Nikola Gjorgjev
Nikola Gjorgjev (Macedonian: Никола Ѓорѓев; born 22 August 1997) is a footballer who plays as a right winger for Aarau.[1] Born in Switzerland, he plays for the North Macedonia national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 August 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aarau | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Wettingen | ||
| 2008–2015 | Grasshoppers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2019 | Grasshoppers II | 42 | (8) |
| 2015–2022 | Grasshoppers | 111 | (15) |
| 2017–2018 | → FC Twente (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Aarau (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Schaffhausen (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2022– | Aarau | 69 | (14) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Switzerland U15 | 1 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Switzerland U16 | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | Switzerland U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Switzerland U18 | 6 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Switzerland U19 | 7 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | Macedonia U21 | 12 | (2) |
| 2016– | North Macedonia | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018 | |||
Club career edit
Grasshopper Club Zürich edit
Gjorgjev is a youth exponent from Grasshoppers. He made his Swiss Super League debut at 14 March 2015 against FC Thun. He replaced Yoric Ravet after 77 minutes.[2] He was loaned out to Eredivisie side FC Twente Enschede on a two-year deal in July 2017.[3] As he only got two caps in the first half of that season, he was loaned to FC Aarau in the Swiss Challenge League in February 2018, with an option to buy.[4] This option was not taken at the end of the season and Gjorgjev returned to Grasshoppers at the end of the season.[5]
At Grasshoppers, he became a mainstay in the first squad and eventually became instrumental in securing their promotion back to the Swiss Super League in 2021, with seven goals and ten assists.[6] However, in their first season back in the top Swiss league, he barely got playtime anymore. On 12 February 2022, Gjorgjev moved to Schaffhausen on loan until the end of the season.[7] He quickly established himself in the starting lineup. In 16 games, he supplied four goals and five assists, helping Schaffhausen qualify for the Promotion Play-offs, where they lost to FC Luzern.
FC Aarau edit
Following his loan spell at Schaffhausen and his subsequent return to Grasshoppers, his contract was not renewed and he instead signed a two-year deal with his former employer FC Aarau.[6]
International career edit
Born in Switzerland to Macedonian parents, Gjorgjev originally represented various Swiss youth football teams.[8] However, he switched to the Macedonia national football team and made his debut for them in a friendly 3–1 win over Azerbaijan on 29 May 2016.[9]
References edit
- ^ Nikola Gjorgjev at Soccerway
- ^ "Thun vs. Grasshoppers - 14 March 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
- ^ "Nikola Gjorgjev op huurbasis naar FC Twente". fctwente.nl (in Dutch). 9 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Gjorgjev kommt von Twente, Siegfried zu United Zürich" (in German). fcaarau.ch. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Gjorgjev zählt nicht mehr zum Kader des FC Aarau" (in German). fcaarau.ch. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Zwei-Jahres-Vertrag für Nikola Gjorgjev" (in German). FC Aarau. 2022-06-26.
- ^ "Nikola Gjorgjev beim FCS" (Press release) (in German). Schaffhausen. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ . www.uefa.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02.
- ^ . www.skysports.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-30.
External links edit
- Nikola Gjorgjev at National-Football-Teams.com