Blaže Georgioski (

Macedonian Cyrillic The orthography of the Macedonian language includes an alphabet consisting of 31 letters ( mk, Македонска азбука, Makedonska azbuka), which is an adaptation of the Cyrillic script, as well as language-specific conventions of spelli ...

: Блаже Георгиоски; born 1 December 1975, in

Prilep Prilep ( mk, Прилеп ) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 and is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko. Name The name of Prilep appear ...

) is a

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retired

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player.

Club career

Born in

, he started his career in 1994 in his home town club

FK Pobeda FK Pobeda ( mk, ФК Победа) is a football club based in the city of Prilep, North Macedonia. History The club was founded in 1941 as Goce Delčev and renamed in 1950 to FK Pobeda. FK Pobeda has been a winner of Macedonian First League for ...

. In 1998, he moved to

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

to play in FK Sartid, club nowadays called

FK Smederevo Fudbalski klub Smederevo 1924 ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб Смедерево 1924), commonly known as Smederevo, is a Serbian professional football club based in Smederevo. During Yugoslavia the club mainly played in amateur ranks of com ...

. His good exhibitions make him move to the giants European 1991 Champions

FK Crvena Zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional Association football, foot ...

where he won the Championship in the season 1999–2000. After having returned to play again in Pobeda Prilep, in 2006 he moved to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

to play in the

Victorian Premier League The National Premier Leagues Victoria, commonly known as NPL Victoria, is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is a part of the National Premier Leagues, and is the highest level within the Victorian soccer leagu ...

club

Preston Lions FC Preston Lions Football Club (formerly Preston Makedonia Soccer Club) is a association football, soccer club from Preston, Victoria, Preston, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The club was established in ...

, where he played for 2 years winning the VPL final for Preston Lions in 2007.

International career

Since his good exhibitions with Red Star that Georgioski started receiving calls to the national squad. He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a February 2000

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

against

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

and has earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 2005 friendly against

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.Blagojče Gjorgjioski
at EU-Football.info

Honours

* Red Star Belgrade **1 time

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Прва савезна лига / Prva savezna liga) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of Yu ...

Champion: 1999–00 **1 time

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

winner: 2000 * Pobeda Prilep **1 time Macedonian Prva Liga Champion: 2003–04 **1 time

Macedonian Cup The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was establ ...

winner: 2002 * Preston Lions **1 time

Champion: 2007

References

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* * 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Prilep Association football midfielders Macedonian footballers North Macedonia international footballers FK Pobeda players FK Smederevo players Red Star Belgrade footballers Preston Lions FC players Macedonian First Football League players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Victorian Premier League players Macedonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro Expatriate soccer players in Australia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Australia {{RMacedonia-footy-bio-stub