Nikola Ilievski - Djidji ( Macedonian: Никола Илиевски - Џиџи, born 16 December 1954) is a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

coach and former player from

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

Playing career

Club

Born in

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

, during his playing career he played with

FK Ohrid GFK Ohrid Lychnidos ( mk, ГФК Охрид Лихнидос) is a football club from the city of Ohrid in North Macedonia. They play in blue and white jerseys at the SRC Biljanini Izvori football complex and its currently competing in the Mace ...

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 ...

FK Rabotnichki FK or fk may refer to: In arts and entertainment: * Flyer Killer, fictional automated robots in the ''Terminator'' film franchise. * Fox Kids, a former American children's television programming block. * Funky Kong, a video game character. Place ...

FK Priština Football Club Prishtina ( sq, Klubi Futbollistik Prishtina, ; sr, Фудбалски клуб Приштина, Fudbalski klub Priština), commonly known as Prishtina, is a professional football club based in Prishtina, Kosovo. The club play i ...

and

FK Radnički Pirot FK Radnički Pirot () is a football club based in Pirot, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League East, the third tier of the national league system. History The club was founded immediately after World War II in 1945. They made their Yugoslav ...

in Yugoslavia and with

Kastoria F.C. Kastoria F.C. or AS Kastoria 1980 ( el, Α.Σ. Καστοριά 1980 - Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Καστοριά 1980), the ''Athletic Club Kastoria 1980'', is a Greek association football club based in the city of Kastoria, Macedonia, ...

in Greece.Nikola Ilievski
at Utipia Turk

Managerial career

After finishing the coaching degree in the Faculty of Physical Culture in the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-b ...

he started his coaching career. He was coach of the

North Macedonia national football team The North Macedonia national football team ( mk, Фудбалска репрезентација на Северна Македонија, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Severna Makedonija) represents North Macedonia in men's international footbal ...

from 2002 to 2003. He spent two spells as manager of

FK Pobeda FK Pobeda ( mk, ФК Победа) is a football club based in the city of Prilep, North Macedonia. History The club was founded in 1941 as Goce Delčev and renamed in 1950 to FK Pobeda. FK Pobeda has been a winner of Macedonian First League for ...

, leading them into the UEFA Cup in 2000 and to the 2003–04 Macedonian First League won championship. In January 2013 Ilievski was appointed as the new manager of

after a dismissal of

Blagoja Milevski Blagoja "Bobi" Milevski ( mk, Благоја „Боби" Милевски; born 25 March 1971) is a Macedonian football manager and former player who is coaching the North Macedonia national football team. Playing career Club During his playi ...

, although interested the club's rival

FK Pelister FK Pelister ( mk, ФК Пелистер) is a Macedonian football club based in the city of Bitola, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League. History FK Pelister, was formed in 1945. In 1946 they won the Bitol ...

, but on 13 April, after a loss in Eternal derby against

Pelister Baba ( mk, Баба; or Baba Mountain, mk, Баба Планина, Baba Planina), or also known by the name of its highest peak, Pelister ( mk, Пелистер), is a mountain in North Macedonia. The Pelister peak (2601 metres, or 8533 feet) ov ...

, was resigned due to underperforming in the league. In January 2015, he signed with

Persijap Jepara Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jepara, also known as Persijap is an Indonesian football club based in Jepara, Central Java. After winning 2019 Liga 3, they compete in the Liga 2. Their nickname is ''Laskar Kalinyamat'' (Kalinyamat Warriors) and ' ...

Managerial honours

;FK Pobeda Winner *

Macedonian First League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competiti ...

: 2003–04 *

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 estab ...

: 2001–02 ;NK Celje Runner-up *

Slovenian Cup Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia * Sl ...

: 2005–06

Managerial Statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ilievski, Nikola 1954 births Living people Footballers from Skopje Association football midfielders Macedonian footballers Yugoslav footballers FK Vardar players FK Rabotnički players FK Pobeda players FK Ohrid players FK Teteks players FC Prishtina players Kastoria F.C. players FK Radnički Pirot players FK Metalurg Skopje players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players Super League Greece players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Yugoslav football managers Macedonian football managers FK Rabotnički managers FK Kumanovo managers FK Metalurg Skopje managers FK Belasica managers FK Skopje managers NK Celje managers FK Pobeda managers North Macedonia national under-21 football team managers North Macedonia national football team managers SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea managers KF Bylis Ballsh managers Bangladesh national football team managers FK Vardar managers KF Renova managers Kategoria Superiore managers Macedonian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Slovenia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate football managers in Romania Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate football managers in Albania Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate football managers in Bangladesh Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh Expatriate football managers in Indonesia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia