Kiril Nikolovski (; born 9 June 1988) is a Macedonian professional

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born in

Skopje Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultura ...

. He is a former member of the

Macedonian national basketball team The North Macedonia men's national basketball team () represents North Macedonia in international basketball and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of North Macedonia. They joined FIBA in 1993, after they gained independence from Yugos ...

Pro career

Nikolovski started his pro career with Macedonian Team MZT Skopje in 2007. Kiril is considered to be a versatile big man because of his dominating stature of . His comfortable position is at center, however, he is capable of playing as a power forward due to his upside and talent. On 28 June 2017, he signed with Karpoš Sokoli. On 21 November 2017, he signed with Rabotnički.

Macedonian national team

Nikolovski has also been a member of the

since 2004, when he represented Macedonia at the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He has competed with the team at all FIBA levels of U16, U18, U20, even the Senior team. He had helped Macedonia qualify to the

EuroBasket 2011 EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted the 1939 champions ...

. Kiril Nikolovski is candidate for the

for the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Caracas, Venezuela. According to the Coach Marjan Lazovski, Nikolovski, along with Aleksandar Kostoski and Bojan Trajkovski are likely to be the newest additions to the Senior team. “There is no need for big transformations of the roster (2011), but I will for certainly include Kiril Nikolovski (center) in the final squad (2012),” he said.

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External links

*http://www.eurobasket2011.com/lt/cid_Y15gdIRhHQ-bXlZtZIg-a3.teamID_2604.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2011.roundID_7524.playerID_49362.html *http://au.eurosport.com/basketball/kiril-nikolovski_prs288184/person.shtml *https://archive.today/20130117212408/http://bgbasket.com/en/player_career.php?id=7286 {{DEFAULTSORT:Nikolovski, Kiril 1988 births Living people Centers (basketball) KK MZT Skopje players KK Rabotnički players Macedonian men's basketball players Basketball players from Skopje KK Tikvesh players