Vlatko Grozdanoski

Vlatko Grozdanoski (Macedonian: Влатко Грозданоски; born 30 January 1983 in Skopje, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian retired footballer who finished his career with FK Vardar in the First Macedonian Football League and was also a player on the Macedonia national team.

Vlatko Grozdanoski
Grozdanoski in 2013
Personal information
Full name Vlatko Grozdanoski
Влатко Грозданоски
Date of birth (1983-01-30) 30 January 1983
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1998–1999 Cementarnica 55
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Cementarnica 59 (12)
2003–2004 Vardar 45 (5)
2004–2008 Omonia 71 (9)
2008–2009 Vojvodina 35 (7)
2009–2010 AEL Limassol 9 (1)
2010–2011 Damash Iranian 20 (6)
2011–2012 Vardar 10 (1)
2012 Liaoning Whowin 25 (3)
2013 Persepolis 10 (2)
2013–2017 Vardar 61 (6)
International career‡
1999–2000 Macedonia U-17 2 (0)
2000 Macedonia U-19 3 (1)
2000–2002 Macedonia U-21 14 (2)
2001–2011 Macedonia 50 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2011

Club career

He began his career in 1999, playing for Cementarnica 55 Skopje. His first game for that team was in the Macedonian First League on 25 March 2000 against Vardar Skopje when Vlatko was only 17 years and 2 months. He played with Cementarnica 55 Skopje in the Macedonian Cup Final vs. FK Pobeda. He stayed with Cementarnica 55 Skopje until December 2002, when he signed to play for Vardar Skopje, where he remained for 1 year and 7 months before he signed for Omonia Nicosia in 2004. During the 2001–2002 season he won the best young player award in the Macedonian First League. With Vardar Skopje he won the Macedonian First League Title. He also participated in the Champions League with Vardar, who fell 1 game short of qualifying for the Champions League group stage. He scored against CSKA Moscow in Moscow where Vardar Skopje won 2:1. In the summer of 2004 he signed for the most famous team in Cyprus, Omonia Nicosia. As an Omonia Nicosia player, he won the Cypriot Cup and the Super Cup in 2005. He wore the number seven jersey for Omonia Nicosia. Vlatko was awarded the best young foreign player in Cypriot First Division for the 2006/2007 season. In January 2008 he signed a 2-year contract with FK Vojvodina. In the first 6 months he had great performances, scoring 5 goals in 13 games. For FK Vojvodina Vlatko played 37 games and scored 7 goals in all competition. He has recently signed a 1.5-year contract with the AEL Limassol football team. His first game for AEL Limassol was on 1 March 2010 against Nea Salamis Famagusta FC when coach Dušan Uhrin, Jr. give him chance to play in the last 20 minutes. Vlatko scored his first goal in the yellow shirt on the game against Enosis Neon Paralimni FC on 27 March 2010. On 12 August Vlatko signed a 1-year contract with Damash Iranian F.C. After his contract expired, he decided to go back to the Macedonian League and signed for Rabotnički. Later he signed with the best club in Macedonia, FK Vardar.

International career

He debut for the national team when he was just 18 years old against Oman (30 December 2001). He scored his first goal for Macedonia against Turkey national football team in a EURO 2004 qualifying match on 12 October 2002. He then followed that up with another goals against Turkey in another EURO 2004 qualifying match on 11 June 2003, against Estonia in a friendly match on 11 June 2004 and against Luxembourg on 20 August 2008. As of now, he has 50 caps and 4 goals for Republic of Macedonia national football team. He has earned a total of 50 caps, scoring 4 goals.[1] His final international was an October 2011 European Championship qualification match against Slovakia.[2]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 October 2002Skopje City Stadium, Skopje, Macedonia Turkey1 – 01–2UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.
2.11 June 2003BJK Inonu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey Turkey1 – 02–3UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.
3.11 June 2004A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia4 – 24–2Friendly
4.20 August 2008Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Luxembourg2 – 04–1Friendly

Club statistics
Club Season Domestic League Domestic Cup Europe and Asia Other[3] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FK Cementarnica 55 1999–00 80------80
2000–01 952000--115
2001–02 26462----326
2002–03 1634120--224
Total 591212320--7315
FK Vardar 2002–03 1632100--184
2003–04 2522161--334
2004–05 401060--100
Total 45542121--618
AC Omonia 2004–05 2037300--276
2005–06 2234142--306
2006–07 1935531--279
2007–08 1001010--110
Total 71917983--9621
FK Vojvodina 2007–08 1350030--165
2008–09 2224110--273
Total 3574140--438
AEL Limassol 2009–10 910000--91
Total 910000--91
Damash Iranian 2010–11 2061100--217
Total 2061100--217
FK Rabotnički 2011–12 000021--21
Total 000021--21
FK Vardar 2011–12 1012000--121
Total 1012000--121
Liaoning Whowin 2012 2532000--273
Total 2532000--273
Persepolis 2012–13 1022000--122
Total 1022000--122
FK Vardar 2013–14 2432000--263
Total 2432000--263
Career total 308494616285--37770
  • Assist Goals
SeasonTeamAssists
2012Liaoning Whowin7
12–13Persepolis3
Total 1012000--12}

Honours

Teams

Individual

References
  1. "Profile at MacedonianFootball.com (in English)".
  2. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. Includes other competitive competitions, such as the Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.
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