Blagoj Istatov (; 5 April 1947 – 27 September 2018) was a Macedonian
football
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coach and player who played as a
goalkeeper.
Career
During his career, Istatov played for
FK Belasica
FK Belasica ( mk, ФК Беласица) is a football club based in the city of Strumica, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League.
History
The club was founded on 22 April 1922 at the cafe of Tašo Todorov, ...
,
FK Pobeda,
FK Partizan, winning with them the
1975–76 Yugoslav First League
Teams
A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1974–75 season and two sides promoted from the 1974–75 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league ...
, and with Dutch club
FC Utrecht
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The club was formed in 1970 as a merge ...
. He made his
Eredivisie debut for Utrecht in August 1976 against
Feyenoord. He went on to play over 60 games in two seasons for them.
Oud-speler Blagoje Istatov overleden
– FC Utrecht
His name was often misspelled as Blagoje (the Serbian language variant) or by the more traditional Macedonian language
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variant of Blagoja.
References
External links
Duch League stats
at ElfVoetbal
Stats from Partizan
at Partizan official website
1947 births
2018 deaths
Sportspeople from Strumica
Yugoslav men's footballers
Macedonian men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Yugoslav First League players
Yugoslav Second League players
Eredivisie players
FK Belasica players
FK Pobeda players
FK Partizan players
FC Utrecht players
Macedonian football managers
FK Belasica managers
FK Skopje managers
Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
Macedonian expatriate football managers
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
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