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Aleksandar Trajkovski

Aleksandar Trajkovski

Macedonian footballer (born 1992)

Aleksandar Trajkovski (Macedonian: Александар Трајковски; born 5 September 1992) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays for Hajduk Split and the North Macedonia national team. Mainly a forward, he can also play as a winger or an attacking midfielder.

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Club career

Trajkovski began his career with FK Cementarnica 55. In May 2010, he joined Chelsea in a trial, scoring the winning goal against Botafogo at the U-19 Copa Amsterdam tournament which guaranteed Chelsea a place in the semi-finals.[2]

After a few years with Cementarnica Skopje, he signed for Inter Zaprešić in the summer of 2010.[3] Good performances in the second half of the season attracted the interest of Dinamo Zagreb,[4][5] but Trajkovski said that he was not interested in a possible move. At the end of the season, R.S.C. Anderlecht was interested in buying Trajkovski, but their offer of a €500,000 transfer fee was rejected.[5] He joined the Belgian club Zulte Waregem for the new 2011–12 season after their offer of €1.1m was accepted by Inter Zaprešić.[5][6]

In the summer of 2015, he moved to Italian Serie A club Palermo, signing a five-year contract.[7] In the same year, he was named "Macedonian footballer of the year".[8] Following Palermo's exclusion from the Serie B, he was released together with all other players in July 2019.

On 7 August 2019, Trajkovski agreed to a four-year contract with La Liga newcomers RCD Mallorca.[9] After two seasons at Mallorca, Trajkovski was loaned out to Danish Superliga club AaB on 31 August 2021, for the rest of the season.[10]

On 30 January 2022, Trajkovski joined Saudi club Al-Fayha on an 18-month contract.[11] On 19 May 2022, he won the 2022 King Cup Final with Al-Fayha against Al Hilal.[12]

International career

On 22 May 2012, the Macedonia U21 national team defeated the Netherlands 1–0 in a friendly, with the lone goal scored by Trajkovski.[13][14]

He made his senior debut for Macedonia on 10 August 2011 in a 1–0 friendly victory away to Azerbaijan, and scored his first goal two years and four days later to conclude a 2–0 home win over neighbours Bulgaria in another exhibition.[15] He scored a hat-trick on 12 November 2015 in a 4–1 win over Montenegro at the Philip II Stadium in Skopje.[16]

Trajkovski was selected for UEFA Euro 2020, North Macedonia's first major tournament.[17] On 24 March 2022, he scored a last-minute long-range goal in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoff semi-finals to beat Italy 1–0 at his former club ground in Palermo, eliminating Italy from the FIFA World Cup for a second consecutive time.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 May 2021[19]
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  1. Appearance(s) in Belgian Pro League Playoffs
  2. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in Serie B Playoffs

International

As of match played 20 October 2023[15]
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Scores and results list North Macedonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Trajkovski goal.
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Honours

Al-Fayha

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Aleksandar Trajkovski – Prima squadra 2016/2017 – U.S. Città di Palermo". U.S. Città di Palermo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Aleksandar Trajkovski guest player for Chelsea". Macedonian Football. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Trajkovski Aleksandar". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Trajkovski na meti Dinama". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  5. [5]
    Vande Velde, Stephane (23 June 2011). "Anderlecht se fait doubler pour Trajkovski". Sport/Foot Magazine (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Aleksandar Trajkovski joins Zulte Waregem". macedonianfootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  7. [7]
    "TRAJKOVSKI E' ROSANERO". palermocalcio.it. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  8. [8]
    "Trajkovski nominato miglior calciatore dell'anno". mediagol.it. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  9. [9]
    "Acuerdo con Aleksandar Trajkovski" [Agreement with Aleksandar Trajkovski] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  10. [10]
    AaB lejer offensiv profil, aabsport.dk, 31 August 2021
  11. [11]
    "المقدوني ألكسندر ترايكوفسكي ينتقل للفيحاء". dawriplus.com (in Arabic). 31 January 2022.
  12. [12]
    "Al-Fayha shock Al-Hilal in King's Cup final to claim first-ever major trophy". Arab News. 20 May 2022.
  13. [13]
    "U21 friendly: Netherlands – Macedonia 0:1". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  14. [14]
    "У-21: Трајковски ги урна Холанѓаните" (in Macedonian). ekipa.mk. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  15. [15]
    "Aleksandar Trajkovski Profile". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  16. [16]
    "(North) Macedonia - International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  17. [17]
    "North Macedonia's full 26-man Euro 2020 squad". The Athletic. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  18. [18]
    "Italy 0–1 North Macedonia". BBC Sport. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  19. [19]
    "A. Trajkovski". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  20. [20]
    Aleksandar Trajkovski at National-Football-Teams.com
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