Nikola Serafimov

Nikola Serafimov (Macedonian: Никола Серафимов; born 11 August 1999) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays for Fehérvár FC and the North Macedonia national team.

Nikola Serafimov

Personal information
Full name	Nikola Serafimov Никола Серафимов
Date of birth	(1999-08-11) 11 August 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth	Skopje, Macedonia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Fehérvár FC
Number	31
Youth career
2011–2017	Vardar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2020	Vardar	15	(0)
2017	→ Pelister (loan)	3	(0)
2018–2020	→ Bregalnica (loan)	0	(0)
2020–2021	Akademija Pandev	25	(0)
2021–2022	Zalaegerszegi TE	31	(4)
2022–	Fehérvár FC	44	(3)
International career‡
2019–2020	Macedonia U21	7	(0)
2022–	North Macedonia	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024

Club career

Serafimov, started his football career at the Vardar academy.Then he was promoted to the A team, but he could not find the chance to play. Vardar leased him to Pelister in 2017 and Bregalnica in 2018, respectively.^[2] Returned from loan on June 30, 2019. On February 14, 2020.He terminated his contract with Vardar and parted ways.

After staying here for a short time like 4 months, he joined Akademija Pandev from his country Macedonia teams on July 7, 2020.^[3]

On 21 June 2021, Serafimov transferred to Hungarian team Zalaegerszegi TE.^[4] W On 11 July 2022, Serafimov joined Hungarian side Fehérvár FC for a fee of 400.000€.^[5] Serafimov scored his first goal for Fehérvár FC in the 66th minute of their 2-1 defeat to Újpest FC on 9 November 2022.^[6]

International career

In August 2021, Serafimov received his debut call up for the senior national team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification games against Armenia, Iceland and Romania.^[7]

With national team in 2022 for the Uefa Nations League tournament Bulgaria, Gibraltar and Georgia.^[8] played their matches.^[9]

He played for national team in the friendly matches played with Finland on November 11, 2022 and Azerbaijan on November 20, 2022.^[10]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 20 November 2022 ^[11]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
North Macedonia
	2022	5	0
Total		5	0

References

1. Nikola Serafimov at WorldFootball.net
2. "Никола Серафимов во новата сезона ќе игра за екипата на Брегалница" (in Macedonian). Vardar Fans.
3. "Никола Серафимов прво летно засилување за Академија Пандев" (in Macedonian). jugoinfo. 7 July 2020.
4. "Komoly erősítés a védelemben!" (in Hungarian). Zalaegerszegi TE. 21 June 2021.
5. "Nikola Serafimov is the new signing of MOL Fehérvár FC". Fehérvár FC. 11 July 2022.
6. "ВИДЕПО родолжи со добрата форма: Деби гол за Серафимов во МОЛ Фехервар" (in Macedonian). www.slobodenpecat.mk. 9 November 2022.
7. "Благоја Милевски го објави списокот со фудбалери за септемвриските квалификациски натпревари" (in Macedonian). FFM.mk. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
8. "Серафимов: Мака ни е за поразот од Грузија, но верувам дека можеме до првото место" (in Macedonian). 24fudbal.mk. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
9. "Nikola Serafimov: We have to be prepared, motivated and use the chance in the best way" (in Macedonian). FFM.mk. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
10. "ВИДЕО: Македонските играчи само ремизираа со Финска во Скопје" (in Macedonian). www.slobodenpecat.mk. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
11. "Nikola Serafimov". footballdatabase.

External links

• Nikola Serafimov at Soccerway
• Nikola Serafimov at Fehérvár FC