Robert Ivanov (russian: Роберт Иванов, born 19 September 1994) is a Finnish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
centre-back
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for
2. Bundesliga
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club
Eintracht Braunschweig
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and the
Finland national team.
Club career
Ivanov has played for
FC Myllypuro
FC Myllypuro is a football club from Myllypuro, Helsinki, Finland. The club was formed in 2013 when it resigned from MaKu into its own organization. FC Myllypuro play their home matches at Myllypuron liikuntapuisto. The team currently plays in t ...
,
FC Viikingit
FC Viikingit is a Finnish football club based in Vuosaari, East Helsinki, and currently playing in the ''Kakkonen'', the third tier of Finnish football. They play their home matches at Vuosaaren urheilukenttä, also called Heteniitty. The club ...
and
FC Honka in
Kolmonen,
Kakkonen,
Ykkönen and
Veikkausliiga; then all four highest-tiers in Finnish football league system.
He was part of the Veikkausliiga Team of the Month for July 2018, and September 2018.
On 1 September 2020, he signed an initial two-year contract with Polish club
Warta Poznań
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Founded in 1912, the association football club are two-time winners of the ...
for an undisclosed fee.
On 16 June 2023, it was announced that Ivanov had signed a two-year deal with
2. Bundesliga
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club
Eintracht Braunschweig
Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...
on a free transfer. Ivanov scored his first goal for the club on 8 October 2023, in a 3–1 home defeat against
Paderborn.
International career
Having never played for any of the Finland international youth teams, Ivanov made his debut for the
Finland senior national team on 8 January 2019 at the age of 24, in a friendly against
Sweden
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, coming on an 85th-minute substitute for
Albin Granlund
Albin Granlund (born 1 September 1989) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for IFK Mariehamn.
Club career
On 20 August 2022, Granlund returned to IFK Mariehamn until the end of the season.
International career
In Augu ...
.
Ivanov was called up for the
UEFA Euro 2020 pre-tournament
friendly
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match against Sweden on 29 May 2021. He was part of the Finland squad in the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 in June 2021.
Personal life
Ivanov was born in
Kurkimäki
Kurkimäki (Finnish), Tranbacka (Swedish) is an eastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kurkimäki:
*Social Democratic Party 26.4%
*True Finns 22.7%
* Left Alliance 13.5%
*N ...
, Helsinki, and raised in
East Helsinki to an
Ingrian Finnish
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mother and a
Russian father. His mother Nelli Pakki, a former Estonian international
handball
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player, had moved to Finland from
Estonia earlier in 1990. Besides professional football, Ivanov has played
futsal in
MaKu.
Career statistics
Club
International
Robert Ivanov » Internationals
REF worldfootball.net
References
External links
Eintracht Braunschweig official profile
Finnish Football Federation profile
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Living people
1994 births
Finnish people of Russian descent
People of Ingrian Finnish descent
Finnish men's footballers
Footballers from Helsinki
Men's association football defenders
Finland men's international footballers
UEFA Euro 2020 players
Veikkausliiga players
Ykkönen players
Kakkonen players
Ekstraklasa players
2. Bundesliga players
FC Myllypuro players
FC Viikingit players
FC Honka players
Warta Poznań players
Eintracht Braunschweig players
Finnish expatriate men's footballers
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
PK-35 (men) players