Ivan Turitsov

In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Georgiev and the family name is Turitsov.
Ivan Turitsov
Personal information
Full name Ivan Georgiev Turitsov
Date of birth (1999-07-18) 18 July 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Pleven, Bulgaria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 CSKA Sofia
Number 19
Youth career
–2016 Litex Lovech
2016–2017 CSKA Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 CSKA Sofia II 3 (0)
2016– CSKA Sofia 141 (5)
2017–2018 → Litex Lovech (loan) 36 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Bulgaria U19 5 (0)
2019–2020 Bulgaria U21 6 (0)
2020– Bulgaria 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:56, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:38, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

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 15 December 2024

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 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Total 141 5 23 1 23 1 2 0 189 7
Career Total 180 5 24 1 23 1 2 0 229 7

International

As of match played 4 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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

  1. ^ "CSKA Sofia II vs. Etar". soccerway.com. 30 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Двама младоци се завърнаха в отбора" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 15 February 2019.
  3. ^ "CSKA Sofia vs. Botev Vratsa". soccerway.com. 19 February 2019.
  4. ^ "ЦСКА отне капитанската лента на Иван Турицов" (in Bulgarian). dnevnik.bg. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  5. ^ "България U21 отстъпи с 0:1 в контролата със Северна Ирландия U21" (in Bulgarian). bfunion.bg. 22 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Експериментален състав на България отстъпи на Беларус (видео+галерия)". sportal.bg. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.