A product of the Spartak Moscow youth academy, Ivanov made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 26 December 2006 against Krylia Sovetov Samara.

Next year, he went to Tomsk again on a one-year loan deal again, but was returned by the Moscow club in the mid-season to be in the starting lineup of the red-whites.

[3] A year later, after failing to make a fixture in the starting XI, he moved on loan to FC Tom Tomsk.

[4] The next season Ivanov spent also on loan, this time at FC Rostov.

[5] In the summer of 2013, he returned to Lokomotiv, but did not make his way into the first squad, featuring only for youth team.