Gjorgji Čekovski

Gjorgji "Stanko" Čekovski (Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Чековски; born December 11, 1979) is a Macedonian professional basketball player.^[1] He was also a member of the Macedonian national basketball team.

Gjorgji Čekovski

Čekovski with MZT in 2011
Personal information
Born	(1979-12-11) December 11, 1979 (age 44) Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Macedonian
Listed height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight	150 kg (331 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2001: undrafted
Playing career	1997–2019
Position	Power forward
Career history
1997–1998	Alumina
1998–2003	Rabotnički
2003	Geoplin Slovan
2004	Sigal Prishtina
2004–2007	Lukoil Academic
2007–2008	Cherkaski Mavpy
2008	Feni Industries
2009	Ferro-ZNTU
2009	Rabotnički
2010–2011	Levski Sofia
2011–2014	MZT Skopje
2014–2015	Rabotnički
2015	Sigal Prishtina
2015–2019	Rabotnički
Career highlights and awards
9× Macedonian First League (1998, 1999, 2001–2003, 2012–2014, 2018) 6× Macedonian Cup (1998, 2003, 2012–2015) 3× Bulgarian League (2005–2007) 5× Bulgarian Cup (2006, 2007) 3× Macedonian Final MVP (2001–2013) 2× Macedonian Cup MVP (2003, 2015)

Macedonian national team

Čekovski is also a member of the Macedonian national basketball team. He competed with the team at Eurobasket 2011 and helped the team to a fourth-place finish, its best ever performance at the continental championship. In the group game against Greece, he was one of the heroes, scoring 11 points including three three-pointers and playing great defense to secure the win.^[2]

At the Eurobasket 2013, Čekovski suffered a muscle tear in the second game of the group stage against Lithuania, which was the end of the tournament for the power forward.^[3] Macedonia sorely missed Čekovski's presence, as the team ended in last place in the Group B.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

Eurocup

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2004–05	Lukoil Academic	12	11	29.3	.425	.414	.471	5.1	0.8	0.8	0.0	8.8	7.3
2005-06	Lukoil Academic	11	10	25.1	.439	.341	.846	4.2	0.5	1.6	0.1	8.8	7.6
2004–05	Lukoil Academic	10	10	28.2	.430	.383	.400	5.5	0.7	1.0	0.1	9.2	6.1
2013–14	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	8	4	21.0	.429	.308	.727	3.5	0.6	0.6	0.1	9.0	6.8

Domestic leagues

Season	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003–04	Geoplin Slovan	ABA League	12	14.8	.404	.344	1.000	1.4	0.7	0.5	0.0	4.5
2012–13	MZT Skopje		25	27.9	.460	.363	.629	5.2	1.8	0.9	0.0	12.1
2013–14			23	23.3	.410	.308	.724	3.6	1.1	0.6	0.4	9.2

References

1. Eurobasket.com Profile
2. FYR of Macedonia Make It Two In A Row
3. Spanoulis’ dilemma, Tyus and Cekovski out

External links

• at aba-liga.com
• Gjorgji Čekovski at euroleague.net
• at fiba.com