On 10 January 2021, his contract with Akhmat Grozny was terminated by mutual consent after 10 years at the club.

[2] Ivanov was selected for the Russian national team provisional squad for Euro 2008.

After a long pause, he was called up for the national team again in February 2013 for a friendly against Iceland.

He finally made his national team debut on 7 June 2015 in a friendly game against Belarus.

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