Stefan Spirovski

Stefan Spirovski
Spirovski playing for Vardar in 2017
Personal information
Full name Stefan Spirovski
Стефан Спировски
Date of birth (1990-08-23) 23 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Bitola, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ethnikos Achna
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Pelister 42 (2)
2009–2013 Borac Čačak 53 (2)
2012 → Rabotnički (loan) 9 (1)
2014 Beroe 19 (2)
2015–2017 Vardar 56 (6)
2017–2019 Ferencváros 40 (5)
2019–2020 Hapoel Tel Aviv 21 (3)
2020–2021 AEK Larnaca 31 (1)
2021 Mariupol 6 (1)
2022 MTK Budapest 6 (0)
2022–2023 Pyunik 16 (1)
2023–2024 Ethnikos Achna 18 (1)
International career‡
2006 Macedonia U-17 2 (0)
2008–2009 Macedonia U-19 3 (0)
2009–2012 Macedonia U-21 21 (2)
2011–2022 North Macedonia 55 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 April 2023

Stefan Spirovski (Macedonian: Стефан Спировски, born 23 August 1990) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ethnikos Achna and the North Macedonia national team.

Career

Born in Bitola, SR Macedonia, he played for FK Pelister in the Macedonian First League between 2007 and 2009. He signed with Borac Čačak in the winter break of the 2009–10 season[1] and has played regularly with Borac for the following two and a half seasons. At the end of the 2011–12 season, Borac ended unexpectedly relegated to the Serbian First League and in August 2012 he was loaned to Macedonian top flight side FK Rabotnički. In 2014 he joined Beroe. In January 2015 Vardar bought him from Beroe.

On 6 September 2019 signed to Hapoel Tel Aviv.[2]

Ferencváros

On 16 June 2020, he became champion with Ferencváros by beating Budapest Honvéd FC at the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion on the 30th match day of the 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season.[3]

Pyunik

On 16 June 2023, Pyunik confirmed the departure of Spirovski.[4]

International career

Spirovski was part of the Macedonia national under-21 football team. In the past he was part of the U-19 and U-17 teams as well.[5]

On 10 August 2011, he made his debut for the Macedonian national team in a friendly match against Azerbaijan.[6] As of April 2020, he has earned a total of 31 caps, scoring 1 goal.[7][8]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 20 April 2020
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pelister 2007–08 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008–09 24 1 0 0 1 0 25 1
2009–10 15 1 0 0 – – 15 1
Total 42 2 0 0 1 0 43 2
Borac Čačak 2009–10 12 1 0 0 – – 12 1
2010–11 17 0 0 0 – – 17 0
2011–12 15 0 5 0 – – 20 0
2012–13 7 1 0 0 – – 7 1
2013–14 2 0 2 0 – – 4 0
Total 53 2 7 0 0 0 60 2
Rabotnički 2012–13 9 1 0 0 – – 9 1
Total 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
Beroe 2013–14 10 1 0 0 – – 10 1
2014–15 9 1 1 0 – – 10 1
Total 19 1 1 0 0 0 20 1
Vardar 2014–05 10 1 0 0 0 0 10 1
2015–16 16 1 0 0 0 0 16 1
2016–17 29 4 2 0 2 0 33 4
2017–18 1 0 0 0 6 0 7 0
Total 56 6 2 0 8 0 66 6
Ferencváros 2017–18 25 2 2 0 0 0 27 2
2018–19 14 2 2 0 2 1 18 3
2019–20 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Total 40 5 4 0 2 1 46 6
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2019–20 21 3 3 3 – – 16 5
Total 21 3 3 3 0 0 24 6
Career total 240 20 17 3 11 1 268 24

International goals

As of matches played 28 March 2017. Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Spirovski goal[1]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 28 March 2017 Philip II Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia 14  Belarus 1–0 3–0 Friendly

Honours

Club

Borac Čačak

Vardar

Individual

  • Macedonian player of the year: 2016–17

References

  1. ^ a b Stefan Spirovski at Soccerway
  2. ^ Rahmani, Maor (6 September 2019). "רכש חדש: סטפן ספירובסקי חתם בהפועל ת"א". One.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. ^ "NBI: A Honvéd legyőzésével bajnok lett a Ferencváros". Nemzeti Sport. 16 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Changes in the Pyunik squad". fcpyunik.am/. FC Pyunik. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. ^ Stefan Spirovski at UEFA.com
  6. ^ Damjanović i Spirovski na spisku A reprezentacija[usurped] at Borac official website
  7. ^ Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team - RSSSF
  8. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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