{{short description|Bulgarian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Aleksandrov|Davidov|lang=Bulgarian}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ivan Davidov | image = | caption = | fullname = Ivan Aleksandrov Davidov | birth_date = {{birth date|1943|10|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|2|19|1943|10|5|df=yes}} | death_place = Sofia, Bulgaria | height = | position = Defender / Midfielder | youthyears1= 1960–1961 | youthclubs1= Spartak Sofia | years1 = 1961–1962 | clubs1 = Spartak Sofia| caps1 = |goals1 = | years2 = 1962–1971 | clubs2 = Slavia Sofia| caps2 = 201 |goals2 = 12 | nationalyears1 = 1965–1971 | nationalteam1 = Bulgaria| nationalcaps1 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 1 }}
'''Ivan Aleksandrov Davidov''' ({{langx|bg|Иван Александров Давидов}}; 5 October 1943 – 19 February 2015) was a Bulgarian football midfielder who played for Bulgaria in the 1966 and 1970 FIFA World Cups.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071017114636/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=26/teams/team=43936.html 1966 FIFA World Cup England]</ref> He also played for PFC Slavia Sofia.
==Career== Davidov started his career at the age of 16 with Spartak Sofia, before he moved to Slavia Sofia in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blitz.bg/article/2603|publisher=blitz.bg|title=Иван Давидов: 10 години пазих Гунди, с Котков пиех коняк|date=7 September 2006|language=Bulgarian}}</ref> He spent 10 seasons of his career at Slavia, before retiring at the age of 29 in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.temasport.com/Analysis/view/%D0%98%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5+%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%B8/analysis:931|publisher=temasport.com|title=Идеалните Ивановци|date=7 January 2011|language=Bulgarian}}</ref> He died in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gong.bg/bg-football/a-grupa/pochina-legendata-na-slaviia-ivan-davidov-317224|publisher=gong.bg|title=Почина легендата на Славия Иван Давидов|date=19 February 2015|language=Bulgarian}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120702025928/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=48261/index.html FIFA profile]
{{Bulgaria Squad 1966 World Cup}} {{Bulgaria Squad 1970 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davidov, Ivan}} Category:1943 births Category:2015 deaths Category:Footballers from Sofia Category:Bulgarian men's footballers Category:Bulgaria men's international footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Category:PFC Slavia Sofia players Category:1966 FIFA World Cup players Category:1970 FIFA World Cup players Category:20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen