Dragan Čadikovski (; born 13 January 1982) is a

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n-born

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former professional

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who played as a striker. He also holds Slovenian citizenship.

Club career

After starting out at

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, Čadikovski moved abroad to Slovenia and joined Publikum Celje in the summer of 2001. He spent three and a half seasons at the club, scoring 22

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goals and earning a transfer to Russian club

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in the 2004–05 winter transfer window. In January 2008, Čadikovski returned to his country of birth and signed a three-year contract with Partizan. He helped the team win the double in the remainder of the season. A year after joining Partizan, Čadikovski was transferred to

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side

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International career

He made his senior debut for

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in a January 2004

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away against

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and has earned a total of 8 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a February 2005

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match against

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in Skopje.

Coaching career

On 13 January 2020, Čadikovski announced his retirement from professional football. Čadikovski, however, continued for

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as a youth coach and assistant coach of the clubs first team. During 2020, he also played matches with FK TEK Sloga.

Statistics

Honours

Partizan *

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: 2007–08 *

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: 2007–08

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cadikovski, Dragan 1982 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Serbian people of Macedonian descent Men's association football forwards Macedonian men's footballers 21st-century Macedonian sportsmen North Macedonia men's international footballers NK Celje players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players NK Maribor players FK Partizan players Incheon United FC players NK Rudar Velenje players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players FC Koper players NK Domžale players FK Radnički 1923 players FK Kolubara players FK Velež Mostar players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Russian Premier League players Serbian SuperLiga players K League 1 players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Serbian First League players Macedonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Austria