Blagoja Kuleski

Blagoja Kuleski (Macedonian: Благоја Кулески; born 4 October 1962) is a Macedonian football manager and former player.

Blagoja Kuleski

Personal information
Full name	Blagoja Kuleski
Date of birth	(1962-10-04) 4 October 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth	Prilep, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1985	Pobeda	80	(15)
1985–1986	Vardar	8	(0)
1987–1989	Pelister	40	(11)
1989–1992	Radnički Niš	53	(18)
1992–1994	Marconi Stallions	52	(3)
1994–1996	Melbourne Zebras	19	(0)
1997	Bulleen Lions
2000	Rockdale City Suns
Managerial career
2002	Illawarra Lions
2006–2009	Bonnyrigg White Eagles
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

Born in Prilep,^[1] SR Macedonia, back then still within Yugoslavia, Kuleski started playing in Yugoslav League for Macedonian clubs FK Pobeda, FK Vardar and FK Pelister, Serbian FK Radnički Niš, before moving to Australia, in 1992, where he played with Marconi Stallions, Melbourne Zebras, Bulleen Lions and Rockdale City Suns.

Blagoja was voted second best defender/ sweeper in 1990 in Yugoslav National League just 2 points behind Miodrag Belodedici of Red Star Belgrade who were crowned Super Cup Champions in the same year.^{[citation needed]}

International

Blagoja, or Kuki, as he is better known in the football community, played the first game for Macedonia against Yugoslavia in Skopje in 1991, along the greats of Darko Pančev and Ilija Najdoski.^{[citation needed]}

Managerial career

After retiring in Australia, he became a football coach managing Illawarra Lions and Bonnyrigg White Eagles. He won the Championship two consecutive years with Bonnyrigg and promoted them back into the NSW Premier League in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Asov Yu-Fudbala", page 39 (in Serbian)

External links

• Career^{[permanent dead link]} in OzFootball
• Blagoja Kuleski at WorldFootball.net