Darko Sokolov (; born May 8, 1986) is a Macedonian professional
basketball
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player who plays for
Gostivar
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of the
Macedonian First League.
Pro career
Since beginning his professional career in 2002, Sokolov has spent the majority of his career playing in the
Macedonian First League with
Feni Industries,
BC Strumica 2005,
Rabotnički,
MZT Skopje,
Vardar
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,
Balkan Steel, Centar and
Karpoš Sokoli. He has also made brief stops in
Ukraine
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with
Khimik Yuzhny and
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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with
KK Bosna
Košarkaški klub Bosna Royal (), commonly referred to as KK Bosna, currently named Bosna Visit Sarajevo for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the most successful Bosnian cl ...
.
On 20 November, 2017, he left
Karpoš Sokoli due to financial problems.
On November 22, 2017, he signed with
MZT Skopje.
National team
Sokolov is also a member of the
Macedonian national basketball team
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. He competed with the team at
Eurobasket 2009
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and helped the team to a ninth-place finish, its best ever performance at the time. In 2011, him and his team reached the semi-finals of Eurobasket defeating Lithuania, the host.
Darko Sokolov
at eurobasket2011.com
References
External links
Darko Sokolov
at eurobasket.com
at fiba.com
1986 births
Living people
BC Khimik players
KK Karpoš Sokoli players
KK MZT Skopje players
KK Rabotnički players
Macedonian men's basketball players
Point guards
People from Kočani
KK Bosna Royal players
KK Tikvesh players
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