Robert Ivanov

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Robert Ivanov
Ivanov with FC Honka
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-19) 19 September 1994 (age 29)
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
0000–2011[2] 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 24 (1)
International career‡
2019– Finland 28 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 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 1–3 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]

As of 14 April 2024[19][2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other Total
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 24 1 0 0 — 24 1
Career total 277 26 34 5 1 0 312 31
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup and Polish Cup
  2. ^ Includes UEFA Europa League

International[edit]

As of 21 March 2024[20][21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 2019 2 0
2020 0 0
2021 6 0
2022 9 0
2023 10 0
2024 1 0
Total 28 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ Robert Ivanov at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ a b Tulospalvelu Palloliitto
  3. ^ "#4 Ivanov, Robert" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. ^ Robert Ivanov at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Honka-tähti jälleen kuukauden pelaajaksi – kuukauden valmentaja VPS:n hurjaan lentoon siivittänyt Vuorinen" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Tulikuuma HJK-tähti jälleen kuukauden pelaajaksi" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  7. ^ "ROBERT IVANOV BECOMES A FOOTBALL PLAYER OF WARTA POZNAŃ" (in Polish). Warta Poznań. 1 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Robert Ivanov wechselt zu Eintracht Braunschweig" (in German). regionalheute.de. 16 June 2023.
  9. ^ "ref". SOCCERWAY. 8 October 2023.
  10. ^ Pitkä polku Huuhkajiin, Helsingin Sanomat, Ari Virtanen, 9 October 2021
  11. ^ Henkilökuva: Robert Ivanov – matka divarista Puolaan, floppitaulu.net, 9 October 2020
  12. ^ "Sweden v Finland game report". Eurosport. 8 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Näillä pelaajilla Huuhkajat lähtevät kohti EM-kisoja – kaksi nimeä kiinnostivat yli muiden" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  14. ^ Huuhkajien Robert Ivanoville huhutaan maukasta siirtoa – kintereillä 31 mestaruutta voittanut suurseura, Aamulehti, Viljami Kalmari, 15 June 2021
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ Huuhkajien sensaatio kannatti lapsena Venäjää – äiti kertoo: ”ammattiohjaaja sanoi, että toivoton tapaus”, Iltalehti, 16 June 2021
  17. ^ Inkeristä Eurooppaan – Yhdessä inkeriläisperheessä on kolme tapaa olla suomalainen. Vaari kärsi vainot, äiti pääsi it-töihin, lapset varttuvat euromaassa, Helsingin Sanomat, 10 March 2002
  18. ^ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto
  19. ^ "Robert Ivanov". soccerway.
  20. ^ "Robert Ivanov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  21. ^ Robert Ivanov » Internationals, REF worldfootball.net

External links[edit]

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