Ilija Najdoski (Macedonian: Илија Најдоски; born 26 March 1964) is a retired Macedonian footballer who played for Red Star Belgrade and was part of their European Cup victory in 1991.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name |
Ilija Najdoski Илија Најдоски | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Kruševo, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pitu Guli | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1982 | Pobeda[1] | 17 | (0) |
| 1984–1988 | Vardar | 101 | (0) |
| 1988–1992 | Red Star Belgrade | 114 | (7) |
| 1992–1994 | Real Valladolid[2][3] | 54 | (2) |
| 1994–1995 | Denizlispor[4] | 28 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | CSKA Sofia | 10 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | FC Sion | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 328 | (9) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990–1992 | Yugoslavia | 11 | (1) |
| 1993–1996 | Macedonia | 10 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club careerEdit
He also played in Spain for Real Valladolid in Spain's La Liga and Denizlispor in Turkey's Süper Lig.
International careerEdit
Najdoski represented both Yugoslavia and Republic of Macedonia in international matches. Even after Macedonian independence, he was included in the Yugoslav squad for Euro 1992,[5] but the nation would be suspended due to the Yugoslav Wars.
Najdoski later played in the first ever official match of Macedonia, played on 13 October 1993, against Slovenia.[6] His final international was a March 1996 friendly match against Malta.[7]
Personal lifeEdit
He is the father of Macedonian player Dino Najdoski.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "zerodic.com". Zerodic.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "NAJDOSKI". LFP. Retrieved 25 October 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "ILIJA NAJDOSSKI". TFF. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
- ^ "Pancev también renuncia a la Eurocopa". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 May 1992. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ Match report at EU-Football.info
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Nedeljković, Jelena (15 August 2020). "Јелена Недељковић: Социолошко религијско посматрање феномена влашке магије (I)". Vidovdan (in Macedonian).
External linksEdit
- Ilija Najdoski at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at Macedonian Football (in English)
- Reprezentacija.rs
- Rsssf.com
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