Stevche Alushovski ( mk, Стевче Алушовски; born 1 October 1972) is a retired

Macedonian-Australian Macedonian Australians (Macedonian language, Macedonian: Македонски Австралијанци) are Australians, Australian citizens of Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian descent. Many arrived in the 1920s and 1930s, although larg ...

handball player and current coach of

GRK Ohrid GRK Ohrid ( mk, ГРК Охрид) is a handball club from Ohrid, North Macedonia. They compete in the domestic Macedonian Handball Super League. History GRK Ohrid was founded in 2011 in Ohrid. In the first 2 seasons, they competed in the First ...

Career

Stevche Alushovski was born in Sydney, Australia, but in his early childhood, he returned to

Bitola Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba (North Macedonia), Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of th ...

with his family. His handball career began in Bitola, in the youth team of

RK Pelister RK Eurofarm Pelister II (HC Eurofarm Pelister II) ( mk, РК Еурофарм Пелистер 2) is a team handball club from Bitola, North Macedonia. It serves as the second team for RK Eurofarm Pelister. History The original team was the first ...

. At the age of 17, in the 1990/1991 season, he became a first team member at Bitola club. During his career, he played for:

RK Prespa RK Prespa (HC Prespa) ( mk, РК Преспа) is a team handball club from Resen, North Macedonia. The team won a Macedonian Handball Championship in the 1996–97 season under the name Jafa Promet Resen. They compete in the Macedonian Hand ...

, RK Vardar PRO and

RK Metalurg Skopje RK Metalurg Skopje ( mk, РК Металург Скопје) is a Macedonian handball club based in Skopje. They compete in the domestic Macedonian Handball Super League and EHF European League. History The club was founded in 1971 under patro ...

. He has won the

Macedonian First League of Handball The Macedonian Handball Super League ( mk, Македонска Ракометна Супер Лига, Makedonska Rakometna Super Liga), is the top-tier team handball competition in North Macedonia. It is currently sponsored by VIP. As of 2018, ...

13 times and the

Macedonian Handball Cup The Handball Cup of North Macedonia ( mk, Ракометен куп на Македонија), is an elimination handball tournament held annually. It is the second most important national title in Macedonian handball after the Macedonian First Le ...

11 times. In 2004, he was proclaimed for the best handball player in

Macedonia Macedonia most commonly refers to: * 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 ...

. For the Macedonian national handball team, he played more than 200 matches and scored more than 900 goals. (in

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Mac ...

) In 2009, he was a member of the team which finished 11th on the

2009 World Men's Handball Championship The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship (21st tournament) took place in Croatia from 16 January to 1 February, in the cities of Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. Croatia was selected from a group of four potential hosts ...

. Three years later, he played on the

2012 European Men's Handball Championship The 2012 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the men's continental handball tournament, which was held in Serbia between 15 and 29 January 2012. Sixteen teams qualified for the event, including host nation Serbi ...

when they finished 5th.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alusevski, Stevce 1972 births Macedonian male handball players Living people Sportspeople from Bitola Sportspeople from Sydney Australian emigrants to North Macedonia Australian people of Macedonian descent RK Vardar players