Spase Dilevski ( mk, Спасе Дилевски; born 13 May 1985) is an Australian former

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who played as a

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Club career

Dilevski started his career as a junior for Victorian lower league team Sydenham Park where he was coached by Tony Ivanov and eventually played in their seniors at a very young age. It was club policy to promote talent into the senior team that was adopted by Bill Dimovski. After showing obvious talent and out-classing others many years his senior, the Victorian Institute of Sport recruited him. Dilevski was recruited by European clubs

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and

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early in his career. After Tottenham offered him an extension on his contract, he chose to move out of England in order to get some first team experience in Australia. Dilevski joined

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...

for the duration of their participation in the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament, ultimately just the one game where they were knocked out of the tournament by

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. After a stint with

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in Australia, he moved to Romania where he struggled for game time. In 2008, the new manager of Craiova decided to use him as a defensive midfielder, and Dilevski played well in the new position. He returned to the

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in March 2011 and was signed on a one-year deal with

. Making 12 out of a possible 27 appearances for the club. Dilevski signed for home town club

on a one-year deal, It was announced on 14 June 2012. Following his release from Melbourne Victory in mid-2013, Dilevski spent an extended period of time without a club, before signing for Armed Forces FA in the

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for the 2014–15 season. In late 2015, it was confirmed that Dilevski, along with former

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player

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, would be joining

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side

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for the 2016 season.

International career

He was on the Australian roster for the

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and

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as well as the

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. After having an injury ravaged 2006/7 season, Dilevski was a member of the

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Squad (under the tutelage of

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) in preparation for the

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, but eventually missed out on a place in the final squad for the tournament.

References

External links

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Fupa profile

Melbourne Victory profile

1985 births Living people Association football midfielders Soccer players from Melbourne Australian people of Macedonian descent Australian expatriate soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Olympic soccer players of Australia Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Adelaide United FC players PSV Eindhoven players Rot-Weiss Essen players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Brisbane Roar FC players FC U Craiova 1948 players A-League Men players Melbourne Victory FC players Avondale FC players Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Romania Australian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Australian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate footballers in Malaysia ATM FA players Liga I players Victorian Institute of Sport alumni National Premier Leagues players Australian soccer players {{Australia-footy-midfielder-stub