Kris Trajanovski (born 19 February 1972 in

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) is an Australian association football player and coach.

Playing career

Club career

After playing with

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in the

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, Trajanovski attended the

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in 1989. In 1991, he joined

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team Preston Makedonia. He then joined Rockdale Ilinden in the New South Wales State League in 1992. Trajanovski joined Hong Kong team Happy Valley for the final six matches of the 1992–93 Hong Kong First Division League season. He returned to Hong Kong for the 1994–95 Hong Kong First Division League season, playing for

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. Returning to Australia, he joined NSL club

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in 1995. After two seasons with Olympic he moved to

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for the 1997–98 NSL season. 1998 saw a move to Marconi where he stayed until 2001. Again moving, he signed for

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and played two seasons in the

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capital. In 2003, he joined Singapore club

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. In November 2003 he returned to Australia to play for

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during the 2003–04 NSL season. His career at national league level finished with the demise of the

in 2004. Between 1991 and 2004 he played 314 NSL games, scoring 90 goals. Despite stepping away from the national stage he continued to play state league football. In 2004, he joined Whittlesea in the

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and later had a stint with

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in the

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. As of March 2011 he was a playing-coach with the Adelaide Cobras in the

International career

In 1991 Trajanovski was a member of the Australian under-20 team at the

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in Portugal. He played in four matches at the tournament, including the semi-final against eventual champions Portugal. In 1996 Trajanovski played for

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in an exhibition match against

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in Jakarta. Trajanovski made his debut for

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in 1996 against

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in Pretoria. Despite scoring in only three full international matches for the ''Socceroos'', each time he scored a

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. The first hat-trick was in the first leg of the

1996 OFC Nations Cup The 1996 OFC Nations Cup was not held as a cohesive tournament, but consisted of semi-finals and a final played on a two-legged basis, stretched out between November 1995 and November 1996. The four participating teams were Australia and New Zea ...

final against

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when he scored four of Australia's six goals. In the second leg of the final in Canberra he scored three goals to lead Australia to an 11–0 aggregate win. His third hat-trick was almost two years later in September 1998. Playing against

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he scored three or four goals as a substitute in Australia's 16–0 win.

Coaching career

In 2011 Trajanovski was appointed coach of Adelaide Cobras in the

Honours

Country

;

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: *

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Champions: 1996 *

Runners up: 1998

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trajanovski, Kris 1972 births Living people Australian soccer players Australia international soccer players National Soccer League (Australia) players FFSA Super League players Marconi Stallions FC players Melbourne Knights FC players Australian people of Macedonian descent Preston Lions FC players FK Beograd (Australia) players Australian Macedonian soccer managers Australian Institute of Sport soccer players 1996 OFC Nations Cup players 1998 OFC Nations Cup players Association football forwards