Filip Ivanovski (, born 1 May 1985) is a Macedonian former professional

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Ivanovski made his name in Poland with

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski (), previously Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, was a Polish football club based in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Greater Poland Voivodeship. History Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski was founded on 30 April 1 ...

and on 11 March 2008, he scored one goal in a match between ''Foreign Stars of

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'' and the

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. His debut for Polonia came on 16 August 2008 in a 0–2 loss to

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. He scored his first goal for the club in the next outing, in the 85th minute of a 2–1 win over

ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, and in the past ice hockey, ...

on 23 August. Ivanovski's contract with Polonia expired in the summer of 2010 and he decided to continue his career in Cyprus by signing a 1-year deal with an option for an additional year with Ethnikos Achnas. After Ethnikos Achnas Ivanovski travelled to

FK Vardar FK Vardar () is a professional Association football, football club based in Skopje, North Macedonia, which competes in the Macedonian First Football League, Macedonian First League. They are the most successful football club in Football in Maced ...

in Macedonia for a season, scoring 24 goals in 32 games and just shortly to make a transfer to the squad of

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playing in

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where he also spent just one season. Then Ivanoski returned to his old youth club FK Vardar between 2014 and 2016. After that he returned to another old youth club of his career in Macedonia,

FK Rabotnichki FK Rabotnichki () or more commonly Rabotnički (old transliteration) and Rabotnicki is a professional football club that plays at the Toshe Proeski Arena in Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League. History ...

. On 7 July 2017, Ivanovski signed for

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in the

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. On 4 April 2018, Ivanovski signed for Finnish club

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until July 2018, with an option to extend the deal until the end of the year.

International career

He made his senior debut for

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in a June 2009

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match against

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in which he immediately scored a goal and has earned a total of 8 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a May 2012

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against

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International goals

Honours

Makedonija *

Macedonian Football Cup The Cup of Macedonia (, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in North Macedonia after the Macedonian First Football League, Macedonian First League championship. The cup was esta ...

: 2005–06 Dyskobolia Grodzisk *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 2006–07 *

Ekstraklasa Cup The Ekstraklasa Cup () was an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs that played in the Polish Ekstraklasa. The Ekstraklasa Cup was the fourth attempt at introducing a League Cup competition in Poland. The first such tournament was a on ...

: 2006–07, 2007–08 Astana *

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Vardar *

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 ...

: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16 *

Macedonian Football Supercup The Macedonian Football Supercup was an annual one-match football (soccer), football competition. The two participating clubs were the Macedonian First Football League champion and the Macedonian Football Cup winner. The inaugural edition of the ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Individual * First Macedonian Football League top scorer: 2011–12

References

External links

Profile at MacedonianFootball.com
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanovski, Filip 1985 births Living people Footballers from Skopje Men's association football forwards Macedonian men's footballers 21st-century Macedonian sportsmen North Macedonia men's international footballers FK Rabotnichki players FK Makedonija G.P. players Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski players Polonia Warsaw players Ethnikos Achna FC players FK Vardar players FC Astana players FK Javor Ivanjica players Rovaniemen Palloseura players FK Belasica players Kokkolan Palloveikot players Macedonian First Football League players Ekstraklasa players Cypriot First Division players Kazakhstan Premier League players Serbian SuperLiga players Veikkausliiga players Macedonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland