Kiril Dojčinovski

Kiril "Kiro" Dojčinovski (Macedonian: Kиpил Kиpo Дojчинoвcки; 17 October 1943 – 10 August 2022)[1] was a Macedonian football player and manager who played as a defender.

Kiril Dojčinovski
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-10-17)17 October 1943
Place of birth Skopje, Yugoslavia[a]
Date of death 10 August 2022(2022-08-10) (aged 78)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1958–1963 Vardar Skopje
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1967 Vardar Skopje 106 (0)
1967–1974 Red Star Belgrade 190 (3)
1974–1975 Troyes 25 (3)
1975–1977 Paris FC 38 (0)
Total 359 (6)
International career
1968–1970 Yugoslavia 6 (0)
Managerial career
1989 El Salvador
1990 Vardar
1991–1993 Luis Ángel Firpo
1995–1996 LA Firpo
1998 El Salvador
1998 Iraklis
1999 Makedonija
2000 Pelister
2001 Municipal Limeño
2003 Bregalnica Delčevo
2004 Platense
2005–2006 Bregalnica Štip
2008 Vardar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Dojčinovski started playing in the youth team of FK Vardar in 1958.[2] He successfully made his way into the senior squad, and after a few seasons he made a transfer to Red Star Belgrade.[2] During his club career he played for Vardar Skopje, Crvena Zvezda, Troyes and Paris FC. With Red Star he won one Yugoslav championship and one cup.

International career

Dojčinovski had earned caps for the cadet, youth, Olympic and B Yugoslav national teams before debuting for the main senior national team.[2]

He made his senior debut for Yugoslavia in an October 1968 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Spain and has earned a total of 6 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1970 friendly match against West Germany.[3]

Managerial career

Dojčinovski later became a manager and coached the El Salvador national football team on two occasions. He also coached several clubs from El Salvador, Greece and Macedonia.

Personal life

In 2009, both of his legs were amputated due to complications from gangrene.[4]

He died on 10 August 2022 at the age of 78.[5]

Honours

Player

Red Star Belgrade

Coach

Luis Angel Firpo

  • Primera: 1991–92, 1992–93; runner-up: 1995–96

Notes
  1. ^
    At the time of his birth, Skopje was occupied by the Axis-allied Kingdom of Bulgaria. Prior to that, it was part of the Vardar Banovina in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

References
  1. "Почина Кирил Дојчиновски, легендата на македонскиот фудбал". mkd.мк (in Macedonian).
  2. "50. godina fudbala vo Makedonija" page 62 (in Macedonian)
  3. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. Blic (30 August 2017). ""LEGENDE MARAKANE" Dojčinovski: Zvezda zauvek u srcu" (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  5. "Preminuo legendarni fudbaler Zvezde Kiril Dojčinovski" (in Serbian). RTS. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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