Education
Born in Neptune Township, New Jersey, Ivanchukov grew up in Howell Township and graduated from Howell High School.
Born in Neptune Township, New Jersey, Ivanchukov grew up in Howell Township and graduated from Howell High School.
Ethnically Kalmyk Mongol, Ivanchukov"s father, Saran Ivanchukov, immigrated to the United States from Bulgaria where he had played on the Bulgarian national team He was a 1977 Second Team NSCAA High School All American soccer player. In 1978, the Tampa Bay Rowdies drafted Ivanchukov out of high school.
He signed on an amateur contract in order to maintain his eligibility for the Olympic team
He played two and a half outdoor and one indoor season with Tampa Bay. In June 1980, the Rowdies traded Ivanchukov to the San Jose Earthquakes.
The Earthquakes released him at the end of the season. In 1981, he played for the New England Sharks of the American Soccer League.
In the fall of 1981, he joined the Philadelphia Fever of the Major Indoor Soccer League and spent the 1982 season with the Pennsylvania Stoners of the American Soccer League.
Ivanchukov played for the national youth teams. Ivanchukov later gained his degree from DeVry Technical Institute in computer robotics.
In 1978, he was a member of the United States. soccer team at the 1979 Pan American Games.