Stefan Colakovski
{{short description|Macedonian professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Stefan Colakovski
| image = Stefan Colakovski.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption =Colakovski playing for the Wellington Phoenix in 2024.
| fullname = Stefan Colakovski
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|4|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Wellington Phoenix
| clubnumber = 11
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Pascoe Vale
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 =
| youthyears3 = 2015–2017
| youthclubs3 = Melbourne City
| years1 = 2017–2020
| clubs1 = Melbourne City NPL
| caps1 = 41
| goals1 = 14
| years2 = 2019–2022
| clubs2 = Melbourne City
| caps2 = 46
| goals2 = 3
| clubs3 = Perth Glory
| years3 = 2022–2024
| caps3 = 24
| goals3 = 6
| clubs4 = Perth Glory NPL
| years4 = 2023
| caps4 = 1
| goals4 = 0
| clubs5 = Wellington Phoenix
| years5 = 2024–
| caps5 = 6
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2021–2022
| nationalteam1 = North Macedonia U21
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 11 January 2025
| nationalteam-update = 7 September 2021
}}
Stefan Colakovski ({{langx|mk|Стефан Чолаковски|Stefan Cholakovski}}; born 20 April 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for A-League club Wellington Phoenix. Born in Australia, he has represented Macedonia at youth level.{{Cite web|url = https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/player/stefan-colakovski|title = Stefan Colakovski|date = 16 November 2018|access-date = 4 November 2019|archive-date = 6 October 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211006111212/https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/player/stefan-colakovski|url-status = dead}}
Early life
Colakovski is Macedonian-Australian (with aromanian ethnic background). He was a fan of the previously named Melbourne Heart (now as Melbourne City).{{cite web|url=https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/colakovski-playing-city-a-dream-come-true|title=Colakovski: Playing for City is a dream come true|date=12 November 2020|publisher=Football Federation Australia|website=Melbourne City FC}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/stefan-colakovskis-re-signing-from-the-heart-537345|title=Stefan Colakovski's re-signing from the Heart|last=Lynch|first=Joey|date=1 February 2020|publisher=FTBL}}
Club career
=Melbourne City=
After playing in Melbourne City's youth setup for three years, on 4 November 2019, Colakovski made his senior professional debut against Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/a-league/teams/melbourne-city/melbourne-citys-youth-brigade-driving-aleague-title-push/news-story/392c03a4c690d673374aa30b059ff878|title=Melbourne City's youth brigade driving A-League title push|last=Davutovic|first=David|date=4 November 2019|publisher=The Herald Sun}} On 1 February 2020, Colakovski was offered a full senior deal contract for Melbourne City.
Colakovski scored his first A-League goal in a Melbourne Derby match in the 2020–21 season by scoring the sixth and final goal in a 6–0 win against Melbourne Victory.{{Cite web|url=https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/one-of-their-own-colakovski-adds-to-victory-pain-with-one-of-the-best-moments-of-my-life|title=One of their own; Colakovski adds to Victory pain with 'one of the best moments of my life'}} Colakovski scored his second A-League goal for Melbourne City against Macarthur FC in the 2021 A-League Finals Series. He assisted Marco Tilio for his second goal in the A-League to put Melbourne City through to the Grand Finals.
= Perth Glory =
In June 2022, it was announced that Colakovski signed with Perth Glory on a two-year deal.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-07 |title=News - Glory Swoop For Exciting Young Forward |url=https://perthglory.com.au/news/glory-swoop-for-exciting-young-forward |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Perth Glory}} In May 2024, at the conclusion of his contract, he announced he's departing Perth Glory to take up an opportunity overseas.{{cite web|url=https://perthglory.com.au/news/alm-player-departures-confirmed/|title=ALM player departures confirmed|first=Gareth|last=Morgan|website=Perth Glory|date=28 May 2024}}
= Wellington Phoenix =
After Colakovski's move to Europe didn't come into fruition, he returned to the A-League Men and signed a one-year deal with Wellington Phoenix.{{cite web|url=https://wellingtonphoenix.com/news/nix-sign-another-a-league-champion/|title=Nix sign another A-League champion|website=Wellington Phoenix|date=10 October 2024}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 28 May 2024}}{{Soccerway|582634|accessdate=28 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=205709432&client=0-10178-196649-513752-21800675|title=Player statistics for Stefan Colakovski|accessdate=28 May 2021|publisher=SportsTG|website=GameDay}}
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|National Cup !colspan=2|Asia !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan="4"|Melbourne City NPL
|2017{{cite web|url=https://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=197972676&client=0-10178-196649-435505-21800675|title=Player statistics for Stefan Colakovski (2016–2017)|accessdate=28 May 2021|publisher=SportsTG|website=GameDay}} |rowspan="2"|NPL Victoria 2 |26 | 5 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 5 | |||
| 2019
|26 | 9 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 9 | |||
| 2021
|2 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 2 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!54 | 16 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 54 | 16 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Melbourne City
|rowspan="3"|A-League |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|21 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 3 | |||
| 2021–22
|18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!46 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 4 |
| rowspan="3"|Perth Glory
|rowspan="2"|A-League Men |2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24
|22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 6 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!124 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 26 |
Honours
= Club =
== Melbourne City ==
= Individual =
- Perth Glory A-League Men's Goal of the Season: 2023-24{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=Gareth |date=2024-05-06 |title=Taggart and Lowry claim top honours at glittering MGP Awards event |url=https://perthglory.com.au/news/taggart-and-lowry-claim-top-honours-at-glittering-mgp-awards-event/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Perth Glory |language=en-AU}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|stefan-colakovski/582634}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Wellington Phoenix FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Colakovski, Stefan}}
Category:Macedonian men's footballers
Category:21st-century Macedonian sportsmen
Category:North Macedonia men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Australian men's soccer players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Melbourne City FC players
Category:Perth Glory FC players
Category:Wellington Phoenix FC players
Category:Australian people of Macedonian descent
Category:Soccer players from Melbourne
Category:Naturalized citizens of North Macedonia
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
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