Kiril Dojčinovski
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 October 1943 | ||
Place of birth | Skopje, Occupied Macedonia[a] | ||
Date of death | 10 August 2022 | (aged 78)||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1958–1963 | Vardar | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963–1967 | Vardar | 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 |
Kiril Dojčinovski (Macedonian: Кирил Дојчиновски; 17 October 1943 – 10 August 2022)[1] was a Macedonian football player and manager who played as a defender.
Club career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Player
[edit]Red Star Belgrade
- Yugoslav First League: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1972–73
- Yugoslav Cup: 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71
- Mitropa Cup: 1967–68
- Iberico Trophy Badajoz: 1971
- Trofeo Costa del Sol: 1973
- Trofeo Naranja: 1973
- UEFA Champions League: semi-finalist 1970–71; quarter-finalist 1973–74
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: quarter-finalist 1971–72
Coach
[edit]Luis Angel Firpo
- Primera: 1991–92, 1992–93; runner-up: 1995–96
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ "Почина Кирил Дојчиновски, легендата на македонскиот фудбал". mkd.мк (in Macedonian).
- ^ a b c "50. godina fudbala vo Makedonija" page 62 (in Macedonian)
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ Blic (30 August 2017). ""LEGENDE MARAKANE" Dojčinovski: Zvezda zauvek u srcu" (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Preminuo legendarni fudbaler Zvezde Kiril Dojčinovski" (in Serbian). RTS. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Kiril Dojčinovski at National-Football-Teams.com
- Kiril Dojčinovski at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Career story at FFM (in Macedonian)
- laprensa.com