Nikola Gligorov (; born 15 August 1983) is a Macedonian football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. He was a recently the head coach of FK Vardar.
Club career Gligorov started his career at Vardar Skopje but was loaned right away to FK Alumina, and later to FK Cementarnica 55 Skopje. At 2004–05 season he was regular at Vardar Skopje and stayed there until the winter-breal of the 2006–07 season. Then he moved to neighbouring Serbia where he joined Serbian SuperLiga side FK Bežanija playing there the second half of the 2006–07 season along his compatriots Mario Đurovski, Bojan Markoski, Perica Stančeski and Aleksandar Donev. They finished the season at 4th place, however, he left the Serbian club at the end of the season. He came back to the Macedonian championship, playing for Rabotnički Skopje, and from there he made a transfer to Vardar Skopje just to get back to Rabotnički Skopje the following season where he stayed till the end of the season 2010/2011. After that he played for a Cypriot club Alki Larnaca for two seasons, before signing for FK Khazar Lankaran on 28 May 2013. He made his debut in the first game of the season in a 1–1 draw against Sliema from Malta in Europa league qualification round.
International career Gligorov made his senior debut for Macedonian national team on 11 August 2010 in an away friendly game against Malta that finished 1–1. He is yet to score his debut goal. He had previously represented the U-16, U-19 and U-21 teams since 1999.Nikola Gligorov at UEFA.com He has earned a total of 25 caps, scoring no goals and his final international was a March 2016 friendly match against Bulgaria.
Career statistics
+ Club statistics Season Club League League Cup Other Total App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals 2002–03Cementarnica 551. MFL130 130 2003–04252 40292 2004–05Vardar301 301 2005–06140 40180 2006–07101 20121 2006–07 Bežanija Serbian SuperLiga60 -60 2007–08 Rabotnički1. MFL272 -272 2008–09 Vardar243 -243 2009–10Rabotnički252 30282 2010–11324 61385 2011–1210 0010 2011–12Alki LarnacaCypriot First Division28241-323 2012–1326120-281 2013–14 Khazar Lankaran Azerbaijan Premier League1910040231 Macedonia19715 19121616 Serbia60 0060 Cyprus5436100604 Azerbaijan1910040231 Total265186123129420
Honours Player Club
Cementarnica 55 Macedonian Cup: 2002-03
Rabotnicki Skopje Macedonian League: 2007-08 Macedonian Cup: 2007-08
Khazar Lankaran Azerbaijan Supercup: 2013
Vardar Skopje Macedonian League: 2014–15, 2015-16, 2016–17 Macedonian Super Cup: 2015
References
External links
Player profile at MacedonianFootball