Gjorgji Hristov

Georgi Hristov

Personal information
Full name	Georgi Hristov
Date of birth	(1976-01-30) 30 January 1976
Place of birth	Bitola, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Pelister
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1997	Partizan	61	(21)
1997–2000	Barnsley	45	(8)
2000–2003	NEC Nijmegen	55	(18)
2003–2004	Zwolle	13	(4)
2005	Dunfermline Athletic	8	(0)
2005	Debrecen	2	(0)
2006	Hapoel Nazareth Illit	7	(3)
2006	Niki Volou	-	(-)
2007	Olympiakos Nicosia	6	(0)
2007–2008	Den Bosch	27	(8)
2008	Baku	6	(0)
2009	JJK Jyväskylä	9	(1)
Total		239	(63)
International career
1995–2005	Macedonia	48	(16)
Managerial career
2011–2012	Metalurg Skopje
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georgi Hristov (Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Христов, also romanized as Gjorgji Hristov; born 30 January 1976) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Hristov made 48 appearances and netted 18 goals for Macedonia between 1995 and 2005, being the second-highest scorer in the country's history.

Club career

Born in Bitola, Hristov started out with his hometown club Pelister, before transferring to Partizan in 1994. He spent the following three seasons with the Black-Whites, winning back-to-back championships in 1996 and 1997. In June 1997, Hristov was sold to English club Barnsley for a fee of £1.5 million. He scored four league goals in his debut season with the Tykes, as the club suffered relegation from the Premiership. In the following two years, Hristov missed a lot of games due to a knee injury, before eventually leaving the club in 2000. He subsequently joined Dutch club NEC Nijmegen.

International career

Hristov was capped 48 times for Macedonia, netting a goal on his debut in a 2–2 draw against Armenia on 10 May 1995. He scored a total of 16 goals for the national team, making him the second-highest scorer in the history of Macedonian football, only behind Goran Pandev.

Managerial career

In October 2011, Hristov was appointed manager of Metalurg Skopje. He was released by the club in late 2012.

Statistics

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Macedonia	1995	5	1
	1996	6	1
	1997	6	2
	1998	7	4
	1999	5	1
	2000	8	3
	2001	3	1
	2002	4	2
	2003	3	1
	2004	0	0
	2005	1	0
Total		48	16

Honours

Partizan

• First League of FR Yugoslavia: 1995–96, 1996–97

External links

• Gjorgji Hristov at Soccerway
• Gjorgji Hristov – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Gjorgji Hristov at National-Football-Teams.com