Gjorgji "Stanko" Čekovski ( mk, Ѓорѓи Чековски; born December 11, 1979) is a Macedonian professional

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player. He was 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 ...

Macedonian national team

Čekovski is also a member of the

. He competed with the team at

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and helped the team to a fourth-place finish, its best ever performance at the continental championship. In the group game against Greece, he was one of the heroes, scoring 11 points including three three-pointers and playing great defense to secure the win. At the

Eurobasket 2013 EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 4 September until 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams was 24. France defeated Lithuania in th ...

, Čekovski suffered a muscle tear in the second game of the group stage against Lithuania, which was the end of the tournament for the power forward.Spanoulis’ dilemma, Tyus and Cekovski out
/ref> Macedonia sorely missed Čekovski's presence, as the team ended in last place in the Group B.

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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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 ...

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Domestic leagues

References

External links

Gjorgji Čekovski
at aba-liga.com
Gjorgji Čekovski
at euroleague.net

at fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Cekovski, Gjorgji 1979 births Living people ABA League players BC Cherkaski Mavpy players BC Levski Sofia players BC Zaporizhya players KB Prishtina players KK MZT Skopje players KK Rabotnički players Macedonian men's basketball players PBC Academic players Power forwards (basketball) Sportspeople from Skopje