Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 September 1994 | ||
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 | |||
[2] –2011 | 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 | 15 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Finland | 27 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023 |
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.
Ivanov has played for FC Myllypuro, FC Viikingit and FC Honka.[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]
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
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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 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 36 | 3 | |||
2020 | 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 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | |||
2022–23 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | |||
Total | 84 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 2 | ||
Eintracht Braunschweig | 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |
Career total | 268 | 26 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 303 | 31 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Finland | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 6 | 0 | |
2022 | 9 | 0 | |
2023 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 27 | 0 |