Mitko Stojkovski ( mk, Митко Стојковски; born 18 December 1972) is a Macedonian former professional

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Stojkovski started his career playing with his home town club FK Pelister, back then playing in the

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. In 1991 his skills were noted and he moves to the 1991 European Champions

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where he stayed four seasons and played over 120 games. In the legendary 100th eternal derby against their greatest rivals

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, he scored and was named the man of the match. In 1995, he signed with Spanish

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club

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where he played 67 league matches in two seasons with the side. In 1998

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signed him and he was part of the team that reached the

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where they lost against Chelsea. After two and a half years in Germany, he returned to Pelister where he retired in 2001 by winning the

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that year. After retiring, for a period he was a sports director at FK Pelister.

International career

Stojkovski made his debut for the Macedonia national team in a March 1994

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against

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, he has earned 28 caps, scoring 5 goals in total. His final international was a November 2002 friendly against

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Honours

Red Star *

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

and

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: 1991–92, 1994–95 * FR Yugoslav Cup: 1992–93, 1994–95 Stuttgart * German League Cup runner-up: 1998 *

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runner-up: 1997–98 Pelister *

: 2001

References

External links

Profile at Macedonian Football
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