 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:19, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 December 2017

Dávid Ivan (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈdaːʋit ˈiʋan]; born 26 February 1995) is a Slovak professional footballer who played in Serie A for Sampdoria as a midfielder.

Club career

Youth career

Ivan played for Slovan Duslo Šaľa as a youth before joining Nitra in 2007. From the age of 15, he played for youth teams of Slovakia. After four years with Nitra, he signed for the youth team of Italian side Sampdoria in August 2011, penning a three-year contract.[1]

Sampdoria

Ivan made his professional debut for Sampdoria against Carpi, on 23 August 2015. He was sent off for a second yellow card in the 82nd minute of the match, with Sampdoria winning 5–2 in the first match of the 2015–16 Serie A season.[2] He scored his first goal for the club on 20 December 2015 against Palermo in the 76th minute of a 2–0 win, with the second goal of the game.[3] Ivan was one of two Slovak players at Sampdoria, with Milan Škriniar also at the club in 2016.[4] Having made 21 appearances in Serie A in his first season with the club, he went out on loan to second-tier Bari at the start of the 2016–17 season.[5] He scored the second goal for Bari in a 3–0 Serie B win against Trapani in October that year.[6]

On 17 August 2018, Ivan joined Vis Pesaro on loan until 30 June 2019.[7]

Later career

On 3 July 2019, Ivan signed with Serie B club Chievo Verona.[8] He joined Dynamo Brest on loan in 2021 to play in the 2021 Belarusian Premier League. He made his debut for the club in their first match of the season, a 4–0 win against Sputnik.[9] Ivan left Chievo in the summer of 2021 after they were excluded from Serie B and signed for Dynamo Brest ahead of the 2022 season.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Slovenský futbalový talent prestúpil do Sampdorie Janov". SITA (in Slovak). 12 August 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Hamšíkov gól Neapolu k bodom nestačil, Ivan dostal červenú kartu". teraz.sk (in Slovak). TASR. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  3. ^ "VIDEO Slovenský mladík sa dočkal: Ivan premiérovo skóroval v drese Sampdorie". športky.sk (in Slovak). SITA. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Mladík Ivan zo Sampdorie smútil po zápase s FC Turín". Sportnet (in Slovak). SITA. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Dávid Ivan opúšťa Sampdoriu, putuje na hosťovanie do Serie B". šport.sk (in Slovak). TASR. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  6. ^ "VIDEO Nádherný gól slovenského talentu: Dávid Ivan sa presadil na hosťovaní". športky.sk (in Slovak). SITA. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  7. ^ "UFFICIALE: Vis Pesaro, dalla Samp arriva in prestito Ivan". Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  8. ^ "UFFICIALE: Chievo Verona, tris di acquisti con Ivan, Leverbe e Cotali". Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  9. ^ Lauko, Ondrej (20 March 2021). "David Ivan rozbiehal kariéru v Sampdorii, teraz je v Bielorusku: Ak to vzdám, prehrám sám so sebou". šport.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  10. ^ Lauko, Ondrej (14 April 2022). "David Ivan: Ak vojna príde do Bieloruska, budem to vedieť prvý". šport.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 19 January 2026.