Jovan Kirovski
 Kirovski (left, with Kyle Beckerman), April 2007 |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jovan Kirovski | ||
| Date of birth | March 18, 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Escondido, California, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1993–1996 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| 1996–2000 | Borussia Dortmund | 20 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | → Fortuna Köln (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Sporting CP | 5 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Crystal Palace | 36 | (5) |
| 2002–2004 | Birmingham City | 23 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 48 | (12) |
| 2005–2008 | Colorado Rapids | 61 | (12) |
| 2008 | San Jose Earthquakes | 9 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 56 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996 | United States U-23 | 3 | (1) |
| 1994–2004 | United States | 62 | (9) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012– | Los Angeles Galaxy (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 8, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Jovan Kirovski (born March 18, 1976 in Escondido, California) is a former American soccer player who is currently an assistant coach for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.
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[edit] Club career
Kirovski, the son of Macedonian immigrants,[1][2] joined Manchester United's youth team in 1992, becoming the first American to sign with the club. He led the reserve team in scoring in 1996, but was not able to break into the first team because of work permit regulations. After that season, he signed with Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. Kirovski spent the next four seasons in Germany, playing sparingly for Dortmund; he did however play and score in Dortmund's 1996–97 Champions League campaign, becoming the first American to win the competition. This was despite being left out of the squad for the final altogether. His only significant playing time in Germany was in the 1998–99 season, when Borussia loaned him out to second division club Fortuna Köln.
In 2000, Kirovski signed with Portuguese club Sporting CP, but once again could not get much playing time. After a season there, he went back to England, signing with Football League First Division club Crystal Palace. In 2002, Kirovski signed with Birmingham City, but after one and a half seasons and not much first-team action there, he signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
In his first season in MLS, Kirovski scored eight goals. In 2005, the Galaxy traded him to the Colorado Rapids for a first round pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft. After spending the 2008 season with the San Jose Earthquakes, he rejoined the Galaxy in a November 2008 trade. On January 23, 2012, Kirovski retired from soccer but has remained on the coaching staff for the LA Galaxy as an assistant coach.
[edit] International career
Kirovski made his US national team debut at the age of 18 on October 19, 1994, against Saudi Arabia, and played at the 1996 Olympics and the 1999 and 2003 editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Kirovski has 62 caps in total with the US, but has never been selected for a World Cup squad.
[edit] Coaching career
Kirovski joined Los Angeles Galaxy as assistant coach immediately upon his retirement in January 2012.[3]
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
- Borussia Dortmund
- Los Angeles Galaxy
- MLS Cup (2) : 2005, 2011
- Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2005
- Western Conference: 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ A Foot In The Door. SI Vault, November 13, 1995. "second son of Macedonian immigrants"
- ^ Almond, Elliott (May 31, 2008). Kirovski is making up for lost time with Quakes (reprint). San Jose Mercury (NewsBank). Retrieved September 30, 2010. "Sons of Macedonian immigrants"
- ^ http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2012/01/la-galaxy-name-jovan-kirovski-assistant-coach
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- People from Escondido, California
- American expatriate soccer players
- American expatriate soccer people in the United Kingdom
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Borussia Dortmund players
- SC Fortuna Köln players
- Colorado Rapids players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Los Angeles Galaxy players
- American people of Macedonian descent
- Macedonian footballers
- Manchester United F.C. players
- Olympic soccer players of the United States
- People from San Diego, California
- Primeira Liga players
- Premier League players
- San Jose Earthquakes players
- Soccer players from California
- Sporting Clube de Portugal footballers
- United States men's international soccer players
- 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- The Football League players
