Kiril Simonovski
{{Short description|Macedonian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kiril Simonovski
| image = Djino Simeonov.png
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|10|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Skopje, Bulgarian occupation zone of Serbia (now North Macedonia)[https://books.google.com/books?id=Qy8WaU4FiL4C&dq=skopje+was+seized+by+bulgarian+1915&pg=PA48 Consumed by War: European Conflict in the 20th Century, Richard Cooper Hall, University Press of Kentucky, 2010], {{ISBN|0813125588}}, p. 48.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|6|12|1915|10|19|df=y}}
| death_place = Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
| height =
| position = Left winger, Left back
| youthyears1=
| youthclubs1= Jug Skopje
| years1 = 1938–1941 | years2 = 1942–1945 | years3 = 1945–1950 | years4 =1950–1953
| clubs1 = Gragjanski Skopje | clubs2 = Makedonija Skopje | clubs3 = Partizan | clubs4 = Vardar
| caps1 = 59 | goals1 = 1 | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = 53 | goals3 = 18 | caps4 = 75 | goals4 = 21
| nationalyears1= 1942
| nationalteam1= Bulgaria
| nationalcaps1= 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2= 1946–1949
| nationalteam2= Yugoslavia
| nationalcaps2= 10 | nationalgoals2 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1953–1954 | manageryears2 = 1955 | manageryears3 = 1956–1957 | manageryears4 = 1960–1962 | manageryears5 = 1963 | manageryears6 = 1969–1970
| managerclubs1 = Vardar | managerclubs2 = Aris | managerclubs3 = Partizan | managerclubs4 = Olympiacos | managerclubs5 = Partizan | managerclubs6 = Partizan
}}
Kiril Simonovski (Macedonian: Кирил Симоновски; 19 October 1915 – 12 June 1984) was a footballer who played top league football for Gragjanski Skopje, Macedonia Skopje, FK Vardar and FK Partizan.
Playing career
=Club=
He started playing football in a local club in Skopje named FK Jug, before moving to Gragjanski Skopje in 1938. In 1941, during World War II and the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, most of the region of the then Vardarska Banovina was occupied by the Bulgarian forces and in that period, Gragjanski was renamed to Makedonija Skopie. The club finished in second place in the 1942 Bulgarian State Championship, and during this period, Simonovski played two matches for the Bulgarian national team with his birth name (as Kiril Simeonov).[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/double-caps.html Players appearing for two or more countries] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803173844/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/double-caps.html |date= 3 August 2008 }} at RSSSF At the end of the war, Simonovski moved to Belgrade and signed with newly formed FK Partizan where he will play all the way until 1950, winning two national championships and one cup.
=International=
It was in this period that he became the first Macedonian to play for the post-1945 Yugoslavia national team, having played a total of 10 matches and scored once.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=19330|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|access-date=2020-05-03}}
Managerial career
After retiring he became a coach. He coached FK Partizan, FK Vardar and Olympiacos F.C. among several other clubs in Yugoslavia, Greece and Cyprus.
Personal life
His brother Blagoje also played for Bulgaria.
Honours
=Player=
;Partizan
=Coach=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{NFT|20074}}
- {{Reprezentacija|simonovski-kiril}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013132903/http://www.ffm.com.mk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=714%3A2010-03-30-12-14-47&catid=88%3A2010-03-30-12-10-56&Itemid=451&lang=mk |date=13 October 2018 |title=Profile at the Football Association of Macedonia website}}
{{FK Vardar managers}}
{{Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers}}
{{FK Partizan managers}}
{{Olympiacos managers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Simonovski, Kiril}}
Category:Footballers from Skopje
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Yugoslav men's footballers
Category:Macedonian men's footballers
Category:Bulgarian men's footballers
Category:Yugoslavia men's international footballers
Category:Bulgaria men's international footballers
Category:Dual internationalists (men's football)
Category:Yugoslav First League players
Category:Yugoslav football managers
Category:Macedonian football managers
Category:Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers
Category:Olympiacos F.C. managers
Category:Yugoslav expatriate football managers
Category:Expatriate football managers in Greece