Mitko Stojkovski

Mitko Stojkovski

Stojkovski with the 2001 Macedonian Cup following a 2–1 victory over Sloga Jugomagnat in the final.
Personal information
Full name	Dimitrija Mitkovski
Date of birth	(1972-12-18) 18 December 1972
Place of birth	Bitola, Macedonia
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Pelister
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1991	Pelister	54	(1)
1991–1995	Red Star Belgrade	103	(2)
1995–1997	Real Oviedo	63	(1)
1997–1999	VfB Stuttgart	48	(0)
1999–2001	Pelister
International career
1994–2002	Macedonia	29	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dimitrija "Mitko" Stojkovski (Macedonian: Митко Стојковски, born 18 December 1972) is a former Macedonian football player.

Club career

Stojkovski started his career playing with his home town club FK Pelister, back then playing in the Yugoslav Second League. In 1991 his skills were noted and he moves to the 1991 European Champions Red Star Belgrade where he stayed 4 seasons and played over 120 games. In the legendary 100th eternal derby against their greatest rivals Partizan, he scored and was named the man of the match. In 1995 he signed with Spanish La Liga club Real Oviedo where he played 63 league matches in two seasons with the side. In 1997 VfB Stuttgart signed him and he was part of the team that reached the 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final where they lost against Chelsea. After two and a half years in Germany, he returned to Pelister where he retired in 2001 by winning the Macedonian Cup that year.

After retiring, for a period he was a sports director at FK Pelister.

International career

Stojkovski made his debut for the Macedonia national team in 1994, he had 29 caps and 5 goals in total. His last cap was in 2002.

Honours

Red Star

• Yugoslav First League/First League of FR Yugoslavia (2): 1991–92, 1994–95
• FR Yugoslav Cup (2): 1992–93, 1994–95

Stuttgart

• German League Cup (1): 1998
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1997-98

Pelister

• Macedonian Cup (1): 2001

External links

• Career history at Weltfussball.de
• Mitko Stojkovski at National-Football-Teams.com
• Mitko Stojkovski – FIFA competition record