Mirko Ivanovski (; born 31 October 1989) is a Macedonian professional

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who plays as a striker for club

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, which he captains.

Club career

Ivanovski began his career with the youth side of Pelister Bitola who was in summer 2006 promoted to the first team, but he left his club in July 2008 to sign for Makedonija Skopje. On 5 February 2010 Slavia Prague has signed the Macedonian U21 national team member, the 20-year-old is considered one of the greatest talents in country. Ivanovski signed a 2-year deal with Polish club

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on 2 August 2010.

Astra Giurgiu

In the summer of 2012, Ivanovski moved to the

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n club

Astra Giurgiu Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club last based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spe ...

Videoton

On 16 January 2015, Ivanovski was signed by

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club Videoton.

Slaven Belupo

On 4 July 2016, Ivanovski joined the

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n team

Slaven Belupo Nogometni klub Slaven Belupo (), often referred to as Slaven Belupo, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of Croatia. They play their home matches at Gradski stadion in Koprivnica. They play in ...

. He showed an impressive display, notably in the 2017-18 season, where he was the league's 3rd top scorer along with

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, netting 15 goals in 30 matches.

Hajduk Split

After his contract at Slaven expired, he decided not to extend it and eventually joined

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on a free transfer. After scoring 5 goals in 25 games across all competitions, Ivanovski was released by Hajduk on 23 June 2016.

Dinamo București

In September 2021, he signed a contract with

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side

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Petrolul Ploiești

On 20 June 2022, following the

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of Dinamo București to the

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, Ivanovski continued in Romania and its first division by signing a two-year deal with Petrolul Ploiești.

International career

He made his senior debut for

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in a December 2010

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away against

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and has earned a total of 27 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was an October 2015 European Championship qualification match against

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International stats

:''Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ivanovski goal.''

Honours

Makedonija * 1. MFL: 2008–09 *

Macedonian 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 League championship. The cup was established in 1992 after local clubs ...

runner-up: 2008–09 Astra Giurgiu *

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: 2013–14 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...

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Videoton *

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: 2014–15 *

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runner-up: 2014–15 *

Szuperkupa The Hungarian Super Cup is an annual association football match between the League (Nemzeti Bajnokság I) champions and the Cup (Magyar Kupa) winners. Winners (*) due to violent incidents during the recent 1997–98 Magyar Kupa Final between ...

runner-up: 2015

References

External links

Profile at Macedonian Football
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanovski, Mirko 1989 births Living people Footballers from Bitola Men's association football forwards Macedonian men's footballers 21st-century Macedonian sportsmen Macedonian First Football League players Czech First League players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Liga I players Liga II players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players TFF 1. Lig players Croatian Football League players FK Pelister players FK Makedonija G.P. players SK Slavia Prague players Arka Gdynia players FC Astra Giurgiu players CFR Cluj players Fehérvár FC players Boluspor footballers NK Slaven Belupo players HNK Hajduk Split players Diósgyőri VTK players FC Dinamo București players FC Petrolul Ploiești players CS Concordia Chiajna players CS Tunari players North Macedonia men's youth international footballers North Macedonia men's under-21 international footballers North Macedonia men's international footballers Macedonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Macedonian people of Bulgarian descent