Ilija Najdoski

{{Short description|Macedonian footballer (born 1964)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ilija Najdoski

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|3|26}}

| birth_place = Kruševo, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Centre-back

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Pitu Guli

| years1 = 1981–1982

| clubs1 = Pobeda{{cite web |url=http://www.zerodic.com/autor/fudbal_1945-1992/igraci/igraci_n.htm |title=zerodic.com |website=Zerodic.com |access-date=2016-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305094108/http://www.zerodic.com/autor/fudbal_1945-1992/igraci/igraci_n.htm |archive-date=5 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}

| caps1 = 17

| goals1 = 0

| years2 =

| clubs2 =

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1984–1988

| clubs3 = Vardar

| caps3 = 101

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1988–1992

| clubs4 = Red Star Belgrade

| caps4 = 114

| goals4 = 7

| years5 = 1992–1994

| clubs5 = Real Valladolid[http://www.lfp.es/historico/segunda/plantillas/partidos_jugados.asp?jug=0116&ntemp=1992-93&equ=12&temp=092 ]{{dead link|date=July 2016}}{{cite web|publisher=LFP|title=NAJDOSKI|url=http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=5915|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070910021526/http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=5915|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2007|access-date=2008-10-25}}

| caps5 = 54

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 1994–1995

| clubs6 = Denizlispor{{cite web|publisher=TFF|title=ILIJA NAJDOSSKI|url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=25779|access-date=2008-10-25}}

| caps6 = 28

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1995–1996

| clubs7 = CSKA Sofia

| caps7 = 10

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 1996–1997

| clubs8 = FC Sion

| caps8 = 4

| goals8 = 0

| totalcaps = 328

| totalgoals = 9

| nationalyears1 = 1990–1992

| nationalteam1 = Yugoslavia

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 1993–1996

| nationalteam2 = Macedonia

| nationalcaps2 = 10

| nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Ilija Najdoski ({{langx|mk|Илија Најдоски}}; born 26 March 1964) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for Red Star Belgrade. He was part of the Red Star Belgrade team which won the 1990–91 European Cup.

Club career

Najdoski also played in Spain for Real Valladolid in Spain's La Liga and Denizlispor in Turkey's Süper Lig.

International career

Najdoski represented both Yugoslavia and Republic of Macedonia in international matches. Even after Macedonian independence, he was included in the Yugoslav squad for Euro 1992,{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1992/05/27/pagina-27/1245648/pdf.html|website=Mundo Deportivo|title=Pancev también renuncia a la Eurocopa|language=es|date=25 May 1992|access-date=5 June 2019}} but the nation would be suspended due to the Yugoslav Wars.

Najdoski later played in the first ever official match of Macedonia, played on 13 October 1993, against Slovenia.[http://eu-football.info/_matches.php?id=236&year=1993 Match report] at EU-Football.info His final international was a March 1996 friendly match against Malta.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=14767|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|access-date=2020-04-25}}

Personal life

He is the father of Macedonian player Dino Najdoski.

Najdoski is an ethnic Aromanian.{{cite news|url=https://vidovdan.org/drustvo/jelena-nedeljkovic-sociolosko-religijsko-posmatranje-fenomena-vlaske-magije-i/|title=Јелена Недељковић: Социолошко религијско посматрање феномена влашке магије (I)|first=Jelena|last=Nedeljković|newspaper=Vidovdan|date=15 August 2020|language=sr}}{{better source|date=July 2024}}

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