Dragan Gjorgiev ( mk, Драган Ѓоргиев) (born 16 December 1990 in

Radoviš Radoviš ( mk, Радовиш ) is a city in the southeastern part of North Macedonia. It is the second largest city in the southeastern region. The city is the seat of Radoviš Municipality, which is spread on the bottom of Plačkovica Mountai ...

) is a Macedonian

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who currently plays for Swiss lower league side FC Rotkreuz. He was also a member of the Macedonian Under-21 team. His last name is often mistaken for Georgiev.

Club career

Gjorgiev began his career with

FK Plačkovica FK Detonit Plačkovica ( mk, ФК Детонит Плачковица) is a football club from Radoviš, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League. History The club was founded in 1942. In 2022, the club was m ...

from

and latter at the age of 15 he joined FK Turnovo. On 19 July 2010, he left FK Turnovo and joined

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club 1. FSV Mainz 05 on loan for one season. Mainz liked his talent but felt he wasn't ready for the Bundesliga so he was loaned for one season in order to get match practice to 2. Bundesliga team

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on 31 August 2010. Gjorgiev made his debut for Paderborn on 24 September 2010 when he came off the bench in the 62nd minute in a 2–0 loss away to

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. That was his only league game in Germany as during the summer of 2011, Georgiev returned to Turnovo. In June 2012, he signed for league champions

FK Vardar FK Vardar Skopje ( mk, ФК Вардар Скопје), or simply Vardar, is a football club based in the capital city of Skopje, North Macedonia, North Macedonia. The club was founded in 1947 and currently competes in the Macedonian Second Foo ...

. He later moved to Switzerland where he plays alongside compatriot Cvetan Churlinov.

International career

He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a September 2012

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match away against

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and has earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a December 2012

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against

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References

External links

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Profile at MacedonianFootball
* 1990 births Living people People from Radoviš Men's association football wingers Macedonian men's footballers North Macedonia men's youth international footballers North Macedonia men's under-21 international footballers North Macedonia men's international footballers FK Horizont Turnovo players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players SC Paderborn 07 players FK Vardar players FC Wangen bei Olten players Macedonian First Football League players 2. Bundesliga players Macedonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{NorthMacedonia-footy-bio-stub