Ilija Najdoski

Ilija Najdoski
Personal information
Full name	Ilija Najdoski; Илија Најдоски
Date of birth	26 March 1964 (age 57)
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
1981–1982	Pobeda
1984–1988	Vardar
1988–1992	Red Star Belgrade
1992–1994	Real Valladolid
1994–1995	Denizlispor
1995–1996	CSKA Sofia
1996–1997	FC Sion
Total
National team
1990–1992	Yugoslavia
1993–1996	Macedonia
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ilija Najdoski (Macedonian: Илија Најдоски) (born 26 March 1964, in Kruševo) is a retired 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[]

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 life[]

He is the father of Macedonian player Dino Najdoski.

Najdoski is an ethnic Aromanian.^[8]

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.
^ Nedeljković, Jelena (15 August 2020). "Јелена Недељковић: Социолошко религијско посматрање феномена влашке магије (I)". Vidovdan (in Macedonian).

External links[]

Ilija Najdoski at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile at Macedonian Football (in English)
Reprezentacija.rs
Rsssf.com

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[1] "zerodic.com". Zerodic.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

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[3] "NAJDOSKI". LFP. Retrieved 25 October 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "ILIJA NAJDOSSKI". TFF. Retrieved 25 October 2008.

[5] "Pancev también renuncia a la Eurocopa". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 May 1992. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

[6] Match report at EU-Football.info

[7] "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[8] Nedeljković, Jelena (15 August 2020). "Јелена Недељковић: Социолошко религијско посматрање феномена влашке магије (I)". Vidovdan (in Macedonian).

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Personal information
Full name	Ilija Najdoski Илија Најдоски
Date of birth	(1964-03-26) 26 March 1964 (age 57)
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)
Total		328	(9)
National team
1990–1992	Yugoslavia	11	(1)
1993–1996	Macedonia	10	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

v t FR Yugoslavia squad – UEFA Euro 1992
1 Leković 2 Stanojković 3 Dubajić 4 Jokanović 5 Najdoski 6 Brnović 7 Jugović 8 Savićević 9 Mijatović 10 Stojković 11 Mihajlović 12 Omerović 13 Vujačić 14 Petković 15 Petrić 16 Milanič 17 Novak 18 Krčmarević 19 Jakovljević 20 Radinović Coach: Čabrinović & Miljanić
FR Yugoslavia was disqualified ten days before the tournament due to Yugoslav wars.