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Nikola Gligorov
Gligorov 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 41)
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)
Total 431 (28)
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

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.

Club career

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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

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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

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As of 22 November 2013[4][5]
Club statistics
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

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Player

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Club

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Cementarnica 55

Rabotnicki Skopje

Khazar Lankaran

Vardar Skopje

References

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  1. ^ "Nikola Gligorov joins Xəzər". macedonianfootball.com. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. ^ Nikola Gligorov at UEFA.com
  3. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Nikola Gligorov". national-football-teams.com/. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  5. ^ "N. GLIGOROV". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
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