Nikola Ilievski
Personal information
Full name Nikola Ilievski-Djidji
Никола Илиевски - Џиџи
Date of birth (1954-12-16) 16 December 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth Skopje, FPR Yugoslavia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1974 Vardar
1974–1975 Rabotnički
1975–1977 Pobeda
1977–1978 Ohrid
1978–1979 Teteks 2 (0)
1979–1980 Vardar
1980–1981 Priština 16 (1)
1981–1982 Kastoria
1982–1988 Vardar
1981–1982 Radnički Pirot
1982–1988 Metalurg Skopje
Managerial career
1989–1990 Rabotnički
1990–1991 Kumanovo
1991–1992 Metalurg Skopje
1992–1993 Sasa
1993–1994 Macedonia A-Team (assistant)
1993–1994 Belasica
1994–1995 Ljuboten
1995–1996 Rudar Probishtip
1996–1997 FK Skopje
1999–2000 Celje
2000–2001 Pobeda
2001–2002 Macedonia U21
2002–2003 Macedonia
2003–2004 Pobeda
2005–2006 Celje
2008 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea
2009 Metalurg Skopje
2010–2011 Bylis Ballsh
2011 Bangladesh
2013 Vardar
2015–2017 Persijap Jepara
2018–2019 Renova
2019–2020 Kadino
2021 Vardar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikola Ilievski - Djidji (Macedonian: Никола Илиевски - Џиџи, born 16 December 1954) is a football coach and former player from North Macedonia.

Playing career

Club

Born in Skopje, during his playing career he played with FK Ohrid,[1] FK Vardar, FK Rabotnichki, FK Priština and FK Radnički Pirot[2] in Yugoslavia and with Kastoria F.C. in Greece.[3]

Managerial career

After finishing the coaching degree in the Faculty of Physical Culture in the University of Belgrade[3] he started his coaching career. He was coach of the North Macedonia national football team from 2002 to 2003.[4] He spent two spells as manager of FK Pobeda, leading them into the UEFA Cup in 2000 and to the 2003–04 Macedonian First League won championship.[5][6]

In January 2013 Ilievski was appointed as the new manager of FK Vardar after a dismissal of Blagoja Milevski, although interested the club's rival FK Pelister,[7] but on 13 April, after a loss in Eternal derby against Pelister, was resigned due to underperforming in the league.[8]

In January 2015, he signed with Persijap Jepara.[9]

Managerial honours

FK Pobeda

Winner

NK Celje

Runner-up

Managerial Statistics

Team Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W
Bangladesh Bangladesh 15 June 2011 20 December 2011 7 2 2 3 6 8 028.57
Bangladesh U20 Bangladesh 15 June 2011 20 December 4 1 0 3 3 11 025.00

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

References

  1. ^ Фудбалскиот клуб Охрид е еден од најстарите во Македонија формиран во далечната 1921 година at Utrinski Vesnik
  2. ^ Stats from Yugoslav Leagues at B92 (copy of zerodic data)
  3. ^ a b Nikola Ilievski at Utipia Turk
  4. ^ "Ilievski to open Macedonia account". UEFA. 5 March 2002. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Ilievski back at Pobeda". UEFA. 6 January 2004. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Ilievski puts family first". UEFA. 7 June 2004. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Боби Милевски разрешен, Никола Илиевски – Џиџи нов тренер на Вардар!" (in Macedonian). Ekipa.mk. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Џиџи: Заминувам од Вардар!" (in Macedonian). Ekipa.mk. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Gaet Pelatih Macedonia, Nikola Ilievski" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 3 January 2015.

External links

North Macedonia national under-21 football team – managers
North Macedonia national football team – managers
KF Bylis – managers
Bangladesh national football team – managers
FK Vardar – managers
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