Igor Angelovski

Igor Angelovski
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-06-02) 2 June 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Makedonija GP
1996–1997 Pelister
1998–2000 Publikum Celje 19 (3)
2000–2001 Cementarnica 25 (4)
2001–2002 Pobeda 23 (1)
2002–2008 Cementarnica
Total 67 (8)
Managerial career
2013–2015 Rabotnički
2015 Macedonia (assistant)
2015–2021 North Macedonia
2022 Gorica
2023 Caspiy
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Igor Angelovski (Macedonian: Игор Ангеловски; born 2 June 1976) is a Macedonian professional football manager and former player.

Playing career

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As player he played in the Slovenian First League with Publikum Celje between 1998 and 2000.[1] He also played with Makedonija Gjorce Petrov, Pelister, Cementarnica (twice) and Pobeda.[2]

Managerial career

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In October 2015, Angelovski became the new manager of the Macedonia national team as a successor to Ljubinko Drulović who has left to the Serbian SuperLiga club Partizan.[3] Among the national team, to December 2015, Angelovski had coached Rabotnički in the Macedonian First League. During his time as national team manager for Macedonia, his 3-5-2 formation helped the side qualify for its first major tournament at Euro 2020 by winning the League D after finishing first in its League D group. Despite this, the new administration that took over in 2019 was intent on having their own manager, except that the team was successful. It eventually led to a scandal regarding Angelovski's tenure, as there were opportunities to allow him to continue given that he was without contract, but not formally told he wasn't to be renewed for several months. As such, he was a de facto manager with no games taking place during that time. Eventually Angelovski made it know that he would not be retained by the new administration, with the convenient performance at Euros a presumably justifiable cause for dismissal.[4][5] The situation revolving Angelovski was somewhat of a precursor to the departure of Stefan Ristovski in 2023, who was unhappy with the direction under Angelovski's replacement as head coach.

He was replaced at Croatian side Gorica by Željko Sopić in November 2022.[6] In April 2023, Angelovski became the new manager of Caspiy.[7]

Managerial statistics

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As of 17 July 2023
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Rabotnički 1 July 2013 16 December 2015 86 43 24 19 050.00
North Macedonia 16 October 2015 31 July 2021 53 23 11 19 043.40
Gorica 27 August 2022 5 November 2022 11 1 2 8 009.09
Caspiy 17 April 2023 17 July 2023 10 1 4 5 010.00
Total 160 68 41 51 042.50

Honours

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Player

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Cementarnica

Pobeda

Manager

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Rabotnički

References

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  1. ^ Igor Angelovski at prvaliga.si
  2. ^ Press kits UEFA.com
  3. ^ "ФФМ потврди: Ангеловски нов предводник на А-тимот" (in Macedonian). Ekipa.mk. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  4. ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/sports/soccer/north-macedonias-angelovski-to-step-down-after-euro-2020-exit-idUSL5N2O31GZ/
  5. ^ https://macedonianfootball.com/angelovski-had-to-sue-ffm-to-get-his-2020-euro-prize-money/
  6. ^ Željko Sopić novi trener Gorice - Glas Istre (in Croatian)
  7. ^ Игор Ангеловски е нов тренер на Каспиј од Казахстан - Sloboden pečat (in Macedonian)
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