Borko Ristovski ( mk, Борко Ристовски; born 2 November 1982) is a Macedonian

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player who plays for RK Vardar 1961 and the North Macedonia national team.2018 European Championship roster
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Career

Ristovski started his handball career in 1995 as a member of club Rabotnički. Two years later, he signed for RK Jug, where he stayed for two years, until 1999. He spent the season 1999–2000 at Makedonija (now known as RK Metalurg Skopje). In 2001 he won the Macedonian handball championship with Vardar Vatrostalna and the Macedonian Cup. His first experience in a European Championship was in Greece in 2000 in the juniors championship. Between 2001 and 2003, Ristovski played for Vardar Vatrostalna, and in 2002 he won the second championship of his career. In 2002 he participated in the juniors European Championship in Poland. That year he was proclaimed the best young sportsman in Macedonia. In 2003, after two years with Vardar, he signed a two-year contract with that year's champion, RK Metalurg Skopje. After his contract expired, Ristovski moved to Spain and signed a one-year contract with second division side

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in 2006. A year later, he joined Spanish team

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and became the first Macedonian handballer to play in the ASOBAL league. However, due to family reasons, he returned to Macedonia in 2007 and signed a one-year contract with RK Metalurg Skopje, where he became one of the best players. In the 2007–08 season, he won the Macedonian championship, the third in his career. After that, he signed for a further two seasons with RK Metalurg Skopje, 2008–09 he won the Macedonian cup. Later on, in 2010, Ristovski signed a two-season deal with

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. Afterwards, Ristovski signed a two and a half years contract with German club

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in February 2012. After a short spell with Egyptian team

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in 2014, he played one season for French side US Créteil Handball (2014–15) before moving to German club

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, where he remained one season. He then returned to Spain and played two seasons for FC Barcelona Lassa. Shortly after, he signed with

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in Portugal for the 2018–19 season. In a match against

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in the pre-qualification rounds for the

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, Ristovski scored his first goal for the senior Macedonia national team, the third in his career. From that moment, he became a vital part of the team and made a significant progress as a goalkeeper. One of his most notable moments as a goalkeeper was a penalty save in the last second of a match against

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, leading Macedonia into the playoffs of the 2009 World Championship in Croatia. In a playoff match against

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, Ristovski scored another goal. One of the best performances in his career was when he made 25 saves against

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. he was part of the Macedonia national team in the

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and made up to 29th saves per game.

Honours

RK Vardar * Macedonian League: 2001–02,2002–03,2020-21,2021-22 *

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: 2003, 2012, 2021, 2022, 2023 RK Metalurg * Macedonian League: 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10 *

: 2006, 2009, 2010 Rhein-Neckar Löwen * German League:

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FC Barcelona Handbol * ASOBAL League: 2016–17, 2017–18 * ASOBAL Super Cup: 2016, 2017 *

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: 2016–17, 2017–18 * ASOBAL Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18 S.L. Benfica * Portuguese Super Cup: 2018

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ristovski, Borko Living people 1982 births Sportspeople from Skopje Macedonian male handball players Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in France Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate handball players VfL Gummersbach players Rhein-Neckar Löwen players FC Barcelona Handbol players S.L. Benfica handball players Liga ASOBAL players Handball-Bundesliga players RK Vardar players