Vlatko Grozdanoski
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Vlatko Grozdanoski (born 30 January 1983 in Skopje
, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia
) is a Macedonian
footballer who plays for FK Vardar
and the Macedonia national team
.
. He stayed in Cementarnica 55 Skopje until December 2002, when he signed to play for Vardar Skopje, where he remained for 1 year and 7 months before he signed for Omonia Nicosia in 2004. During the 2001-2002 season he won the best young player award in the Macedonian First League
. With Vardar Skopje he won the Macedonian First League Title. He also participated in the Champions League with Vardar, who fell 1 game short of qualifying for the Champions League group stage. He scored against CSKA Moscow in Moscow where Vardar Skopje won 2:1. In the Summer of 2004 he signed for the most famous team in Cyprus, Omonia Nicosia. As an Omonia Nicosia player, he won the Cypriot Cup and the Super Cup in 2005. He wore the number seven jersey for Omonia Nicosia. Vlatko was awarded the best young foreign player in Cypriot First Division
for the 2006/2007 season. In January 2008 he signed a 2 year contract with FK Vojvodina
.In the first 6 months he had great performances,he score 5 goals in 13 games.For FK Vojvodina
Vlatko played 37 games and scored 7 goals in all competition.He has recently signed a 1.5 year contract with AEL Limassol Football team.His first game for AEL Limassol
was on 1 March 2010 against Nea Salamina Famagusta when coach Dušan Uhrin, Jr. give him chance to play last 20 minutes. Vlatko score his first goal in the yellow t-shirt on the game against Enosis Neon Paralimni FC
on 27 March 2010. On 12 August Vlatko sign 1 year contract with Iranian football club Damash Iranian F.C. After his contract expired, he decided to go back to the Macedonian League and signed for Rabotnički
.Later he signed with Macedonian best club, FK Vardar Skopje.
. He scored his first goal for Macedonia against Turkey national football team
in a EURO 2004 qualifying match on 12 October 2002. He then followed that up with another goals against Turkey in another EURO 2004 qualifying match on 11 June 2003, against Estonia in a friendly match on 11 June 2004 and against Luxembourg on 20 August 2008. As of now, he has 50 caps and 4 goals for Republic of Macedonia national football team
.
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
) is a Macedonian
Macedonians (ethnic group)
The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
footballer who plays for FK Vardar
FK Vardar
FK Vardar Skopje is a Macedonian football club based in the capital city of Skopje. FK Vardar is currently a member of the 1-MFL. FK Vardar is the most popular and renowned Macedonian football club both domestically and abroad, having won 6 national championships and 6 national cups...
and the Macedonia national team
Republic of Macedonia national football team
The Macedonia national football team is the national football team of the Republic of Macedonia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia. Due to an ongoing name dispute, it enters international competitions under its country's provisional appellation as "FYR Macedonia"...
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Club career
He began his career in 1999, playing for Cementarnica 55 Skopje. His first game for Cementarnica 55 Skopje in the Macedonian First League was on 25 March 2000 against Vardar Skopje when Vlatko was only 17 years and 2 months. He played with Cementarnica 55 Skopje in the Macedonian Cup Final vs FK PobedaFK Pobeda
FK Pobeda is a football team in the Republic of Macedonia from the city of Prilep. It was founded in 1941 as Goce Delčev and renamed in 1950 to FK Pobeda. The club plays at the Goce Delčev Stadium ....
. He stayed in Cementarnica 55 Skopje until December 2002, when he signed to play for Vardar Skopje, where he remained for 1 year and 7 months before he signed for Omonia Nicosia in 2004. During the 2001-2002 season he won the best young player award in the Macedonian First League
Macedonian First League
The First Macedonian Football League is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.The league consists of 12 teams. The teams play against each other 3 times...
. With Vardar Skopje he won the Macedonian First League Title. He also participated in the Champions League with Vardar, who fell 1 game short of qualifying for the Champions League group stage. He scored against CSKA Moscow in Moscow where Vardar Skopje won 2:1. In the Summer of 2004 he signed for the most famous team in Cyprus, Omonia Nicosia. As an Omonia Nicosia player, he won the Cypriot Cup and the Super Cup in 2005. He wore the number seven jersey for Omonia Nicosia. Vlatko was awarded the best young foreign player in Cypriot First Division
Cypriot First Division
The Cypriot Championship First Division is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus. As of 2007 it is sponsored by Marfin Popular Bank and is hence officially known as Marfin Laiki League .-Format:...
for the 2006/2007 season. In January 2008 he signed a 2 year contract with FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...
.In the first 6 months he had great performances,he score 5 goals in 13 games.For FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina
FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...
