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Mario Ǵurovski Personal information Full name Mario Gjurovski Date of birth 11 December 1985 Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Playing position Attacking midfielder Club information Current club Metalurh Donetsk Number 30 Youth career Čukarički Stankom Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003–2004 Red Star Belgrade 0 (0) 2003 → OFK Mladenovac (loan) 12 (0) 2004 → FK Sopot (loan) 14 (3) 2004–2007 FK Bežanija 83 (18) 2007–2010 FK Vojvodina 56 (7) 2011– Metalurh Donetsk 7 (0) National team‡ 2010– Macedonia 12 (2) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2011Mario Ǵurovski or Mario Gjurovski and Mario Đurovski (Macedonian: Марио Ѓуровски, Serbian: Марио Ђуровски) (born 11 December 1985) is a Serbian-born Macedonian footballer (holding dual citizenship) who currently plays for Ukrainian club FC Metalurh Donetsk.
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Club career
Gjurovski played in the youth team of FK Čukarički Stankom[1] before moving to Red Star Belgrade in 2003. However he spent the entire season on loan, first with OFK Mladenovac and then with Red Star´s satellite club FK Sopot, both of them playing in the Serbian League Belgrade.
In summer 2004 he signs with FK Bežanija[2] playing in the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro. After two seasons the club archived promotion in 2006 into the newly formed Serbian SuperLiga. In summer 2007 Mario Gjurovski leaves Bežanija after having played over 80 league matches with them and having scored 18 goals, and signs with another SuperLiga club, FK Vojvodina.[3] After having initially limited chances, after a couple of seasons he became a standard player in the club. They archived finishing second in the 2008-09 season, and becoming 2009–10 Serbian Cup runners-up after loosing the final against his former club, Red Star, by 0-3.
Mario Gjurovski left Vojvodina during the winter break of the 2010-11 season after having played over 50 league matches in three and a half years by signing with Ukrainian Premier League side FC Metalurh Donetsk. He signed a 3 year deal with Metalurh on 1 March 2011.
National team
Mario Gjurovski has been part of the Macedonia national football team since 2010.[4]
Personal life
He is the son of former Macedonian international striker Milko Gjurovski who previously played for Red Star Belgrade, FK Partizan and FC Groningen.
The correct spelling of his last name is Gjurovski, as it appears in his Macedonian passport.[5]
References
- ^ Monografija: 85 godina SD Čukarički (page 93) (Serbian)
- ^ "Mario Đurovski u Zvezdi". Srbija Sport. 2007-06-27. http://www.srbijasport.com/vest.php?news_id=6019&sport_id=55. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ Profile and stats at Srbijafudbal. (Serbian)
- ^ Mario Ǵurovski at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Mario Gjurovski". Macedonian Football. 2010-01-12. http://www.macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1634:mario-gjurovski&catid=22:national-team-players&Itemid=124. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
External links
- Mario Gjurovski at Macedonian Football (English)
Categories:- 1985 births
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- FK Vojvodina players
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- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
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