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Mitko Stojkovski Personal information Full name Mitko Stojkovski Date of birth 18 December 1972 Place of birth Bitola, SFR Yugoslavia Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Playing position Defender Youth career FK Pelister Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1989–1991 Pelister 54 (1) 1991–1995 Red Star Belgrade 103 (2) 1995–1997 Real Oviedo 63 (1) 1997–1999 VfB Stuttgart 12 (0) 1999–2001 Pelister National team 1994–2002 Macedonia 29 (5) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Mitko Stojkovski (Macedonian: Митко Стојковски, born 18 December 1972) is a Macedonian former football player.
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Career
Stojkovski started his career playing with his home town club FK Pelister, back then playing in the Yugoslav Second League. In 1992 his skills were noted and he moves to the 1991 European Champions Red Star Belgrade where he stayed 3 seasons and played over 120 games. In the legendary 100th eternal derby against their greatest rivals Partizan, he scored and was named the man of the match. In 1995 he signed with Spanish La Liga club Real Oviedo where he played 63 league matches in two seasons with the side. In 1997 VfB Stuttgart signed him and he was part of the team that reached the 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final where they lost against Chelsea. After two and a half years in Germany, he returned to Pelister where he retired in 2001 by winning the Macedonian Cup that year.[1]
After retireing, for a period he was a sports director at FK Pelister.
National team
Stojkovski made his debut for the Republic of Macedonia national football team in 1994, and got 29 caps and 5 goals in total. His last cap came in 2002.[2]
Honours
- Red Star
- First League of FR Yugoslavia (1): 1994–95
- FR Yugoslav Cup (2): 1993, 1995
- Stuttgart
- German League Cup (1): 1998
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1997-98
- Pelister
- Macedonian Cup (1): 2001
References
External links
- Career history at Weltfussball.de
- Early career at Zerodic
- Mitko Stojkovski at LFP
- Mitko Stojkovski at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mitko Stojkovski – FIFA competition record
Categories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Bitola
- Yugoslav footballers
- Macedonian footballers
- Macedonian expatriate footballers
- Macedonia international footballers
- Association football defenders
- FK Pelister players
- Red Star Belgrade footballers
- Real Oviedo players
- VfB Stuttgart players
- La Liga footballers
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Serbia
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Macedonian football biography stubs
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