Darko Sokolov ( mk, Дарко Соколов; born May 8, 1986) is a Macedonian professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player who plays for EuroNickel 2005 of the

Macedonian First League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competiti ...

Pro career

Since beginning his professional career in 2002, Sokolov has spent the majority of his career playing in the

with Feni Industries, BC Strumica 2005, Rabotnički, MZT Skopje,

Vardar The Vardar (; mk, , , ) or Axios () is the longest river in North Macedonia and the second longest river in Greece, in which it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around . Th ...

, Balkan Steel, Centar and Karpoš Sokoli. He has also made brief stops in

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

with

Khimik Yuzhny Khimik Yuzhne ( uk, Хімік Южне) is a Ukrainian professional basketball club that is based in Yuzhne. The club plays in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. In 2006, the club reached the final of the EuroCup Challenge, where they were def ...

and

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

with

KK Bosna KK Bosna Meridianbet ( bs, Košarkaški klub Bosna Meridianbet) is a professional basketball team based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the most successful Bosnian club of all time, having been the EuroLeague champion by winning the ...

. On 20 November, 2017, he left Karpoš Sokoli due to financial problems. On November 22, 2017, he signed with MZT Skopje.

National team

Sokolov is also a member of 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 competed with the team at

Eurobasket 2009 The 2009 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2009, was the 36th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Poland, began on 7 September and concluded with the ...

and helped the team to a ninth-place finish, its best ever performance at the time. In 2011, him and his team reached the semi-finals of Eurobasket defeating Lithuania, the host.Darko Sokolov
at eurobasket2011.com

References

External links

Darko Sokolov
at eurobasket.com

at fiba.com 1986 births Living people BC Khimik players KK MZT Skopje players KK Rabotnički players Macedonian men's basketball players Point guards People from Kočani KK Bosna Royal players {{RMacedonia-basketball-bio-stub