Igor Taševski (; born 25 July 1972) is a Serbian former professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

Taševski came through the youth system at Rad at the same time as

Željko Cicović Željko Cicović (; born 2 September 1970) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career During his 16-year-long career, Cicović played for Rad (1989–1997) and Las Palmas (1997–2005). He won the Ricard ...

and

Zoran Mirković Zoran "Bata" Mirković ( sr-cyrl, Зоран Бата Мирковић, ; born 21 September 1971) is a retired Serbian footballer and current manager. Playing career Club career Mirković made his first appearance for FK Rad during the 1990– ...

, notably winning the Yugoslav youth championship in 1989. He made his senior debut during the

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. In the summer of 1994, Taševski was transferred to Partizan. He spent four seasons with the club, winning back-to-back league titles in

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and

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. In the summer of 1998, Taševski moved abroad and signed with Spanish club

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. He helped them

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after just one year while contributing with 35 games (33 starts). Following spells at

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and

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, Taševski returned to his homeland and retired with

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Honours

Partizan *

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: 1995–96, 1996–97 *

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: 1997–98

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* * 1972 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Yugoslav men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Men's association football defenders FK Rad players FK Partizan players Villarreal CF players Elche CF players Sporting de Gijón players FK Voždovac players Yugoslav First League players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players La Liga players Segunda División players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub