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.
 Vasoski playing for Macedonia in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 November 1979 | ||
| 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 | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Vardar | 5 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Cementarnica | 41 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Vardar | 91 | (6) |
| 2005–2011 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 98 | (3) |
| Total | 235 | (9) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000–2008 | Macedonia | 34 | (2) |
| 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 | |||
Club career
editBorn 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
editVasoski 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
editEarly career
editVasoski 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
editOn 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
edit- As of 11 November 2023[12]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Vardar | 16 July 2018 | 21 December 2020 | 77 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 100 | 61 | +39 | 46.75 |
| Akademija Pandev | 25 December 2020 | 8 January 2022 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 50.00 |
| Sarajevo | 10 January 2022 | 10 May 2022 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 46.67 |
| Akademija Pandev | 9 September 2022 | 8 May 2023 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 18.18 |
| Vardar | 22 August 2023 | 18 December 2023 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 18.18 |
| Total | 157 | 65 | 47 | 45 | 205 | 147 | +58 | 41.40 | ||
Honours
editPlayer
editVardar
Eintracht Frankfurt
Individual
Manager
editVardar
References
edit- ^ "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
edit- Aleksandar Vasoski at National-Football-Teams.com
- Aleksandar Vasoski at MacedonianFootball.com (in English)
- Aleksandar Vasoski at eintracht-archiv.de (in German)