Damjan Stojanovski ( mk, Дамјан Стојановски; born December 9, 1987) is a Macedonian professional

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player who currently plays for

MZT Skopje Aerodrom MZT Skopje Aerodrom ( mk, МЗТ Скопје Аеродром) is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. The club competes in the Macedonian League and ABA League. The club's home ground is Jane Sandanski Arena, but due to small capa ...

. He also represents the

Macedonian national basketball team The North Macedonia men's national basketball team ( mk, Кошаркарска репрезентација на Северна Македонија, Košarkarska reprezentacija na Severna Makedonija) represents North Macedonia in internationa ...

. He is 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) in height and plays at the Shooting guard and

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positions. He is a twin brother of Vojdan Stojanovski and the younger brother of former basketball player Ognen Stojanovski.

Pro career

Since beginning his professional career in 2005, Stojanovski has spent the majority of his career playing in the Macedonian First Basketball League. He started his basketball career in

KK Vardar KK Vardar ( mk, КК Вардар) is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. Established in 1947, the team has won the Macedonian National League five times and the Macedonian Cup once. History On 20 July 1947, MSD Makedonija and � ...

. In 2007 he signed with

KK AMAK SP KK AMAK SP was a basketball club based in Ohrid, North Macedonia. AMAK SP participated in the Macedonian Premier League. Their home arena was the Biljanini Izvori hall. History AMAK SP was formed in the year 2005 in the city of Ohrid by the A ...

from

Ohrid Ohrid ( mk, Охрид ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the List of cities in North Macedonia, eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording ...

. In 2009 he won the Macedonian Basketball Cup with

. Next year Stojanovski signed with

PBC Lukoil Academic BC Academic Metropol Region ( bg, БК "Академик" Метропол-Рийджън) is a reestablished Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia. In April 2022, Academic has been reborn and rebranded by the new ow ...

from

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. In the seasons 2010/11 and 2011/12 with

he won the

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. In 2012 he returned to Macedonia, signing with

. He was MVP on the Macedonian Cup Final in 2013 and MVP on the Macedonian basketball Final in 2014. On 8 December 2014, during a match against

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he injured his left knee while trying to jump. He was immediately helped off the court. An MRI later revealed that Damjan tore the ACL in his knee and would miss the rest of the season. Damjan returned to full contact practice in August 2015. In the meantime, he re-signed with MZT Skopje for another season, and as captain he led the team for another title, fifth in a row for MZT, and fourth in a row with him as a part of the team. On 3 September 2016, he got injured again during a

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qualifiers in the match between Macedonia and

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. On 15 June 2017, he re-signed with MZT Skopje. In July 2018, he re-signed with MZT Skopje for two years.

National team

Damjan Stojanovski is a regular member of the

. In 2009 he competed with the Macedonian team at the

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when

finished 9th. In 2011 Stojanovski played on the

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in Lithuania and he helped his team to reach the 4th place, the best ever performance for the

. EuroBasket 2011 Profile

Career statistics

Eurocup

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Lukoil Academic BC Academic Metropol Region ( bg, БК "Академик" Метропол-Рийджън) is a reestablished Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia. In April 2022, Academic has been reborn and rebranded by the new ow ...

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Domestic leagues

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stojanovski, Damjan 1987 births Living people ABA League players KK MZT Skopje players KK Vardar players Macedonian men's basketball players PBC Academic players Shooting guards Sportspeople from Skopje Macedonian twins Twin sportspeople