Nikola Gligorov ( mk, Никола Глигоров; born 15 August 1983) is a Macedonian

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and former professional player who played as a

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. He is the head coach of

FK Vardar FK Vardar Skopje ( mk, ФК Вардар Скопје), or simply Vardar, is a football club based in the capital city of Skopje, North Macedonia, North Macedonia. The club was founded in 1947 and currently competes in the Macedonian Second Foo ...

Club career

Gligorov started his career at

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but was loaned right away to FK Alumina, and later to FK Cementarnica 55 Skopje. At 2004–05 season he was regular at Vardar Skopje and stayed there until the winter-breal of the 2006–07 season. Then he moved to neighbouring Serbia where he joined

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side

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playing there the second half of the 2006–07 season along his compatriots

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and Aleksandar Donev. They finished the season at 4th place, however, he left the Serbian club at the end of the season. He came back to the Macedonian championship, playing for Rabotnički Skopje, and from there he made a transfer to Vardar Skopje just to get back to Rabotnički Skopje the following season where he stayed till the end of the season 2010/2011. After that he played for a Cypriot club

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for two seasons, before signing for

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on 28 May 2013. He made his debut in the first game of the season in a 1–1 draw against Sliema from Malta in Europa league qualification round.

International career

Gligorov made his senior debut for Macedonian national team on 11 August 2010 in an away friendly game against

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that finished 1–1. He is yet to score his debut goal. He had previously represented the U-16, U-19 and U-21 teams since 1999. He has earned a total of 25 caps, scoring no goals and his final international was a March 2016

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against

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Career statistics

Honours

Player

Club

Cementarnica 55 *

Macedonian Cup The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was establ ...

: 2002-03 Rabotnicki Skopje * Macedonian League: 2007-08 *

: 2007-08 Khazar Lankaran *

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Vardar Skopje * Macedonian League: 2014–15, 2015-16, 2016–17 * Macedonian Super Cup:

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References

External links

*
Player profile at MacedonianFootball
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gligorov, Nikola 1983 births Living people Footballers from Skopje Men's association football midfielders Macedonian footballers North Macedonia men's youth international footballers North Macedonia men's under-21 international footballers North Macedonia men's international footballers FK Cementarnica 55 players FK Vardar players FK Bežanija players FK Rabotnički players Alki Larnaca FC players Khazar Lankaran FK players Ethnikos Achna FC players Macedonian First Football League players Serbian SuperLiga players Cypriot First Division players Azerbaijan Premier League players Cypriot Second Division 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 Azerbaijan Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan