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{{Short description|Macedonian footballer (born 1974)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Goce Sedloski
| image = Goce Sedloski - SV Mattersburg.jpg
| upright = 0.8
| caption = Sedloski pictured while a part of [[SV Mattersburg]]
| fullname = Goce Sedloski
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|4|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Golemo Konjari]], [[Socialist Republic of Macedonia|SR Macedonia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]<br>{{small|(now [[North Macedonia]])}}
| height = 1.88 m
| currentclub = [[FK Vardar|Vardar]] (manager)
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1994
| youthclubs1 = [[FK Pobeda|Pobeda]]
| years1 = 1994–1996
| years2 = 1996–1998
| years3 = 1998
| years4 = 1998–2004
| years5 = 2004
| years6 = 2005
| years7 = 2005–2006
| years8 = 2006–2011
| clubs1 = [[FK Pobeda|Pobeda]]
| clubs2 = [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]]
| clubs3 = [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
| clubs4 = [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
| clubs5 = [[Vegalta Sendai]]
| clubs6 = [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
| clubs7 = [[Diyarbakırspor]]
| clubs8 = [[SV Mattersburg]]
| caps1 = 1
| caps2 = 60
| caps3 = 4
| caps4 = 121
| caps5 = 21
| caps6 = 17
| caps7 = 27
| caps8 = 134
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 7
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 22
| goals5 = 3
| goals6 = 2
| goals7 = 3
| goals8 = 11
| nationalyears1 = 1996–2010
| nationalteam1 = [[North Macedonia national football team|Macedonia]]
| nationalcaps1 = 100
| nationalgoals1 = 8
| totalcaps = 368
| totalgoals = 43
| manageryears1 = 2010–2013
| managerclubs1 = [[SV Mattersburg]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs2 = [[North Macedonia national football team|Macedonia]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2012
| managerclubs3 = [[North Macedonia national football team|Macedonia]] (caretaker)
| manageryears4 = 2013–2014
| managerclubs4 = [[FK Turnovo|Turnovo]]
| manageryears5 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs5 = [[FK Vardar|Vardar]] (director of football)
| manageryears6 = 2015–2017
| managerclubs6 = [[FK Vardar|Vardar]]
| manageryears7 = 2018
| managerclubs7 = [[Riga FC|Riga]]
| manageryears8 = 2018–2019
| managerclubs8 = [[NK Široki Brijeg|Široki Brijeg]]
| manageryears9 = 2020
| managerclubs9 = [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy|Dinamo Zagreb II]]
| manageryears10 = 2021–2023
| managerclubs10 = [[KF Shkupi|Shkupi]] 
| manageryears11 = 2023
| managerclubs11 = [[KF Vllaznia Shkodër|Vllaznia]]
| manageryears12 = 2023–2024
| managerclubs12 = [[FK Rabotnički|Rabotnički]]
| manageryears13 = 2024–
| managerclubs13 = [[FK Vardar|Vardar]]
}}
'''Goce Sedloski''' ({{langx|mk|Гоце Седлоски}}; born 10 April 1974) is a Macedonian professional [[Association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] who is current manager [[Macedonian First Football League]] club [[FK Vardar|Vardar]] and former [[Football player|player]].

Playing as a central defender, he was the captain of the [[North Macedonia national football team|Macedonia national team]], earning [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps|100 caps]] for his country.

==Club career==
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Sedloski started his professional career at [[FK Pobeda|Pobeda Prilep]] in 1994 and played two seasons for the club before leaving it for [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] from [[Croatia]]. After a season and half, he moved to [[England|English]] club [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] and returned to Croatia after two half-seasons by signing with [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]] in January 1999. He played for Dinamo until June 2004 and moved then to [[Japan]]ese club [[Vegalta Sendai]], where he spent one half-season before returning to Dinamo in January 2005.

In July 2005, he signed with [[Turkey|Turkish]] club [[Diyarbakirspor]] and spent one season with the club before leaving it for [[SV Mattersburg]], where he signed a two-year contract. After leaving Mattersburg after 5 years in 2011, he finished his playing career.

He had the biggest success while playing for Dinamo Zagreb, winning the [[Croatian First Football League|Croatian First League]] 3 times, the [[Croatian Football Cup|Croatian Cup]] 3 times and the [[Croatian Football Super Cup|Croatian Super Cup]] 2 times.

==International career==
Sedloski made his debut for the [[Macedonia national football team|Macedonia national team]] in a March 1996 [[friendly match]] against [[Malta national football team|Malta]], earning a total of 100 caps and scoring 8 goals from then until 2010.<ref>{{cite web | author=RSSSF | author-link=RSSSF | title=Macedonia - Record International Players | url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fyrom-recintlp.html}}</ref>

On 16 August 2006, Sedloski became the first player to score a goal in the [[Euro 2008]] qualifying tournament, when Macedonia beat [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] 1–0 in [[Tallinn]]. His final international was a May 2010 friendly against [[Azerbaijan national football team|Azerbaijan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18901|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
===Early career===
Sedloski was assistant and interim coach for the [[North Macedonia national football team|Macedonian national team]] and also assistant coach at [[Austrian Bundesliga]] club [[SV Mattersburg]].

===Turnovo===
In 2013 he became the new manager of [[North Macedonia|Macedonian]] club [[FK Horizont Turnovo|Turnovo]].

In his only season with the club he guided them to the [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round|UEFA Europa League second qualifying round]] eliminating [[Lithuania]]n club [[FK Sūduva Marijampolė|Sūduva Marijampolė]] in the [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League#First qualifying round|first qualifying round]] and after they were eliminated by [[Croatia]]n club [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] in the [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round|second qualifying round]].

He also guided the club to a 2nd-place finish in the [[Macedonian First Football League|Macedonian First League]].

===Vardar===
Sedloski coached Macedonian club [[FK Vardar]], joining the club in 2015 and resigning in August 2017. With Vardar he won two league titles and one supercup.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GOCE SEDLOSKI POSLAO NAJLJEPŠU PORUKU NAVIJAČIMA DINAMA 'Ma Dinamo to prolazi bez problema! Kvalitetniji je, igra sve bolje...' |first=Davorin |last=Olivari |work=Sportske Novosti |date=17 August 2017 |access-date=14 September 2018 |url= https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/nogomet/europska-liga/goce-sedloski-poslao-najljepsu-poruku-navijacima-dinama-ma-dinamo-to-prolazi-bez-problema-kvalitetniji-je-igra-sve-bolje/6468577/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vardar Fenerbahçe maçı ne zaman saat kaçta hangi kanalda? |work=hurriyet.com.tr |date=15 August 2017 |access-date=14 September 2018 |url= http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/vardar-fenerbahce-maci-ne-zaman-saat-kacta-hangi-kanalda-40551301}}</ref>

===Riga===
Sedloski was the manager of Latvian club [[Riga FC|Riga]] from January to May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Riga" FC vadīs Maķedonijas čempions Sedloskis |publisher=Riga FC |access-date=14 September 2018 |url= https://rigafc.lv/riga-fc-vadis-makedonijas-cempions-sedloskis/ }}</ref> While at Riga, in 9 matches Sedloski won 4 matches, drew 1 and lost 4.

===Široki Brijeg===
Sedloski was named new the manager of [[Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Premier League]] club [[NK Široki Brijeg|Široki Brijeg]] on 31 August 2018 where he currently still is the manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/sedloski-i-zvanicno-na-pecari-potpisao-dvogodisnji-ugovor/288488|title=Sedloski i zvanično na Pecari, potpisao dvogodišnji ugovor|date=31 August 2018|access-date=31 August 2018|language=bs|author=A. Pašić|publisher=sportsport.ba}}</ref> His first league win as Široki Brijeg's manager came on 23 September 2018, a 2–0 home win against newly promoted [[FK Zvijezda 09]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/siroki-jedva-probio-bunker-zvijezde-09/290985|title=Široki jedva probio bunker Zvijezde 09|date=23 September 2018|access-date=23 September 2018|language=bs|author=M. Šljivak|publisher=sportsport.ba}}</ref>

In the 2018–19 season, Sedloski led Široki Brijeg all the way to the [[2018–19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup|2018–19 Bosnian Cup]] final, where the club lost to [[FK Sarajevo]] in the two legged cup final 3–1 on aggregate (Sarajevo won 3–0 in [[Sarajevo]] and Široki Brijeg won 1–0 in [[Široki Brijeg]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/fk-sarajevo-osvojio-kup-bosne-i-hercegovine/190515118|title=FK Sarajevo osvojio Kup Bosne i Hercegovine|date=15 May 2019|access-date=15 May 2019|language=bs|author=E.B.|publisher=Klix.ba}}</ref> In the league, Široki Brijeg qualified for the [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League#Qualifying rounds|2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds]] by finishing on 3rd place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rezultati.com/nogomet/bosna-hercegovina/premier-league/|title=2018/19 Premier League BiH stats|access-date=15 May 2019|language=bs|website=rezultati.com}}</ref>

On 23 July 2019, after a 0–1 home league loss against [[NK Čelik Zenica]] the day before, and after 2 consecutive UEFA Europa League losses against [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] club [[FC Kairat]] in the [[2019–20 UEFA Europa League#First qualifying round|2019–20 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round]], Sedloski decided to resign from the manager position of Široki Brijeg.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/goce-sedloski-vise-nije-trener-nk-siroki-brijeg/326946|title=Goce Sedloski više nije trener NK Široki Brijeg|date=23 July 2019|access-date=23 July 2019|language=bs|author=E. Čaušević|publisher=sportsport.ba}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{NFT player|4007|accessdate=15 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes [[Croatian Football Cup|Croatian Cup]], [[FA Cup]], [[Emperor's Cup]], [[Turkish Cup]], [[Austrian Cup]]}}
!colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes [[Football League Cup]], [[J.League Cup]]}}
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]]
|1996–97
|rowspan="2"|[[Prva HNL]]
|29||1||||||||||||||29||1
|-
|1997–98
|14||1||||||||||||||14||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Croatia
!43!!2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!43!!2
|-
|[[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
|1997–98
|[[English Premier League|Premier League]]
|4||0||||||||||||||4||0
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]{{efn|"Croatia Zagreb" until 1999}}
|1998–99
|rowspan="6"|Prva HNL
|3||0||||||||||||||3||0
|-
|1999–2000
|10||1||||||||||||||10||1
|-
|2000–01
|28||4||||||||||||||28||4
|-
|2001–02
|25||3||||||||||||||25||3
|-
|2002–03
|30||3||||||||||||||30||3
|-
|2003–04
|30||11||||||||||||||30||11
|-
!colspan="2"|Croatia
!126!!25!!!!!!!!!!!!!!126!!25
|-
|[[Vegalta Sendai]]
|2004
|[[J2 League]]
|21||3||1||0||||||||||22||3
|-
|Dinamo Zagreb
|2004–05
|Prva HNL
|12||1||||||||||||||12||1
|-
|[[Diyarbakırspor]]
|2005–06
|[[Süper Lig]]
|27||3||||||||||||||27||3
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[SV Mattersburg]]
|2006–07
|rowspan="5"|[[Austrian Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|35||3||||||||||||||35||3
|-
|2007–08
|35||4||||||||||||||35||4
|-
|2008–09
|34||1||||||||||||||34||1
|-
|2009–10
|29||1||||||||||||||29||1
|-
|2010–11
|1||0||||||||||||||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!134!!9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!134!!9
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!366!!40!!1!!0!!!!!!!!!!367!!40
|}

{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/sedloski-intl.html Goce Sedloski international appearances] at rsssf.org</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="15"|[[Macedonia national football team|Macedonia]]
|1996||7||0
|-
|1997||6||0
|-
|1998||5||0
|-
|1999||3||0
|-
|2000||7||0
|-
|2001||5||0
|-
|2002||7||1
|-
|2003||9||2
|-
|2004||9||1
|-
|2005||7||0
|-
|2006||8||1
|-
|2007||8||2
|-
|2008||7||0
|-
|2009||10||1
|-
|2010||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!100!!8
|}

