Georgi Hristov ( Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Христов, also romanized as ''Gjorgji Hristov''; born 30 January 1976) is a Macedonian former professional

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who played as a striker. Hristov made 48 appearances and netted 18 goals for Macedonia between 1995 and 2005, being the second-highest scorer in the country's history.

Club career

Born in Bitola, Hristov started out with his hometown club

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, before transferring to

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in 1994. He spent the following three seasons with the Black-Whites, winning back-to-back championships in 1996 and

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. In June 1997, Hristov was sold to English club Barnsley for a fee of £1.5 million. He scored 8 league goals in his debut season with the Tykes, as the club suffered relegation from the Premiership. In the following two years, Hristov missed a lot of games due to a knee injury, before eventually leaving the club in 2000. He subsequently joined Dutch club NEC Nijmegen. He moved to fellow

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side FC Zwolle in summer 2003.

International career

Hristov was capped 48 times for Macedonia, netting a goal on his debut in a 2–2 draw against

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on 10 May 1995. He scored a total of 16 goals for the national team, making him the second-highest scorer in the history of Macedonian football, only behind

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. His final international was a March 2005 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the

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Managerial career

In October 2011, Hristov was appointed manager of

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. He was released by the club in late 2012.

Career statistics

Honours

;Partizan *

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: 1995–96, 1996–97

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