Darko Velkovski (; born 21 June 1995) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a centre-back or as a defensive midfielder for Macedonian club Vardar and the North Macedonia national team.
Club career
Dinamo București On 3 January 2024, Dinamo București announced the signing of Velkovski, who prior to this was a free agent for more than 6 months. Velkovski made his debut for the team on 27 January 2024, in the 1-2 loss against Rapid București. On 12 February 2024, he scored his first goal for the club, in the 2-0 away win against champions Farul Constanța. For this performance, he was selected in the Liga 1 Team of the Week.
He was released by Dinamo in June 2024.
International career He made his senior debut for North Macedonia in a June 2014 friendly match against China and as of then, he has earned a total of 41 caps, scoring 3 goals.Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team - RSSSF
On 8 October 2020, he scored his first national goal against Kosovo in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs.
International stats International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNorth Macedonia2014202015102016102017502018202019802020712021122202270202330202430Total513
As of match played 8 October 2021. North Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Velkovski goal.
+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competitionNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition18 October 2020Toshe Proeski Arena, Skopje, Macedonia222–12–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs25 September 2021Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland331–02–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification38 October 2021Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein351–04–0
Honours Rabotnički 1. MFL: 2013–14 Macedonian Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15
Vardar 1. MFL: 2015–16, 2016–17
Rijeka Croatian Cup: 2018–19, 2019–20 Croatian Super Cup runner-up: 2019
References
External links Darko Velkovski at Football Federation of Macedonia Darko Velkovski at MacedonianFootball.com