Aleksandar Vasoski

Aleksandar Vasoski
	Vasoski playing for Macedonia in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth	21 November 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Sileks (manager)
Youth career
1989–1994	Metalurg Skopje
1994–1998	Skopje
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999	Vardar
2000–2001	Cementarnica
2001–2004	Vardar
2005–2011	Eintracht Frankfurt
Total
International career
2000–2008	Macedonia
Managerial career
2018–2020	Vardar
2020–2022	Akademija Pandev
2022	Sarajevo
2022–2023	Akademija Pandev
2023	Vardar
2023–	Sileks
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandar Vasoski (Macedonian: Александар Васоски; born 21 November 1979) is a Macedonian professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Macedonian First Football League club Sileks.

Club career

Born in Skopje, Vasoski played for local clubs, most notably Vardar and Cementarnica. He played for Bundesliga outfit Eintracht Frankfurt from 2005 to 2011.^[1]^[2] After parting with Frankfurt, Vasoski decided to retire from playing due to numerous knee injuries.

International career

Vasoski made his senior debut for the Macedonia national team in a July 2000 friendly match against Azerbaijan and has earned a total of 34 caps, scoring 2 goals.^[3] His final international was a November 2008 friendly against Montenegro.^[4]

Managerial career

Early career

Vasoski previously worked as the youth team manager and coordinator of Metalurg Skopje and Vardar. On 16 July 2018, he became the new manager of Vardar, winning the Macedonian First League in the 2019–20 season with the club.^[5] Vasoski left Vardar in December 2020. He then worked as manager of Akademija Pandev from 2020 to 2022.

Sarajevo

On 8 January 2022, Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo appointed Vasoski as manager.^[6] On 10 January 2022, he was officially confirmed as Sarajevo manager, signing a six-month contract, with an option to stay at the club until June 2023.^[7] Vasoski was victorious in his first Bosnian Premier League game as Sarajevo manager, winning 2–0 away against Leotar on 26 February 2022.^[8]

On 5 March 2022, he lost his first Sarajevo derby as a manager in a 2–0 defeat to Željezničar.^[9] On 10 April 2022, Vasoski managed Sarajevo to a 6–0 win against Rudar Prijedor, the club's biggest league win of the season.^[10] Following a series of poor results, which culminated with a 1–1 draw against rivals Željezničar, he resigned as manager on 10 May 2022.^[11]

Managerial statistics

As of 11 November 2023^[12]

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Vardar	16 July 2018	21 December 2020	77	36	26	15	100	61	39	046.75
Akademija Pandev	25 December 2020	8 January 2022	32	16	8	8	45	31	14	050.00
Sarajevo	10 January 2022	10 May 2022	15	7	4	4	24	11	13	046.67
Akademija Pandev	9 September 2022	8 May 2023	22	4	7	11	21	28	−7	018.18
Vardar	22 August 2023	18 December 2023	11	2	2	7	5	16	−11	018.18
Total			157	65	47	45	205	147	58	041.40

Honours

Player

Vardar

Macedonian First League: 2001–02, 2002–03

Eintracht Frankfurt

DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2005–06

Individual

Macedonian Footballer of the Year: 2004

Manager

Vardar

Macedonian First League: 2019–20

References

^ "Vasoski, Aleksandar" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
^ German career stats - FuPa
^ Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team – RSSSF
^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
^ Branimir Smilić (26 June 2020). "Vardar bez Evrope, ali sa titulom u Makedoniji". sportklub.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ H.H. (8 January 2022). "Makedonski stručnjak Aleksandar Vasoski novi trener FK Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ "Poznato na koliko je ugovor potpisao Vasoski i ko će činiti stručni štab FK Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ S. Mlaćo (26 February 2022). "Vasoski: Sigurna igra, čestitam momcima" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ Edin Ridžal (5 March 2022). "Željezničaru pripao 145. vječiti derbi, maestralan pogodak Zeca!". sportske.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ D.P. (10 April 2022). "Raspucano Sarajevo ispratilo nogometaše Rudara sa šest golova u mreži" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ "Sarajevo poslije derbija ostalo bez trenera". faktor.ba (in Bosnian). 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ "Aleksandar Vasoski". Sofascore (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 November 2023.

External links

Aleksandar Vasoski at National-Football-Teams.com
Aleksandar Vasoski at MacedonianFootball.com (in English)
Aleksandar Vasoski at eintracht-archiv.de (in German)

[1] "Vasoski, Aleksandar" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

[2] German career stats - FuPa

[3] Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team – RSSSF

[4] "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[5] Branimir Smilić (26 June 2020). "Vardar bez Evrope, ali sa titulom u Makedoniji". sportklub.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[6] H.H. (8 January 2022). "Makedonski stručnjak Aleksandar Vasoski novi trener FK Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

[7] "Poznato na koliko je ugovor potpisao Vasoski i ko će činiti stručni štab FK Sarajevo" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[8] S. Mlaćo (26 February 2022). "Vasoski: Sigurna igra, čestitam momcima" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 26 February 2022.

[9] Edin Ridžal (5 March 2022). "Željezničaru pripao 145. vječiti derbi, maestralan pogodak Zeca!". sportske.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[10] D.P. (10 April 2022). "Raspucano Sarajevo ispratilo nogometaše Rudara sa šest golova u mreži" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

[11] "Sarajevo poslije derbija ostalo bez trenera". faktor.ba (in Bosnian). 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[12] "Aleksandar Vasoski". Sofascore (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 November 2023.

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