Vančo Micevski ( mk, Ванчо Мицевски; born 28 August 1971) is a former professional

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who played as a striker. Since January 2022 he is the Director of Sports of

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 ...

. Born in

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, he represented the Macedonia national team internationally.

Club career

Micevski was born in

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. He began his career with Rabotnichki. The following years he moved to

and Sileks where he had his most successful spell as a player. Micevski has scored 128 goals in Macedonian first league and he is second top scorer in the history of Macedonian League In the 1996–97 season he was playing his club football for Sileks Kratovo, and was transferred in the winter break to KV Mechelen in Belgium. Following a short spell with

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he returned by the 1999–2000 season to be playing back in Macedonia for Pelister and scored a goal in their cup final victory over Sloga Jugomagnat. Later on his career he went on to play for Madžari before finishing his playing career with Pelister in 2007.

International career

Micevski made eight international appearances for the Macedonia national team between October 1993 and June 1997. He scored four international goals during his international career against

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and

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Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Macedonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Micevski goal.''

Honours

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 ...

: 1995–96, 1996–97 *

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 ...

: 1996–97, 2000–01 * Macedonian Republic Cup: 1990-91 * Macedonian First League Top Scorer: 1996–97

References

External links

Profile at MacedonianFootball.com
* 1971 births Living people Footballers from Skopje Association football forwards Yugoslav footballers Macedonian footballers North Macedonia international footballers FK Rabotnički players FK Pelister players FK Sileks players K.V. Mechelen players 1. FC Union Berlin players FK Pobeda players FK Madžari Solidarnost players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Macedonian First Football League players Belgian First Division A players Belgian First Division B players Regionalliga players Macedonian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Germany Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{NorthMacedonia-footy-bio-stub