Nikolče Noveski (; born 28 April 1979) is a Macedonian former professional

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who played as a

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. He spent most of his career in Germany amassing over 300 league appearances with

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Club career

Noveski was born in

Bitola Bitola (; ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing ...

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. He scored two goals for Mainz in 2005–06 season and is a first team player. During Mainz's

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run he also played six times. Noveski played a big part in Mainz's ninth-place finish during the 2009–10 season as he played in 33 out of a possible 34 games. He was also a captain of Mainz's squad. Noveski scored six

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s in the Bundesliga which made him the leading "own goal scorer" in the Bundesliga history, together with

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International career

He made his senior debut for

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in a November 2004

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match against the

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and has earned a total of 64 caps, scoring 5 goals making him one of the 10 most capped Macedonia players of all-time. His final international was an October 2013 World Cup qualifier against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Macedonia's goal tally first.''

References

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Nikolče Noveski
at MacedonianFootball.com 1979 births Living people Footballers from Bitola German people of Macedonian descent Men's association football central defenders Macedonian men's footballers 21st-century Macedonian sportsmen North Macedonia men's international footballers FK Pelister players FC Hansa Rostock players FC Erzgebirge Aue players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players Macedonian First Football League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Macedonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{RMacedonia-footy-bio-stub