Riste Naumov ( mk, Ристе Наумов; born 14 April 1981) is a retired
Macedonian football forward.
Club career
Following his transfer from
AC Omonia
Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λευκωσίας, ΑΣΟΛ; ''Athlitikos Sillogos Omonias Lefkosias'', ''ASOL''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia ("Harmony"; also trans ...
in January 2008 to
Ethnikos Achnas, Naumov was a prolific goal-scorer, scoring 12 goals in 16 appearances and was therefore the leading scorer in the second round of the
Cypriot first division
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. At
FK Viktoria Žižkov
FK Viktoria Žižkov is one of the oldest football clubs in the Czech Republic, from Žižkov (since 1922 part of Prague). It plays in the Bohemian Football League, the third tier of football in the country. The club won the Czechoslovak Fir ...
, who were at that time in the
Czech First League
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, he played regularly and was their top scorer in a season (2008–9) which saw them relegated. His move to
SK Slavia Prague
Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in ...
came as a result. However at Slavia he only managed 14 appearances, several as substitute, in two seasons and was released at the end of the
2010–11 season.
He retired at the end of the 2020/21 season at
Bregalnica Štip
Bregalnica (, ) is the second largest river in North Macedonia. It starts as a spring near the mountain city of Berovo and it passes near the cities of Makedonska Kamenica, Kočani, Vinica and Štip, before joining the river Vardar on its w ...
after winning promotion with his boyhood club.
International career
He made his senior debut for
Macedonia
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* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
in a November 2005
friendly match
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against
Iran
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and his second and final international was two days later against
Paraguay
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.
References
External links
*
Profile at Macedonian Football
1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Štip
Men's association football forwards
Macedonian men's footballers
North Macedonia men's youth international footballers
North Macedonia men's under-21 international footballers
North Macedonia men's international footballers
FK Bregalnica Štip players
FK Cementarnica 55 players
FK Vardar players
AC Omonia players
Ethnikos Achna FC players
FK Viktoria Žižkov players
SK Slavia Prague players
FC Spartak Trnava players
Zwekapin United F.C. players
Ayeyawady United F.C. players
Macedonian First Football League players
Cypriot First Division players
Czech First League players
Myanmar National League players
Macedonian Second Football League players
Macedonian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Expatriate men's footballers in Myanmar
Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Myanmar
Expatriate men's footballers in the Maldives
Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in the Maldives
Club Eagles players
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