Dragi Kanatlarovski - Capar ( mk, Драги Канатларовски - Цапар; born 8 November 1960) is a Macedonian football manager and former player. He represented the Yugoslav national team and the Macedonian national team.

Name issue

His original name is Dragi and not Dragan as he is often mistaken for. The confusion happens since in

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Dragi is one of the nicknames for those who are called Dragan, but not in this case. Similar problem has the current goalkeeper of the Macedonian national team,

Tome Pačovski Tome Pachovski ( mk, Томе Пачовски; born 28 June 1982) is a Macedonian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Pachovski started playing with FK Pelister between 1999 and 2003. He moved to Greek side Ionikos in ...

who is mistaken for Tomislav.

Player career

Born in Bitola,

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, he played for his hometown club FK Pelister before moving to FK Vardar where he will play four seasons. In 1989, he moved to

Red Star Belgrade 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 football club based in Bel ...

. He played one season in Belgrade, but it was enough to win the double, the Yugoslav Championship and the

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. After that season he moved to Spain where he was Segunda División runner-up in summer 1991 and helped

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to be promoted back to

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where he played in the 1991–92 season, having reached the

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semi-finals.

International career

He earned his only cap for SFR Yugoslavia against

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, in a friendly held on 28 March 1990. After the dissolution of

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

he represented Macedonia having played nine matches, scoring twice, between 1993 and 1995. He played in the first ever official match of Macedonia, played on 13 October 1993, against Slovenia.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Macedonia's goal tally first.''

Coaching career

He has been the coach of the Republic of Macedonia twice. He first spell ended due to Republic of Macedonia not qualifying for World Cup 2002. He then became coach of

FK Belasica FK Belasica ( mk, ФК Беласица) is a football club based in the city of Strumica, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League. History The club was founded on 22 April 1922 at the cafe of Tašo Todorov ...

but sacked again in June 2002. In September 2002, he was appointed by FK Kumanovo, then

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 December. until June 2003 as coach of both national side and the club. He became full-time national team coach in January 2004. His second spell ended because of poor results in World Cup 2006 qualifying matches, especially losing to

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. He was then replaced by

Slobodan Santrač Slobodan Santrač (, ; 1 July 1946 – 13 February 2016) was a Serbian football manager and player. He is the all-time top scorer of the Yugoslav First League with a total of 218 goals, as well as the top scorer in the history of OFK Beograd. A ...

. He became FK Vardar coach in December 2005. In 2008, he became coach of

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References

External links

Player profile on Yugoslavia / Serbia National Team page

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at LFP {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanatlarovski, Dragi 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Bitola Association football midfielders Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers Macedonian footballers North Macedonia international footballers Dual internationalists (football) FK Pelister players FK Vardar players Red Star Belgrade footballers Deportivo de La Coruña players Karşıyaka S.K. footballers FK Pobeda players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Segunda División players La Liga players Süper Lig players Macedonian First Football League players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Macedonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Turkey Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Macedonian football managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers FK Pobeda managers FK Belasica managers FK Vardar managers North Macedonia national football team managers FK Kumanovo managers PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv managers FK Radnički 1923 managers FK Spartak Subotica managers FK Novi Pazar managers FK Velež Mostar managers FK Lovćen managers Macedonian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Bulgaria Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate football managers in Serbia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate football managers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate football managers in Montenegro Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro