Gjorgji "Stanko" Čekovski (; born December 11, 1979) is a Macedonian professional
basketball
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player. He was also a member of the
Macedonian national basketball team.
Macedonian national team
Čekovski is also a member of the
Macedonian national basketball team. He competed with the team at
Eurobasket 2011
EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted the 1939 champions ...
and helped the team to a fourth-place finish, its best ever performance at the continental championship. In the group game against Greece, he was one of the heroes, scoring 11 points including three three-pointers and playing great defense to secure the win.
At the
Eurobasket 2013
EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 4 September until 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams was 24.
France men's national basketball ...
, Čekovski suffered a muscle tear in the second game of the group stage against Lithuania, which was the end of the tournament for the power forward.
Spanoulis’ dilemma, Tyus and Cekovski out
/ref> Macedonia sorely missed Čekovski's presence, as the team ended in last place in the Group B.
Career statistics
Eurocup
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2004–05
, style="text-align:left;", Lukoil Academic
, 12 , , 11 , , 29.3 , , .425 , , .414 , , .471 , , 5.1 , , 0.8 , , 0.8 , , 0.0 , , 8.8 , , 7.3
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2005-06
, style="text-align:left;", Lukoil Academic
, 11 , , 10 , , 25.1 , , .439 , , .341 , , .846 , , 4.2 , , 0.5 , , 1.6 , , 0.1 , , 8.8 , , 7.6
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2004–05
, style="text-align:left;", Lukoil Academic
, 10 , , 10 , , 28.2 , , .430 , , .383 , , .400 , , 5.5 , , 0.7 , , 1.0 , , 0.1 , , 9.2 , , 6.1
, -
, style="text-align:left;", 2013–14
, style="text-align:left;", MZT Skopje Aerodrom
, 8 , , 4 , , 21.0 , , .429 , , .308 , , .727 , , 3.5 , , 0.6 , , 0.6 , , 0.1 , , 9.0 , , 6.8
Domestic leagues
References
External links
Gjorgji Čekovski
at aba-liga.com
Gjorgji Čekovski
at euroleague.net
at fiba.com
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1979 births
Living people
ABA League players
BC Cherkaski Mavpy players
BC Levski Sofia players
BC Zaporizhzhia players
KB Prishtina players
KK MZT Skopje players
KK Rabotnički players
Macedonian men's basketball players
PBC Academic players
Power forwards
Basketball players from Skopje