Aleksandar Mitreski (Macedonian: Александар Митрески) (born 5 August 1980) is a Macedonian former professional footballer[1] who played as a centre-back.

Aleksandar Mitreski
Mitreski with 1. FC Köln
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Mitreski
Александар Митрески
Date of birth (1980-08-05) 5 August 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Ohrid, SR Macedonia,
Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
FC Ohrid
SC Ittigen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Young Boys 86 (1)
2002–2006 Grasshoppers 103 (3)
2006–2008 1. FC Köln 55 (0)
2008–2009 1. FC Nürnberg 2 (0)
2009–2010 FC Sion 18 (0)
2011 FC Aarau 14 (0)
Total 278 (4)
International career
2002–2007 Macedonia 33 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Mitreski was born in Ohrid, Yugoslavia. His career began at SC Ittigen. At the age of 12 he moved to the junior team of BSC Young Boys. He eventually became a first team regular and in 2002 he earned a one million Swiss Francs transfer to Grasshopper Club Zürich, where he won the league title in 2003. He then spent a couple of years in Germany playing for 1. FC Köln and 1. FC Nürnberg before returning to Switzerland where he currently plays for FC Sion.

His journey with Sion ended on 2 April 2010 when his contract was terminated by the Sion President for late night visits to a casino. Sion gave Mitreski the chance to tell his side of the story but he lied about how many times he was at the casino so the Sion President decided to terminate his contract after another Sion player was already kicked off the team for being involved in match fixing.

Mitreski agreed to a contract with FC Aarau on 18 December 2010. He signed until the end of the season of the Swiss Challenge League.

International career edit

He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a March 2002 friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina and has earned a total of 33 caps, scoring no goals.[2] His final international was a September 2007 European Championship qualification match against Russia.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Aleksandar Mitreski". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  2. ^ Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team - RSSSF
  3. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

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