- Kiril Simonovski
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Kiril Simonovski Personal information Date of birth 19 October 1915 Place of birth Skopje, Kingdom of Serbia Date of death 12 June 1984 (aged 68)Place of death Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia Playing position Left defender Youth career -1938 Jug Skopje Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1938-1941 Gragjanski Skopje 59 (1) 1942-1945 Makedonija Skopje 1945-1950 FK Partizan 53 (18) 1950-1953 FK Vardar 75 (21) National team 1942 Bulgaria 2 (0) 1946-1949 Yugoslavia 10 (1) Teams managed 1953-1955 Vardar Skopje 1955 Aris 1956-1957 FK Partizan 1960-1962 Olympiacos 1963 FK Partizan 1969-1970 FK Partizan * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Kiril Simonovski (Macedonian Cyrillic: Kиpил Cимoнoвcки, 19 October 1915–12 June 1984) was a Macedonian footballer . He played top league football for Gragjanski Skopje, FK Vardar and FK Partizan.
He started playing football in a local club in Skopje named FK Jug, before moving to Gragjanski Skopje in 1938. With the start of the Second World War the region of Macedonia was invaded by Bulgaria, and he moved to another club from Skopje, Makedonija, finishing in second place in the 1942 Bulgarian State Football Championship, and during this period Simonovski played two matches for the Bulgarian national team under the Bulgarianized name of Kiril Simeonov.[1] At the end of the war, Simonovski moved to Belgrade and signed with newly formed FK Partizan where he will play all the way until 1950, winning two national championships and one cup. It was in this period that he became the first Macedonian to play for the post-1945 Yugoslav national team, having played a total of 10 matches and scored once.
After retiring he became a coach. He coached FK Partizan, FK Vardar and Olympiacos F.C. among several other clubs in Yugoslavia, Greece and Cyprus.
Honours
As player:
- Partizan
- Yugoslav First League: 1946–47, 1948–49
- Yugoslav Cup: 1946–47
As coach:
- Partizan
- Yugoslav Cup: 1957
- Olympiacos
- Greek Cup: 1961
References
External links
- (Serbian) Profile at the Football Association of Serbia website
- [1] at the Football Association of Macedonia website
FK Partizan – managers Glaser (1945) · Spitz (1946–51) · Pogačnik (1952–53) · Spitz (1953) · Ćirić (1953–54) · Spitz (1954–55) · Tomašević (1955–56) · Simonovski (1956–57) · Matekalo (1957) · Kalocsay (1957–58) · Spitz (1958–60) · Bobek (1960–63) · Simonovski (1963) · Valok (1963–64) · Matekalo (1964) · Atanacković (1964) · Valok (1965) · Gegić (1965–67) · Vilotić (1967) · Bobek (1967–69) · Vilotić (1969) · Simonovski (1969–70) · Zec (1970–71) · Vasović (1971–73) · Damjanović (1973–74) · Kaloperović (1974–76) · Miladinović (1976) · Mladinić (1977–78) · Matekalo (1979) · Miladinović (1979) · Duvančić (1979–80) · Kaloperović (1980–82) · Milutinović (1982–84) · Bjeković (1984–87) · Jusufi (1987–88) · Vukotić (1988–89) · Golac (1989–90) · Bjeković (1990) · Milutinović (1990–91) · Osim (1991–92) · Tumbaković (1992–99) · Ješić (1999–2000) · Tumbaković (2000–02) · Matthäus (2002–03) · Vermezović (2004–05) · Röber (2005–06) · Ješić (2006–07) · Đukić (2007) · Jokanović (2007–09) · Stevanović (2009–10) · Stanojević (2010–)
Categories:- 1915 births
- 1984 deaths
- People from Skopje
- Yugoslav footballers
- Macedonian footballers
- Bulgarian footballers
- Yugoslavia international footballers
- Bulgaria international footballers
- Dual internationalists (football)
- Association football defenders
- FK Partizan players
- Yugoslav football managers
- Macedonian football managers
- FK Partizan managers
- Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers
- Bulgarian football biography stubs
- Macedonian football biography stubs
- Serbian football defender stubs
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