Vasil Ringov (

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

: Bacил Pингoв, born 17 April 1955) is a Macedonian retired

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

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(

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), he is considered to be one of the best Macedonian footballers ever, along with Golden Shoe winner,

Darko Pančev Darko Pančev (, ; born 7 September 1965) is a Macedonian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He most notably played for FK Vardar and Red Star Belgrade. He was part of t ...

. He started playing while still a teenager for

FK Belasica FK Belasica () is a professional association football, football club based in the city of Strumica, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second Football League, Macedonian Second League. History The club was founded on ...

, after that he moved to Belgrade giants

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

, but after not getting many chances there, he moved to Second League side

FK Teteks FK Teteks () is a football club from the city of Tetovo in North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League. History In 1946, there was a club from Tetovo called Šar Tetovo, and it competed in the Macedonian Re ...

where he would become the club's main star. It was two years later that he caught the attention of another Macedonian club in the Second League, Skopje's

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 ...

. After another two seasons, and with Ringov's help, Vardar returned to the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

where they would play during most of the 1980s. He became the main player at the club, having played until 1986 more than 200 league matches and scoring 93 league goals for them. It was 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 ...

that Ringov played most of his career, being the exceptions a short half season spell in another top-league club

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, and near the end of his playing career, another half season spell, this time in 2. Bundesliga club

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