Darko Sokolov
{{Short description|Macedonian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Darko Sokolov
| image = Darko Sokolov.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = in 2009
| position = Shooting guard
| league = Macedonian League
| team = Gostivar
| number =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2.75
| weight_lb = 190
| nationality = Macedonian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|5|8}}
| birth_place = Kočani, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
| draft_year =
| career_start = 2002
| years1 = 2002–2003
| team1 = Balkan Steel
| years2 = 2003
| team2 = Centar Skopje
| years3 = 2004
| team3 = Polo Trejd
| years4 = 2004–2006
| team4 = Vardar
| years5 = 2006
| team5 = Bosna
| years6 = 2006
| team6 = AMAK SP
| years7 = 2007
| team7 = Khimik Yuzhny
| years8 = 2007–2008
| team8 = Strumica 2005
| years9 = 2008–2009
| team9 = Feni Industries
| years10 = 2009
| team10 = MZT Skopje
| years11 = 2009
| team11 = Rabotnički
| years12 = 2010–2013
| team12 = Feni Industries
| years13 = 2013–2015
| team13 = Rabotnički
| years14 = 2015–2017
| team14 = Karpoš Sokoli
| years15 = 2017–2019
| team15 = MZT Skopje
| years16 = 2019–2024
| team16 = EuroNickel 2005
| years17 = 2024–present
| team17 = Gostivar
| highlights = * Balkan League champion (2011)
- 2× Macedonian League champion (2011, 2019)
- 4× Macedonian Cup winner (2010, 2015, 2017, 2018)
}}
Darko Sokolov ({{langx|mk|Дарко Соколов}}; born May 8, 1986) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for Gostivar of the Macedonian First League.
Pro career
Since beginning his professional career in 2002, Sokolov has spent the majority of his career playing in the Macedonian First League with Feni Industries, BC Strumica 2005, Rabotnički, MZT Skopje, Vardar, Balkan Steel, Centar and Karpoš Sokoli. He has also made brief stops in Ukraine with Khimik Yuzhny and Bosnia and Herzegovina with KK Bosna.{{cite web|url=http://sportmedia.mk/kosharka/domashno-prvenstvo/sokolov-gi-napushti-sokolite-se-seli-vo-mzt-skopje|title=Соколов ги напушти "соколите", се сели во МЗТ Скопје|publisher=sportmedia.mk|accessdate=20 November 2017}}
On 20 November, 2017, he left Karpoš Sokoli due to financial problems.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurobasket.com/ABA-League/news/513657/MZT-Skopje-ink-Darko-Sokolov-(ex-Karpos-Sokoli)|title=MZT Skopje ink Darko Sokolov (ex Karpos Sokoli)|publisher=eurobasket.com|accessdate=20 November 2017}}
On November 22, 2017, he signed with MZT Skopje.{{cite web|url=http://mztskopjeaerodrom.mk/index.php/novosti/vo-vrska-so/aba-liga/item/833-sokolov-edna-ipol-sezona-vo-mzt-skopje-raskinat-dogovorot-so-garsija|title=Соколов една ипол сезона во МЗТ Скопје, раскинат договорот со Гарсија|publisher=mztskopjeaerodrom.mk|accessdate=22 November 2017}}
National team
Sokolov is also a member of the Macedonian national basketball team. He competed with the team at Eurobasket 2009 and helped the team to a ninth-place finish, its best ever performance at the time. In 2011, him and his team reached the semi-finals of Eurobasket defeating Lithuania, the host.[http://www.eurobasket2011.com/en/cid_4,w7QjPeH-M,ty138LH2l3.teamID_2604.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2011.roundID_7526.playerID_41653.html Darko Sokolov] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150718085822/http://www.eurobasket2011.com/en/cid_4,w7QjPeH-M,ty138LH2l3.teamID_2604.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2011.roundID_7526.playerID_41653.html |date=2015-07-18 }} at eurobasket2011.com
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Darko_Sokolov/63411 Darko Sokolov] at eurobasket.com
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20151118145526/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6035313/playerview.html Darko Sokolov] at fiba.com
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Category:KK Karpoš Sokoli players
Category:KK MZT Skopje players
Category:KK Rabotnički players
Category:Macedonian men's basketball players
Category:KK Bosna Royal players
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