Vlatko played 37 games and scored 7 goals in all competition.He has recently signed a 1.5 year contract with AEL Limassol Football team.His first game for AEL Limassol
AEL Limassol
Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou , commonly known as AEL Limassol , is a Greek Cypriot multisport club based in the city of Limassol, the port of Cyprus....
was on 1 March 2010 against Nea Salamina Famagusta when coach Dušan Uhrin, Jr. give him chance to play last 20 minutes. Vlatko score his first goal in the yellow t-shirt on the game against Enosis Neon Paralimni FC
Enosis Neon Paralimni FC
Enosis Neon Paralimni is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the first division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou", which holds 5,800 people.-History:...
on 27 March 2010. On 12 August Vlatko sign 1 year contract with Iranian football club Damash Iranian F.C. After his contract expired, he decided to go back to the Macedonian League and signed for Rabotnički
FK Rabotnicki
FK Rabotnički is a football club that plays at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League.-History:...
.Later he signed with Macedonian best club, FK Vardar Skopje.
National team
He debut for the national team when he was just 18 years old against Oman (30 December 2001). He has scored 4 goals for the national team of Republic of MacedoniaRepublic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
. He scored his first goal for Macedonia against Turkey national football team
Turkey national football team
The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...
in a EURO 2004 qualifying match on 12 October 2002. He then followed that up with another goals against Turkey in another EURO 2004 qualifying match on 11 June 2003, against Estonia in a friendly match on 11 June 2004 and against Luxembourg on 20 August 2008. As of now, he has 50 caps and 4 goals for Republic of Macedonia national football team
Republic of Macedonia national football team
The Macedonia national football team is the national football team of the Republic of Macedonia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia. Due to an ongoing name dispute, it enters international competitions under its country's provisional appellation as "FYR Macedonia"...
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International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 12 October 2002 | Skopje City Stadium Skopje City Stadium Philip II of Macedonia Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, but sometimes also for music concerts or other events... , Skopje Skopje Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre... , Macedonia |
1 – 0 | 1 – 2 | UEFA Euro 2004 Qual. 2004 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Qualification for the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship took place between September 2002 and November 2003.Fifty teams were divided into ten groups, with each team playing the others in their group twice, once at home and once away... |
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| 2. | 11 June 2003 | BJK Inonu Stadium BJK Inonu Stadium Fiyapı İnönü Stadium is a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey and is the home ground of the football club Beşiktaş J.K.. Previously the ground has aso been shared with Galatasaray S.K. and Fenerbahce S.K.. The ground is located in Dolmabahçe, close to the Dolmabahçe Palace in the district of... , Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... , Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... |
1 – 0 | 2 – 3 | UEFA Euro 2004 Qual. 2004 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Qualification for the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship took place between September 2002 and November 2003.Fifty teams were divided into ten groups, with each team playing the others in their group twice, once at home and once away... |
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| 3. | 11 June 2004 | A. Le Coq Arena A. Le Coq Arena A. Le Coq Arena is a football stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. As well as football matches, it also hosts various concerts and events. According to the plan, the stadium is unfinished.... , Tallinn Tallinn Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list... , Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies... |
4 – 2 | 4 – 2 | Friendly | |
| 4. | 20 August 2008 | Stade Josy Barthel Stade Josy Barthel Stade Josy Barthel is the national stadium of Luxembourg, home to the Luxembourg national football team and also used for athletics. It is located on route d'Arlon, in Luxembourg City.It was first constructed in 1928 and it was entirely rebuilt in 1990... , Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south... , Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south... |
2 – 0 | 4 – 1 | Friendly |
Teams
- Macedonian First LeagueMacedonian First LeagueThe First Macedonian Football League is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.The league consists of 12 teams. The teams play against each other 3 times...
:- winner: Vardar Skopje - 2003
- Macedonian CupMacedonian CupThe Macedonian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Macedonian football. It was created in 1992.- Finals :-Performance By Club:The finals were:-External links:* *...
- runner-up: Cementarnica 55 Skopje 2002
- Cypriot First DivisionCypriot First DivisionThe Cypriot Championship First Division is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus. As of 2007 it is sponsored by Marfin Popular Bank and is hence officially known as Marfin Laiki League .-Format:...
- runner-up: AC Omonia 2006, AC Omonia 2007
- Serbian SuperligaSerbian SuperligaSerbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
:- runner-up: FK Vojvodina 2009
- Cypriot Cup:
- winner: AC Omonia 2005
- runner-up: AC Omonia 2007
- Cyprus FA ShieldCyprus FA ShieldThe Cyprus Football Association Shield or the LTV Super Cup is a Cypriot association football trophy, contested in an annual match between the Cypriot Champion and the winners of the Cypriot Cup. If a team wins The Double , then the Double winner plays the Cypriot Cup finalist...
:- winner: AC Omonia - 2006
Personal
- Macedonian First LeagueMacedonian First LeagueThe First Macedonian Football League is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.The league consists of 12 teams. The teams play against each other 3 times...
young Player of the year:- 2002-2003
- Cypriot First DivisionCypriot First DivisionThe Cypriot Championship First Division is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus. As of 2007 it is sponsored by Marfin Popular Bank and is hence officially known as Marfin Laiki League .-Format:...
young foreign Player of the year:- 2006-2007
External links
- Vlatko Grozdanoski Official Website
- Player page on transfermarkt.de
- Profile at MacedonianFootball.com
- Vlatko Grozdanoski at national-football-teams.com
- Profile at Srbijafudbal.