Nikola Gligorov
Nikola Gligorov (Macedonian: Никола Глигоров; born 15 August 1983) is a Macedonian football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. He was a recently the head coach of FK Vardar.
| Gligorov 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 August 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Skopje, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Alumina | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Cementarnica 55 | 38 | (2) |
| 2004–2006 | Vardar | 54 | (2) |
| 2007 | Bežanija | 6 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Rabotnichki | 27 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Vardar | 24 | (3) |
| 2009–2011 | Rabotnichki | 62 | (8) |
| 2011–2013 | Alki Larnaca | 54 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Khazar Lankaran | 23 | (2) |
| 2014–2018 | Vardar | 114 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | Ethnikos Achna | 29 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1999 | Macedonia U-16 | 2 | (0) |
| Macedonia U-19 | 4 | (0) | |
| Macedonia U-21 | 11 | (1) | |
| 2010–2016 | Macedonia | 25 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Vardar (youth team coach) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Vardar (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Vardar | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 August 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 August 2020 | |||
Club career edit
Gligorov started his career at Vardar Skopje but was loaned right away to FK Alumina, and later to FK Cementarnica 55 Skopje. At 2004–05 season he was regular at Vardar Skopje and stayed there until the winter-breal of the 2006–07 season. Then he moved to neighbouring Serbia where he joined Serbian SuperLiga side FK Bežanija playing there the second half of the 2006–07 season along his compatriots Mario Đurovski, Bojan Markoski, Perica Stančeski and Aleksandar Donev. They finished the season at 4th place, however, he left the Serbian club at the end of the season. He came back to the Macedonian championship, playing for Rabotnički Skopje, and from there he made a transfer to Vardar Skopje just to get back to Rabotnički Skopje the following season where he stayed till the end of the season 2010/2011. After that he played for a Cypriot club Alki Larnaca for two seasons, before signing for FK Khazar Lankaran on 28 May 2013.[1] He made his debut in the first game of the season in a 1–1 draw against Sliema from Malta in Europa league qualification round.
International career edit
Gligorov made his senior debut for Macedonian national team on 11 August 2010 in an away friendly game against Malta that finished 1–1. He is yet to score his debut goal. He had previously represented the U-16, U-19 and U-21 teams since 1999.[2] He has earned a total of 25 caps, scoring no goals and his final international was a March 2016 friendly match against Bulgaria.[3]
Career statistics edit
| Season | Club | League | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||||
| 2002–03 | Cementarnica 55 | 1. MFL | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| 2003–04 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |||||
| 2004–05 | Vardar | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 | ||||||
| 2005–06 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| 2006–07 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||||
| 2006–07 | Bežanija | Serbian SuperLiga | 6 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2007–08 | Rabotnički | 1. MFL | 27 | 2 | - | 27 | 2 | ||||
| 2008–09 | Vardar | 24 | 3 | - | 24 | 3 | |||||
| 2009–10 | Rabotnički | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 5 | |||||
| 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2011–12 | Alki Larnaca | Cypriot First Division | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2012–13 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 2013–14 | Khazar Lankaran | Azerbaijan Premier League | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| Macedonia | 197 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 216 | 16 | |||||
| Serbia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Cyprus | 54 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 4 | |||
| Azerbaijan | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |||
| Total | 265 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 294 | 20 | |||
Honours edit
Player edit
Club edit
Cementarnica 55
Rabotnicki Skopje
Khazar Lankaran
Vardar Skopje
References edit
- ^ "Nikola Gligorov joins Xəzər". macedonianfootball.com. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ Nikola Gligorov at UEFA.com
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Nikola Gligorov". national-football-teams.com/. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ "N. GLIGOROV". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
External links edit
- Nikola Gligorov at National-Football-Teams.com
- Player profile at MacedonianFootball (in English)
- Nikola Gligorov at Soccerway