Career
Ivaylo Ivanov is a product of CSKA Sofia"s youth system. In the next 1999–2000 season he became CSKA"s second-choice goalkeeper, behind Todor Kyuchukov. During the season he made just eight appearances for the club
CSKA signed Nenad Lukić and Stoyan Kolev at the start of the 2001-2002 season, and Lukić became the first choice goalkeeper.
Second choice was Kolev with Ivanov slipping down to third. In March 2013, he signed a contract with Slavia Sofia.