Dragan Stojkov (; born on 23 February 1988) is a Macedonian professional

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Club career

Born in

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, after playing in his homeland club

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, and an unsuccessful journey in South Korea on loan for the K1 league side Incheon United FC in 2007, in January 2008 he moved to Greece to play the rest of the season in

Egaleo F.C. Egaleo Football Club () is a Greek professional football club based in Aigaleo, a suburban town in the Athens urban area, Greece. Founded in 1946, it uses all documents of previous club (Ierapolis F.C., founded in 1931). The team currently comp ...

Next, he moved to

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, where he played the 2008–09 season. In summer 2009 he moved to Serbia to play in the

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club

FK Napredak Kruševac Fudbalski klub Napredak Kruševac (), commonly known as Napredak Kruševac, is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Kruševac. The word ''Napredak'' means "progress" in Serbian. The club's nickname is the Čarapani which ...

. At the end of the season, he moved to

FK Jagodina Fudbalski klub Jagodina () is a Serbian professional Association football, football club based in the city of Jagodina, which plays in the Serbian League East, the third tier in Serbia's football league. The club was founded in 1919 under the na ...

where he played total of 63 games making the biggest success of the club's history, two consecutive seasons finishing fourth and third in the league standings, playing twice in Europa League qualification and winning the Serbian Cup in 2013 for the first time in the club's history. Playing a total of four seasons in the Serbian Superliga Serbian top league, he continued his career in the United States. After spending 2014 with

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, Stojkov signed for

Indy Eleven Indy Eleven is an American professional association football, soccer team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 2013, the team made its debut in the North American Soccer League (2011–2017), North American Soccer League (NASL) in 2014, b ...

on 29 November 2014. Stojkov started 18 of 21 games played for the Eleven during the 2015 NASL season, logging 1,412 minutes, 3 assists and 4 yellow cards. He mutually terminated his contract with Indy on 30 March 2016. On 5 January 2017, he signed with

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Team

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. In June 2018 he returned to his parent-club

which this year entered

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International career

Stojkov had played in the Macedonia national under-19 national team before started playing in the

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in 2006. His last call up was in a convocation for a friendly in January 2009. In November 2005, being only aged 17, he received a call to join Macedonian national team for a friendly match against Liechtenstein. However, he was an unused substitute. Later during 2006 national team coach

Boban Babunski Boban Babunski (; born 5 May 1968) is a Macedonian retired footballer who played as a central defender, and a coach. Club career Babunski was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. On the club level he start ...

counted on him,Пандев лидер, Балдовалиев и Илијоски нови гол-играчи
at

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, 18 March 2006, Retrieved 3 October 2012 however ever since he never got the chance to make a debut.

Honours

Jagodina *

Serbian Cup The Serbian Cup ( Serbian: Куп Србије / Kup Srbije), also known as Mozzart Serbian Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round. ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

References

External links

* at Srbijafudbal.
Macedonian Football

Dragan Stojkov Stats
at Utakmica.rs * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stojkov, Dragan 1988 births Living people Footballers from Strumica Men's association football midfielders Macedonian men's footballers 21st-century Macedonian sportsmen North Macedonia men's youth international footballers North Macedonia men's under-21 international footballers FK Belasica players Egaleo F.C. players Ilisiakos F.C. players FK Napredak Kruševac players FK Jagodina players Ventura County FC players Indy Eleven players Saint Louis FC players FK Rabotnichki players GFK Tikvesh players FK Makedonija G.P. players FC AP Brera Strumica players Gamma Ethniki players Football League (Greece) players Serbian SuperLiga players USL Championship players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Macedonian First Football League players Macedonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States