Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Goran Bogdanović (footballer born 1990)

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The result was delete. Secret ^account 04:48, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Goran Bogdanović (footballer born 1990)[edit]

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Contested PROD. Concern was Article about a footballer who fails WP:GNG and who has not played in a fully pro league. PROD was contested on the grounds that he has played in the Europa League and captained the Macedonian U-21 national team. However, WP:NSPORT explicitly excludes youth football as a source of notability, and since his Europa League caps were in the qualifying rounds they do not confer notability either. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:03, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 12:23, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
~~(Speedy)~~ Keep. ~~Can we get a minimum due diligence before nominating?~~ Bogdanović is now 24, therefore a senior by now. He played for FK Rabotnički until 2012, who are champions of Macedonian First League, and now plays for Serbian FK Rad, a professional Serbian football club based in Belgrade... Serbian SuperLiga. And both First Macedonian Football League and Serbian SuperLiga first leagues are fully professional, since about forever. And all of this properly referenced, at least since March [1]. No such user (talk) 14:00, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the assumption of good faith... The Macedonian top flight is in fact not fully professional (see WP:FPL) and during his stint for FK Rad (which is now over by the way) he did not play even a single match for them. WP:NSPORT explicitly says that it only applies to those footballers who have played actual matches in fully pro leagues. He has not. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:53, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize, as I didn't notice that he hasn't played any caps for Rad, and you didn't mention that in the nom, so I'm striking the offending parts of my comment. However, Rabotnički is a fully pro club and FK Metalurg Skopje ended 2nd and 3rd in the league while Bogdanović played for them. I suppose that makes him borderline notable, along with his youth record and Euro league qualifiers. (Judging from [2]. he now plays for FK Teteks Tetovo). No such user (talk) 09:56, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Fully Pro CLUB is not relevant, the player must have played in a fully pro LEAGUE per NFOOTY or in a non-qualifying round cup competition match between two clubs from fully pro leagues. Fenix down (talk) 12:29, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Fails WP:NFOOTY as has not played senior international football nor played in a fully professional league. No indication that subject has garnered significant reliable coverage for any other achievements to satisfy GNG. Fenix down (talk) 12:29, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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