Blagoja Kuleski

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Blagoja Kuleski

| fullname = Blagoja Kuleski

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|10|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Prilep, FPR Yugoslavia

| height = 1.84 m

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1981–1985

| years2 = 1985–1986

| years3 = 1987–1989

| years4 = 1989–1992

| years5 = 1992–1994

| years6 = 1994–1996

| years7 = 1997

| years8 = 2000

| clubs1 = Pobeda

| clubs2 = Vardar

| clubs3 = Pelister

| clubs4 = Radnički Niš

| clubs5 = Marconi Stallions

| clubs6 = Melbourne Zebras

| clubs7 = Bulleen Lions

| clubs8 = Rockdale City Suns

| caps1 = 80

| caps2 = 8

| caps3 = 40

| caps4 = 53

| caps5 = 52

| caps6 = 19

| goals1 = 15

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 11

| goals4 = 18

| goals5 = 3

| goals6 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2002

| manageryears2 = 2006–2009

| managerclubs1 = Illawarra Lions

| managerclubs2 = Bonnyrigg White Eagles

}}

Blagoja Kuleski ({{Langx|mk|Благоја Кулески}}; born 4 October 1962) is a Macedonian football manager and former player.

Playing career

=Club=

Born in Prilep,"Asov Yu-Fudbala", page 39 {{in lang|sr}} SR Macedonia, back then still within Yugoslavia, Kuleski started playing in Yugoslav League for Macedonian clubs FK Pobeda, FK Vardar and FK Pelister, Serbian FK Radnički Niš, before moving to Australia, in 1992, where he played with Marconi Stallions, Melbourne Zebras, Bulleen Lions and Rockdale City Suns.

Blagoja was voted second best defender/ sweeper in 1990 in Yugoslav National League just 2 points behind Miodrag Belodedici of Red Star Belgrade who were crowned Super Cup Champions in the same year.{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}}

=International=

Blagoja, or Kuki, as he is better known in the football community, played the first game for Macedonia against Yugoslavia in Skopje in 1991, along the greats of Darko Pančev and Ilija Najdoski.{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}}

Managerial career

After retiring in Australia, he became a football coach managing Illawarra Lions and Bonnyrigg White Eagles. He won the Championship two consecutive years with Bonnyrigg and promoted them back into the NSW Premier League in 2009.{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}}

References

External links

[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/K/KR/html Career]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in OzFootball
{{WorldFootball.net|blagoja-kuleski}}

Category:1962 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Prilep

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Yugoslav men's footballers

Category:Macedonian men's footballers

Category:FK Pobeda players

Category:FK Vardar players

Category:FK Pelister players

Category:FK Radnički Niš players

Category:Marconi Stallions FC players

Category:Rockdale Ilinden FC players