Blagoje Istatov

Blagoj Istatov
Personal information
Full name	Blagoj Istatov; Благој Истатов
Date of birth	5 April 1947
Place of birth	Strumica, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death	27 September 2018 (aged 71)
Place of death	Strumica, Macedonia
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965–1968	Belasica
1968–1973	Pobeda Prilep
1973–1976	Partizan Belgrade
1976–1978	Utrecht
Teams managed
	Belasica
1996–1999	Macedonia (goalkeeper coach)
1997	Skopje
2001–2003	Vardar Skopje (assistant)
2003–2004	Kastoria (assistant)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Blagoj Istatov (Macedonian: Благој Истатов; 5 April 1947 – 27 September 2018) was a Macedonian football goalkeeper and coach.

Club career[]

During his career, he played for FK Belasica, FK Pobeda, Belgrade's FK Partizan, winning with them the 1975–76 Yugoslav First League, and with Dutch FC Utrecht. He made his Eredivisie debut for Utrecht in August 1976 against Feyenoord. He went on to play over 60 games in two seasons for them.^[1]

His name was often misspelled as Blagoje (the Serbian language variant) or by the more traditional Macedonian language variant of Blagoja.

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Personal information

Full name	Blagoj Istatov Благој Истатов
Date of birth	(1947-04-05)5 April 1947
Place of birth	Strumica, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death	27 September 2018(2018-09-27) (aged 71)
Place of death	Strumica, Macedonia
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1968	Belasica	42	(0)
1968–1973	Pobeda Prilep	31	(0)
1973–1976	Partizan Belgrade	44	(0)
1976–1978	Utrecht	62	(0)
Teams managed
	Belasica
1996–1999	Macedonia (goalkeeper coach)
1997	Skopje
2001–2003	Vardar Skopje (assistant)
2003–2004	Kastoria (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only