Ilija Najdoski
Personal information | |||
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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 | |||
FK 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) |
International career | |||
1990–1992 | Yugoslavia | 11 | (1) |
1993–1996 | Macedonia | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ilija Najdoski (Macedonian: Илија Најдоски) (born 26 March 1964, in Kruševo) is a retired North Macedonian footballer who played for Red Star Belgrade and was part of their European Cup victory in 1991.
Club career
He also played in Spain for Real Valladolid in Spain's La Liga and Denizlispor in Turkey's Süper Lig.
International career
He represented both Yugoslavia and Republic of Macedonia in international matches. He was included by Yugoslavia to UEFA Euro 1992,[5] but the nation would be suspended due to the Yugoslav Wars.
He 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 life
He is the father of Macedonian player Dino Najdoski.
References
- ^ "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.
External links
- Ilija Najdoski at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at Macedonian Football (in English)
- Reprezentacija.rs
- Rsssf.com
Template:Yugoslavia squad UEFA Euro 1992
- Use dmy dates from July 2011
- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Kruševo
- Macedonian people of Aromanian descent
- Association football central defenders
- Yugoslav footballers
- Yugoslavia international footballers
- Macedonian footballers
- Macedonian expatriate footballers
- North Macedonia international footballers
- Dual internationalists (football)
- FK Pobeda players
- FK Vardar players
- Red Star Belgrade footballers
- Real Valladolid players
- Denizlispor footballers
- PFC CSKA Sofia players
- FC Sion players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Segunda División players
- La Liga players
- Süper Lig players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Swiss Super League players
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Macedonian football biography stubs
- Yugoslav football biography stubs