:''As of match played 29 May 2010. North Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sedloski goal.''<ref name=SW>{{soccerway|goce-sedloski/259948}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
|-
!scope=col|No.
!scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date
!scope=col|Venue
!scope=col|Cap
!scope=col|Opponent
!scope=col|Score
!scope=col|Result
!scope=col|Competition
|-
!scope=row|1
|20 November 2002||[[Philip II Arena]], [[Skopje]], Macedonia||align=center|40||{{fb|Israel}}||align=center|'''2'''–3||align=center|2–3||[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
!scope=row|2
|9 February 2003||[[Stadion Šubićevac]], [[Šibenik]], Croatia||align=center|41||{{fb|Croatia}}||align=center|'''1'''–0||align=center|2–2||Friendly
|-
!scope=row|3
|7 June 2003||[[Philip II Arena]], [[Skopje]], Macedonia||align=center|45||{{fb|Liechtenstein}}||align=center|'''1'''–1||align=center|3–1||[[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 7|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying]]
|-
!scope=row|4
|11 June 2004||[[Lilleküla Stadium|A. Le Coq Arena]], [[Tallinn]], Estonia||align=center|55||{{fb|Estonia}}||align=center|'''1'''–0||align=center|4–2||Friendly
|-
!scope=row|5
|16 August 2006||[[Lilleküla Stadium|A. Le Coq Arena]], [[Tallinn]], Estonia||align=center|69||{{fb|Estonia}}||align=center|'''1'''–0||align=center|1–0||[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying]]
|-
!scope=row|6
|24 March 2007||[[Stadion Maksimir]], [[Zagreb]], Croatia||align=center|75||{{fb|Croatia}}||align=center|'''1'''–0||align=center|1–2||[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying]]
|-
!scope=row|7
|17 October 2007||[[Philip II Arena]], [[Skopje]], Macedonia||align=center|79||{{fb|Andorra}}||align=center|'''2'''–0||align=center|3–0||[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying]]
|-
!scope=row|8
|14 November 2009||[[Stadion Blagoj Istatov]], [[Strumica]], Croatia||align=center|97||{{fb|Canada}}||align=center|'''1'''–0||align=center|3–0||Friendly
|}


==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|10 December 2023}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sofascore.com/hr/trener/goce-sedloski/11485|title=Goce Sedloski|access-date=10 December 2023|language=hr|website=Sofascore}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" tyle="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align="left"|[[North Macedonia national football team|Macedonia]]
|align="left"|15 August 2012
|align="left"|15 August 2012
{{WDL|1|1|0|0}}
|-
|align="left"|[[FK Horizont Turnovo|Turnovo]]
|align="left"|17 September 2013
|align="left"|15 July 2014
{{WDL|33|18|6|9}}
|-
|align=left|[[FK Vardar|Vardar]]
|align=left|27 July 2015
|align=left|15 August 2017
{{WDL|75|52|14|9}}
|-
|align=left|[[Riga FC|Riga]]
|align=left|27 January 2018
|align=left|24 May 2018
{{WDL|9|4|1|4}}
|-
|align=left|[[NK Široki Brijeg|Široki Brijeg]]
|align=left|31 August 2018
|align=left|22 July 2019
{{WDL|39|18|12|9}}
|-
|align=left|[[GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy|Dinamo Zagreb II]]
|align=left|13 April 2020
|align=left|14 October 2020
{{WDL|17|9|2|6}}
|-
|align=left|[[KF Shkupi|Shkupi]]
|align=left|16 April 2021
|align=left|21 March 2023
{{WDL|72|39|19|14}}
|-
|align=left|[[KF Vllaznia Shkodër|Vllaznia]]
|align=left|4 April 2023
|align=left|30 June 2023
{{WDL|11|3|4|4}}
|-
|align=left|[[FK Rabotnički|Rabotnički]]
|align=left|14 November 2023
|align=left|2 April 2024
{{WDL|11|2|2|7}}
|-
|align=left|[[FK Vardar|Vardar]]
|align=left|5 November 2024
|align=left|
{{WDL|19|8|7|4}}
|-
|-
! colspan="3" |Total
{{WDLtot|270|147|63|60}}
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Dinamo Zagreb''' 
*[[Prva HNL|Croatian First League]]: [[1998–99 Croatian First Football League|1998–99]], [[1999–2000 Croatian First Football League|1999–2000]], [[2002–03 Croatian First Football League|2002–03]]
*[[Croatian Football Cup|Croatian Cup]]: [[2000–01 Croatian Football Cup|2000–01]], [[2001–02 Croatian Football Cup|2001–02]], [[2003–04 Croatian Football Cup|2003–04]]
*[[Croatian Football Super Cup|Croatian Super Cup]]: [[Croatian Football Super Cup#Winners|2002]], [[Croatian Football Super Cup#Winners|2003]]

===Manager===
'''Vardar''' 
*[[Macedonian First Football League|Macedonian First League]]: [[2015–16 Macedonian First Football League|2015–16]], [[2016–17 Macedonian First Football League|2016–17]]
*[[Macedonian Football Supercup|Macedonian Supercup]]: [[2015 Macedonian Football Supercup|2015]]

'''Široki Brijeg'''
*[[Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup|Bosnian Cup]] runner up: [[2018–19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup|2018–19]]

==See also==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WorldFootball.net}}
* [http://macedonianfootball.com/goce-sedloski/ Profile at Macedonian Football] {{in lang|en}}
* {{Soccerbase}}
* {{Soccerway}}
* {{J.League player}}

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