Vlatko Grozdanoski

Vlatko Grozdanoski (Macedonian: Влатко Грозданоски; born 30 January 1983) is a Macedonian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented the Macedonia national team on 50 occasions.

Vlatko Grozdanoski

Grozdanoski in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Vlatko Grozdanoski
Date of birth	(1983-01-30) 30 January 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia
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 55	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)
Total		346	(52)
International career
1999–2000	Macedonia U17	2	(0)
2000	Macedonia U19	3	(1)
2000–2002	Macedonia U21	14	(2)
2001–2011	Macedonia	50	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Grozdanoski began his career in 1999, playing for FK Cementarnica 55. His first game for that team was in the Macedonian First League on 25 March 2000 against FK Vardar when he was only 17 years and 2 months. He played with Cementarnica 55 in the Macedonian Cup Final versus FK Pobeda. He stayed with Cementarnica 55 until December 2002, when he signed to play for FK Vardar, where he remained for 1 year and 7 months before he signed for AC Omonia in 2004. During the 2001–02 season he won the best young player award in the Macedonian First League. With Vardar 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. As an Omonia player, he won the Cypriot Cup and the Super Cup in 2005. He wore the number seven jersey for Omonia. Grozdanoski was awarded the best young foreign player in Cypriot First Division for the 2006–07 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 Grozdanoski 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. Grozdanoski scored his first goal in the yellow shirt on the game against Enosis Neon Paralimni FC on 27 March 2010. On 12 August Grozdanoski 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

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 October 2002	Skopje City Stadium, Skopje, Macedonia	Turkey	1 – 0	1–2	UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.
2.	11 June 2003	BJK Inonu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	1 – 0	2–3	UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.
3.	11 June 2004	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	4 – 2	4–2	Friendly
4.	20 August 2008	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2 – 0	4–1	Friendly

Club statistics

Club	Season	League		National cup		Continental		Other[3]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cementarnica 55	1999–00	8	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	0
	2000–01	9	5	2	0	0	0	-	-	11	5
	2001–02	26	4	6	2	-	-	-	-	32	6
	2002–03	16	3	4	1	2	0	-	-	22	4
	Total	59	12	12	3	2	0	-	-	73	15
Vardar	2002–03	16	3	2	1	0	0	-	-	18	4
	2003–04	25	2	2	1	6	1	-	-	33	4
	2004–05	4	0	1	0	6	0	-	-	10	0
	Total	45	5	4	2	12	1	-	-	61	8
AC Omonia	2004–05	20	3	7	3	0	0	-	-	27	6
	2005–06	22	3	4	1	4	2	-	-	30	6
	2006–07	19	3	5	5	3	1	-	-	27	9
	2007–08	10	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	11	0
	Total	71	9	17	9	8	3	-	-	96	21
Vojvodina	2007–08	13	5	0	0	3	0	-	-	16	5
	2008–09	22	2	4	1	1	0	-	-	27	3
	Total	35	7	4	1	4	0	-	-	43	8
AEL Limassol	2009–10	9	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	9	1
	Total	9	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	9	1
Damash Iranian	2010–11	20	6	1	1	0	0	-	-	21	7
	Total	20	6	1	1	0	0	-	-	21	7
Rabotnički	2011–12	0	0	0	0	2	1	-	-	2	1
	Total	0	0	0	0	2	1	-	-	2	1
Vardar	2011–12	10	1	2	0	0	0	-	-	12	1
	Total	10	1	2	0	0	0	-	-	12	1
Liaoning Whowin	2012	25	3	2	0	0	0	-	-	27	3
	Total	25	3	2	0	0	0	-	-	27	3
Persepolis	2012–13	10	2	2	0	0	0	-	-	12	2
	Total	10	2	2	0	0	0	-	-	12	2
Vardar	2013–14	24	3	2	0	0	0	-	-	26	3
	Total	24	3	2	0	0	0	-	-	26	3
Career total		308	49	46	16	28	5	-	-	377	70

Honours

Vardar

• Macedonian First League: 2003, 2015

Omonia

• Cypriot Cup: 2004–05
• Cypriot Super Cup: 2005

Individual

• Macedonian First League Young Player of the Year: 2002–03
• Cypriot First Division Young Foreign Player of the Year: 2006–07