Milko Gjurovski

Milko Gjurovski

Personal information
Full name	Milko Gjurovski
Date of birth	26 February 1963 (1963-02-26) (age 48)
Place of birth	Tetovo, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Retired Striker
Youth career
	Teteks Tetovo
1978-1979	Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1979–1980	Čukarički Stankom	?	(15)
1980–1986	Red Star Belgrade	115	(54)
1986–1990	FK Partizan	70	(38)
1990–1992	FC Groningen	57	(23)
1993	Cambuur Leeuwarden	7	(0)
1993–1994	FC Groningen	14	(5)
1994	NK Maribor	19	(8)
1994–1995	Nîmes Olympique	4	(0)
1995–1996	Železničar Maribor
2005–2006	NK Ljubljana	2	(0)
National team
1984–1985	Yugoslavia	6	(2)
1994	Macedonia	3	(0)
Teams managed
1996-1998	Železničar Maribor (youth)
2004-2005	NK Malečnik
2005-2006	Drava Ptuj
2006–2007	Nafta Lendava
2007–2008	NK Maribor
2008	FK Vardar
2009–2010	FK Belasica
Honours Men's Football Competitor for  Yugoslavia Olympic Games Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Milko Gjurovski or Milko Ǵurovski, Milko Djurovski and Milko Đurovski (Macedonian: Милко Ѓуровски (born 26 February 1963 in Tetovo, SFR Yugoslavia, now the Republic of Macedonia) is a former Yugoslav and Macedonian footballer and current head coach of FK Vardar.

He soon showed great scoring skills as still a youngster he became the league top scorer while playing with FK Čukarički Stankom in a lower league in 1980.^[1] However he became popular in Yugoslavia while playing for Red Star Belgrade for eight years, alongside his brother Boško Gjurovski. During that time he collected his first international caps for Yugoslavia. In 1984, he was a member of the bronze medal winning Olympic team.

In summer 1986, he became a star of the transfer season, after leaving Red Star for their hated city rivals, FK Partizan. While Partizan fans embraced him with joy, Red Star fans considered him a traitor. Playing for Partizan, he was remembered for his goals against FC Groningen and Celtic FC in European competitions. Later he played for the likes of FC Groningen, Cambuur and Nîmes Olympique. With Red Star he won 2 Yugoslav Championships (1981 and 1984) and 2 Yugoslav Cups (1982, 1985). With Partizan he won Yugoslav Championship (1987), Yugoslav Cup (1989) and Yugoslav Supercup (1989).

After ending his playing career, he moved to Slovenia where his wife Andrea is from.

He started his management career as a coach of youth selections at Maribor´s Železničar. He was well known for his ability in passing on the tactical knowledge to youngsters. He established himself as one of the best youth coaches in Slovenia, as he won all the national youth championships of youngsters born in 1984, before leaving the club. During this era, he gained a lot of respect among players and received a lot of hatred for persuading most of NK Maribor youth players to join Železničar instead. His senior career in management began with local clubs and with his brief spell at NK Drava Ptuj, followed by NK Nafta Lendava, where he spent one year before being dismissed following a run of poor results at the start of the 2007 season that culminated in a 6-0 home defeat to Domžale.^[2] He is now manager of Second League team Belasica.^[3]

He is the father of Mario Ǵurovski, and brother of Boško Ǵurovski.

References

1. ^ Monografija 85 godina SD Čukarički (page 75) (Serbian)
2. ^ Zahovič raises Slovenia's pulse again
3. ^ Milko Gjurovski takes over Belasica

External links

• RSSSF
• FFM
• MacedonianFootball.com

Persondata
Name	Ǵurovski, Milko
Alternative names	Djurovski, Milko; Đurovski, Milko
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	26 February 1963
Place of birth	Tetovo, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death