Blagoj Istatov (; 5 April 1947 – 27 September 2018) was a Macedonian

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coach and player who played as a

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Career

During his career, Istatov played for

FK Belasica FK Belasica ( mk, ФК Беласица) is a football club based in the city of Strumica, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League. History The club was founded on 22 April 1922 at the cafe of Tašo Todorov ...

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 ...

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

, winning with them the

1975–76 Yugoslav First League Teams A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1974–75 season and two sides promoted from the 1974–75 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league ...

, and with Dutch club

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. He made his

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debut for Utrecht in August 1976 against

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. He went on to play over 60 games in two seasons for them.Oud-speler Blagoje Istatov overleden
– FC Utrecht His name was often misspelled as Blagoje (the

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variant) or by the more traditional

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variant of Blagoja.

References

External links

Duch League stats
at ElfVoetbal
Stats from Partizan
at Partizan official website 1947 births 2018 deaths Sportspeople from Strumica Yugoslav men's footballers Macedonian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players Eredivisie players FK Belasica players FK Pobeda players FK Partizan players FC Utrecht players Macedonian football managers FK Belasica managers FK Skopje managers Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Macedonian expatriate football managers Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Greece {{RMacedonia-footy-bio-stub