Goran Lozanovski (born 11 January 1974) is a former Australian

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player of Macedonian descent, and current manager holding the role of senior coach at Sydenham Park SC.

Playing career

Club

Noted for his ability at taking set pieces, Lozanovski signed with

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in 1997 under Ange Postecoglou, where he would go on to win 2 National Soccer League grand finals in both the 1997–1998, and 1998–1999 seasons. In the

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Grand Final against

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, Lozanovski was awarded the prestigious

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in South Melbourne's 3–2 victory. Lozanovski's success at South Melbourne paved the way for him to link up with fellow

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at then-

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club Alemannia Aachen. However, his stay at the club would last only 12 games after being embroiled in the 'suitcase affair' corruption scandal in 2001, after financial irregularities arose following both Australian players transfers to the club. After Rudan was briefly arrested by German authorities over the scandal, charges were laid on the clubs treasurer Bernd Krings, who was convicted of financial fraud. Both Lozanovski and Rudan were eventually cleared, with both players departing the club shortly after. Returning home, Lozanovski had stints in

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with

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, and

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during the dying years of the National Soccer League. He saw out his career in the Victorian State Leagues with

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and

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respectively, where he retired in 2008.

Managerial

Following his retirement, Lozanovski immediately took up a head coaching position at

. He would go on to briefly coach both

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, and his 2013 Grand Final opponents, Bentleigh Greens before joining

Northcote City Northcote City Football Club (Iraklis) is a soccer club based on the border of Thornbury and Northcote, Victoria (Australia). Formed in 1960 by local Greek Australians, the club currently competes in the NPL Victoria 2. In 2011, Northcote ...

. During the 2012 season at Northcote, Lozanovski was promoted to head coach, following Peter Tsolakis' departure to

. In 2013, Lozanovski took Northcote FC to their first ever

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Championship, defeating Bentleigh Greens in which would be the last season of the Victorian Premier League system, before it was re-branded into the

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. Lozanovski decided to resign as Manager at Northcote following the 2015 season and joined

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as an Assistant Manager ahead of the 2016 season.

Honours

Player

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* National Soccer League Premiership: 1997-1998 * National Soccer League Championship: 1997-1998, 1998-1999 *

Manager

Preston Lions *

Premiership: 2007 *

Championship: 2007 Northcote FC *

Premiership:

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Championship:

References

External links

Oz Football profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lozanovski, Goran 1974 births Living people Australian people of Macedonian descent Australian soccer players Australian expatriate soccer players Australia international soccer players National Soccer League (Australia) players Adelaide City FC players Adelaide United FC players South Melbourne FC players Preston Lions FC players Preston Lions FC managers Hume City FC managers Australian Institute of Sport soccer players Bentleigh Greens SC managers Olympic soccer players of Australia Collingwood Warriors SC players Association football midfielders Australian soccer coaches Australian Macedonian soccer managers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1998 OFC Nations Cup players Australia youth international soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Soccer players from Melbourne