Ivan Trichkovski ( mk, Иван Тричковски; born 18 April 1987) is a Macedonian professional

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who plays for and captains

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

in the

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Club career

Red Star Belgrade

Trichkovski joined

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 ...

in January 2008 for a fee of around €800,000 from

FK Rabotnički FK Rabotnichki ( mk, ФК Работнички) or more commonly Rabotnički (old transliteration) and Rabotnicki is a football club that plays at the Toshe Proeski Arena in Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First ...

. He actually faced his future team (

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

) in the

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while playing for Red Star, and ended up on the losing side in a dramatic 3–3 draw in Belgrade which saw APOEL progress on away goals with a late equalizer in the 116th minute.

APOEL

Trichkovski spent the 2009–10 season on loan at

Enosis Neon Paralimni Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club ( el, Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, ''Enosi Neon Paralimniou'', "Youth Union of Paralimni"), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the firs ...

where he scored 8 goals in 29 appearances and caught the eye of a successful club in Cyprus,

, who agreed in principle to a three-year deal with Trickovski in May 2010. It is believed that the transfer fee which was paid to

was in the region of €300,000. In December 2010, the Belgian club

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made an official offer of €1.2 million for Trickovski but APOEL rejected it. Trichkovski became a champion in his first season in APOEL, by helping the club to win the

2010–11 Cypriot First Division The 2010–11 Cypriot First Division was the 72nd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2010 with the first matches of the first round and will end on 11 May 2011 with the last matches of the second round. The d ...

. The next season, he appeared in all but one APOEL's

2011–12 UEFA Champions League The 2011–12 UEFA Champions League was the 57th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 20th season in its current Champions League format. As part of a trial that started in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa Lea ...

matches (from group stages to

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) and he scored one goal against

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

in Donbass Arena on 28 September 2011, by opening the score on 61st minute, in a group stage match which ended with 1–1 draw. He also appeared in the round-of-16 triumph over

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where he converted his attempt in the

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Club Brugge

In June 2012, Trichkovski moved to Belgian side

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for an undisclosed fee, reportedly in the region of . On 20 July 2013, he completed a move to

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, on a season-long loan deal from Club Brugge.

AEK Larnaca

In 2016, Trichkovski joined

club

. On 1 August 2019, he scored a career-high four goals in a 4–0 away win over Bulgarian club

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in a second qualifying round

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match.

International career

For the U17, Trichkovski scored against

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on 21 September 2003, a

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qualifier, and

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on 25 September 2003. Trichkovski also played for the U19 side. He scored a goal against

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on 28 September 2004, a U-19 Euro Championship qualifying match.,

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on 30 September 2004.,

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on 2 October 2004. He also played for his country in the

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qualifiers. Trichkovski was an established member of the

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before he was called up in February 2008 for the senior squad to face

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in a friendly, but he was forced to withdraw due to injury. He scored on his debut with the national team on 29 May 2010 against Azerbaijan with a volley, as Macedonia went on to win 3–1. He scored his second goal for Macedonia on 11 August 2010 against Malta. As of May 2020, he has earned a total of 56 caps, scoring 5 goals.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

APOEL *

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Cypriot Super Cup The Cypriot Super Cup is a Cypriot football trophy, contested in an annual match between the previous season's Cypriot First Division champions, and the Cypriot Cup winners. The match is contested at the beginning of the football season, and is us ...

: 2011 Al-Nasr *

UAE President's Cup The UAE President's Cup, or simply the President Cup, is a football tournament that takes place in United Arab Emirates, between clubs in the UAE Pro League and the UAE First Division League. The winner qualifies for the AFC Champions League. His ...

: 2014–15 * UAE Arabian Gulf Cup: 2014–15 Legia Warsaw *

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

: 2015–16 AEK Larnaca *

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: 2017–18 *

: 2018

References

External links

Profile at Macedonian Football
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trichkovski, Ivan 1987 births Living people Footballers from Skopje Association football forwards Macedonian footballers North Macedonia youth international footballers North Macedonia under-21 international footballers North Macedonia international footballers FK Vardar players FK Rabotnički players Red Star Belgrade footballers Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players APOEL FC players Club Brugge KV players S.K. Beveren players Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) players Legia Warsaw players AEK Larnaca FC players Macedonian First Football League players Serbian SuperLiga players Cypriot First Division players Belgian Pro League players UAE Pro League players Ekstraklasa players UEFA Euro 2020 players Macedonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Serbia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Belgium Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in Poland Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates