Aleksandar Trajkovski (; born 5 September 1992) is a Macedonian professional

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who plays for Hajduk Split and the North Macedonia national team. Mainly a forward, he can also play as a winger or an

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Club career

Trajkovski began his career with FK Cementarnica 55. In May 2010, he joined Chelsea in a trial, scoring the winning goal against

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at the U-19 Copa Amsterdam tournament which guaranteed Chelsea a place in the semi-finals. After a few years with Cementarnica Skopje, he signed for Inter Zaprešić in the summer of 2010. Good performances in the second half of the season attracted the interest of

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, but Trajkovski said that he was not interested in a possible move. At the end of the season, R.S.C. Anderlecht was interested in buying Trajkovski, but their offer of a €500,000 transfer fee was rejected. He joined the Belgian club Zulte Waregem for the new 2011–12 season after their offer of €1.1m was accepted by Inter Zaprešić. In the summer of 2015, he moved to Italian

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club

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, signing a five-year contract. In the same year, he was named "Macedonian footballer of the year". Following Palermo's exclusion from the Serie B, he was released together with all other players in July 2019. On 7 August 2019, Trajkovski agreed to a four-year contract with

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newcomers

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. After two seasons at Mallorca, Trajkovski was loaned out to

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club AaB on 31 August 2021, for the rest of the season. On 30 January 2022, Trajkovski joined Saudi club Al-Fayha on an 18-month contract. On 19 May 2022, he won the 2022 King Cup Final with Al-Fayha against Al Hilal.

International career

On 22 May 2012, the Macedonia U21 national team defeated the

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1–0 in a friendly match, with the sole goal scored by Trajkovski. Trajkovski debuted for the Macedonian senior squad on 10 August 2011 in a 1–0 away friendly victory against

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. He scored his first goal on 14 August 2013 in a 2–0 home friendly victory against

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. Trajkovski scored a hat-trick on 12 November 2015 in a 4–1 victory over

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at the Philip II Stadium in Skopje. Trajkovski was selected for the

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as North Macedonia gained its first major tournament. On 24 March 2022, he scored a last-minute long-range goal in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoff semi-finals to beat

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1–0 at his former club ground in

, eliminating Italy from the

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for a second consecutive time.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list North Macedonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Trajkovski goal.''

Honours

Al-Fayha * King Cup: 2021–22

Notes

External links

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Profile at Macedonian Football
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LaLiga Profile
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