{{For|the Bulgarian engineer and politician|Ivan Sotirov (politician)}} {{Short description|Bulgarian footballer (1935–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Ivan Sotirov |image = |full_name = |birth_date = {{birth date|1935|3|14|df=y}} |birth_place = Plovdiv, Bulgaria |death_date = {{death date and age|2025|4|24|1935|3|14|df=y}} |death_place = Bulgaria |height = |position = Forward |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 1954–1955 |clubs1 = Spartak Plovdiv |caps1 = 17 |goals1 = 4 |years2 = 1955–1965 |clubs2 = Botev Plovdiv |caps2 = 228 |goals2 = 86 |totalcaps = |totalgoals = |nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = }}
'''Ivan Sotirov''' ({{langx|bg|Иван Сотиров}}; 14 March 1935 – 24 April 2025) was a Bulgarian footballer who played as a forward.
==Career== Sotirov began his career at Spartak Plovdiv, where he played one season, before joining Botev Plovdiv. Between 1955 and 1965 Sotirov played 228 matches for Botev, scoring 86 goals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribunaplovdiv.bg/%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B2-%D0%B8-%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0/|publisher=tribunaplovdiv.bg|title=Легендарният нападател на Ботев и Спартак Иван Сотиров – Албанеца на 80|date=14 March 2015|language=Bulgarian}}</ref> He was the A Group top scorer in the 1960–61 season with 20 goals.
==Death== Sotirov died in Bulgaria on 24 April 2025, at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite news |title=Почина легендата на Ботев Пловдив Иван Сотиров |url=https://bntnews.bg/news/pochina-legendata-na-botev-plovdiv-ivan-sotirov-1336244news.html |access-date=24 May 2025 |publisher=BNT News |date=24 April 2025}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Botev Plovdiv''' * Bulgarian Cup: 1962
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://botevplovdiv.bg/person/125/Ivan-Sotirov.html Player Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208173644/https://botevplovdiv.bg/person/125/Ivan-Sotirov.html |date=8 December 2015 }} at botevplovdiv.bg
{{Bulgarian A Professional Football Group top scorers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sotirov, Ivan}} Category:1935 births Category:2025 deaths Category:20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen Category:Bulgarian men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Category:PFC Spartak Plovdiv players Category:Botev Plovdiv players
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