Ivan Georgiev Turitsov ( bg, Иван Георгиев Турицов; born 18 July 1999) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

n professional

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who plays as a defender for

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

Career

After progressing through the youth system at

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

, Turitsov joined

'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. In July 2017, Turitsov was loaned back to

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. He made his First League debut four days later, in a 2–1 home win against

Botev Vratsa Botev ( bg, Ботев) is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Vratsa, that competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 1921. Since 1948, Botev have played their home games at St ...

. He formerly served as captain of the team.

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. 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 Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

in a friendly game.

Career statistics

Club

''As of 31 May 2024''

International

Honours

;CSKA Sofia *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Turitsov, Ivan Living people 1999 births Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders PFC Litex Lovech players PFC CSKA Sofia players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Footballers from Pleven