Ivan Georgiev Turitsov (Bulgarian: Иван Георгиев Турицов; born 18 July 1999) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for CSKA Sofia.
Career
After progressing through the youth system at Litex Lovech, Turitsov joined CSKA Sofia's academy in July 2016, aged 17. In April 2017, after impressing with the U19 squad, he was promoted to the CSKA Sofia II. On 30 April 2017, Turitsov made his senior debut, playing full 90 minutes in a 2–3 home loss against Etar in the Second League.[1]
In July 2017, Turitsov was loaned back to Litex Lovech to gain experience as a first-team player. He made his debut on 22 July 2017 in a 2–0 home win against Strumska Slava and amassed 36 league appearances over one and a half seasons.
After a successful loan spell with Litex, Turitsov officially returned to CSKA on 15 February 2019.[2] He made his First League debut four days later, in a 2–1 home win against Botev Vratsa.[3] He formerly served as captain of the team.[4]
International career
Turitsov made his debut for the Bulgarian under-21 team on 22 March 2019 in the starting eleven for the friendly against Northern Ireland U21.[5] He earned his first cap for the senior side on 26 February 2020, playing the full 90 minutes of the 0:1 home loss against Belarus in a friendly game.[6]
Career statistics
Club
As of 16 February 2025
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| CSKA Sofia II | 2016–17 | Second League | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Litex Lovech (loan) | 2017–18 | Second League | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| CSKA Sofia | 2018–19 | First League | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6 | ||
| 2023–24 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 143 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 191 | 7 | ||
| Career Total | 182 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 231 | 7 | ||
International
- As of match played 4 June 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 0 | |
Honours
- CSKA Sofia
References
- ^ "CSKA Sofia II vs. Etar". soccerway.com. 30 April 2017.
- ^ "Двама младоци се завърнаха в отбора" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 15 February 2019.
- ^ "CSKA Sofia vs. Botev Vratsa". soccerway.com. 19 February 2019.
- ^ "ЦСКА отне капитанската лента на Иван Турицов" (in Bulgarian). dnevnik.bg. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "България U21 отстъпи с 0:1 в контролата със Северна Ирландия U21" (in Bulgarian). bfunion.bg. 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Експериментален състав на България отстъпи на Беларус (видео+галерия)". sportal.bg. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
External links
- Ivan Turitsov at Soccerway