Aleksandar Stojanovski (;born February 16, 1983) is a former Macedonian

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played as a

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Club career

Early career

Stojanovski played in the

Macedonian First Football League The Macedonian First Football League (), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competition in Macedonia. It is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of ...

with

Belasica Belasica ( Macedonian and Bulgarian: , also translit. ''Belasitsa'' or ''Belasitza'', Ottoman Turkish: بلش Turkish: ''Beleş''), Belles (, ''Bélles'') or Kerkini (, ''Kerkíni'';), is a mountain range in the region of Macedonia in Southe ...

for the 2004-05 season. In his debut season, he recorded 26 goals, making him the league's top goalscorer.

Croatia

In 2005, he played abroad in the

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with

Cibalia Hrvatski nogometni klub Cibalia, commonly known as Cibalia Vinkovci or simply Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva NL, Croatia's second-tier league. Their stadium ...

. He appeared in 23 matches and scored 4 goals in the Croatian top tier. He left the club after a single season in the Croatian national circuit.

Macedonia

After his brief stint in Croatia, he returned to Macedonia's top tier to sign with

FK Pobeda FK Pobeda () was a football club based in the city of Prilep, North Macedonia. History The club was founded in 1941 as Goce Delčev and renamed in 1950 to FK Pobeda. FK Pobeda has been a winner of Macedonian First League for two times (eight ti ...

where he won the league title.

Bulgaria

In the winter of 2008, he ventured abroad to the Bulgarian top-tier league with

Belasitsa Petrich OFC Belasitsa () is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Petrich, currently playing in the Second League. The team was founded in 1923. They play at the Stadion Tsar Samuil in Petrich, which has a capacity of 9,500. The club last played ...

. He would appear in several preseason matches and contributed several goals.

Macedonia

He returned to the Macedonian national circuit to play with Napredok. His final season in the Macedonian first division was in the 2011-12 season with Sileks.

Canada

He would spend the 2012 summer season abroad in the

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with the

Serbian White Eagles Serbian White Eagles Football Club (/''Fudbalski klub Srpski beli orlovi'') is a Canadian semi-professional Association football, soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, a Non-FIFA international football, non-FIFA sanct ...

. Stojanovski assisted the Serbs in securing a playoff berth by finishing sixth in the first division. The Serbs defeated

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in the opening round of the postseason.

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eliminated the Serbs from the playoffs in the next round. Stojanovski returned to the Canadian circuit in 2014 to play in the league's second division with the York Region Shooters reserve team. He would re-sign with York Region for the next season and play with the senior team. He helped the club secure a playoff berth by finishing third in the league's first division. Stojanovski contributed a goal in the preliminary round of the postseason against Burlington SC that advanced the club to the next round. Their playoff journey concluded in the following round after an overtime loss by Toronto Croatia. He returned for the 2016 season. In his third season with the Vaughan-based club, he assisted in securing the divisional title. Their opponents in the opening playoff round were

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where they advanced to the next stage. In the next round, York Region was eliminated by Hamilton City.

Managerial

Stojanovski joined the coaching staff of Lyons Township soccer club.

Honors

FK Pobeda *

: 2006–07 York Region Shooters *

First Division:

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Individual *

Top Goal Scorer: 2004–05

References

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