Ivan Trichkovski
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Ivan Trichkovski (Template:Langx; born 18 April 1987) is a former Macedonian professional footballer who played as a winger or striker. He is currently the general football director of AEL Limassol
Club career
Red Star Belgrade
Trichkovski joined Red Star Belgrade in January 2008 for a fee of around €800,000 from FK Rabotnički.[1] He actually faced his future team (APOEL) in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup while playing for Red Star, and ended up on the losing side in a dramatic 3–3 draw in Belgrade which saw APOEL progress on away goals with a late equalizer in the 116th minute.[2]
APOEL
Trichkovski spent the 2009–10 season on loan at Enosis Neon Paralimni where he scored 8 goals in 29 appearances and caught the eye of a successful club in Cyprus, APOEL, who agreed in principle to a three-year deal with Trickovski in May 2010. It is believed that the transfer fee which was paid to Red Star Belgrade was in the region of €300,000.[3] In December 2010, the Belgian club Lokeren made an official offer of €1.2 million for Trickovski but APOEL rejected it.[4] Trichkovski became a champion in his first season in APOEL, by helping the club to win the 2010–11 Cypriot First Division. The next season, he appeared in all but one APOEL's 2011–12 UEFA Champions League matches (from group stages to quarter-finals) and he scored one goal against Shakhtar Donetsk in Donbas Arena on 28 September 2011, by opening the score on 61st minute, in a group stage match which ended with 1–1 draw. He also appeared in the round-of-16 triumph over Olympique Lyonnais where he converted his attempt in the penalty shootout.[5]
Club Brugge
In June 2012, Trichkovski moved to Belgian side Club Brugge for an undisclosed fee, reportedly in the region of Template:Euro.[6][7] On 20 July 2013, he completed a move to Waasland-Beveren, on a season-long loan deal from Club Brugge.[8]
AEK Larnaca
In 2016, Trichkovski joined Cypriot First Division club AEK Larnaca. On 1 August 2019, he scored a career-high four goals in a 4–0 away win over Bulgarian club Levski Sofia in a second qualifying round UEFA Europa League match.[9]
AEL Limassol
On 4 July 2024, Trichkovski was announced at AEL Limassol.[10]
Ivan scored his first goal in the opening game of the season against Omonia 29M in a 4-2 win for AEL Limassol away at Peristerona.
On 13 May 2025, it was announced that Trichkovski has retired from professional football and will take the role of general football director at AEL Limassol until 2027.[11]
International career
For the Macedonia U17 national team, Trichkovski scored against Italy on 21 September 2003, a 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualifier,[12] and Luxembourg on 25 September 2003.[13]
Trichkovski also played for the Macedonia U19 side. He scored a goal against Azerbaijan on 28 September 2004, a U-19 Euro Championship qualifying match.,[14] Armenia on 30 September 2004.,[15] France on 2 October 2004.[16] He also played for his country in the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualifiers.
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Career statistics
Club
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| Club | Season | League | National cupTemplate:Efn | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rabotnički | 2006-07 | First Football League | 10 | 5 | — | — | — | 10 | 5 | |||
| 2007–08 | First Football League | 16 | 9 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 22 | 9 | |||
| Total | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14 | ||
| Red Star Belgrade | 2007–08 | Serbian SuperLiga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Serbian SuperLiga | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 16 | 3 | ||
| Total | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | ||
| Enosis Neon Paralimni (loan) | 2009–10 | Cypriot First Division | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 8 | ||
| APOEL | 2010–11 | Cypriot First Division | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5Template:Efn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12 |
| 2011–12 | Cypriot First Division | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13Template:Efn | 1 | 1Template:Efn | 0 | 40 | 7 | |
| Total | 51 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 19 | ||
| Club Brugge | 2012–13 | Belgian Pro League | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3Template:Efn | 1 | — | 23 | 2 | |
| Beveren (loan) | 2013–14 | Belgian Pro League | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 35 | 6 | ||
| Al-Nasr | 2014–15 | UAE Pro-League | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 3 | 19 | 6 | |
| Legia Warsaw | 2015–16 | Ekstraklasa | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6Template:Efn | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |
| AEK Larnaca | 2015–16 | Cypriot First Division | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 8 | ||
| 2016–17 | Cypriot First Division | 26 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8Template:Efn | 6 | — | 38 | 24 | ||
| 2017–18 | Cypriot First Division | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7Template:Efn | 1 | — | 41 | 16 | ||
| 2018–19 | Cypriot First Division | 23 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 12Template:Efn | 8 | 1Template:Efn | 0 | 39 | 24 | |
| 2019–20 | Cypriot First Division | 19 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6Template:Efn | 5 | — | 27 | 25 | ||
| 2020–21 | Cypriot First Division | 30 | 16 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 16 | |||
| 2021–22 | Cypriot First Division | 31 | 15 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 16 | |||
| 2022–23 | Cypriot First Division | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10Template:Efn | 1 | — | 40 | 12 | ||
| 2023–24 | Cypriot First Division | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 28 | 7 | ||
| Total | 221 | 115 | 26 | 12 | 47 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 295 | 148 | ||
| AEL Limassol | 2024–25 | Cypriot First Division | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 7 | |
| Career total | 444 | 174 | 31 | 13 | 80 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 566 | 214 | ||
International
- Scores and results list Macedonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Trichkovski goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 29 May 2010 | Sportplatz Bischofshofen, Bischofshofen, Austria | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Azerbaijan | flag alias = Flag of Azerbaijan.svg | flag alias-1918 = Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg | flag alias-1991 = Flag of Azerbaijan (1991–2013).svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Flag of Azerbaijan.svg | link alias-naval = Azerbaijani Navy | flag alias-army = Flag of Azerbaijani Land Forces.svg | link alias-army = Azerbaijani Land Forces | flag alias-air force = AzAF Flag of Azerbaijan.png | link alias-air force = Azerbaijani Air Force | flag alias-navy = Naval Flag of Azerbaijan.svg | link alias-navy = Azerbaijani Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || Friendly | ||||||||||
| 2 | 11 August 2010 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Malta | flag alias = Flag of Malta.svg | flag alias-1875 = Flag of Malta (1875–1898).svg | flag alias-1898 = Flag of Malta (1898–1923).svg | flag alias-1923 = Flag of Malta (1923–1943).svg | flag alias-1943 = Flag of Malta (1943–1964).svg | flag alias-unofficial-1943 = Flag of Malta (1943).svg | flag alias-colonial = Flag of Malta (1943-1964).svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Malta.svg | link alias-naval = Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta | link alias-navy = Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta | flag alias-navy =Naval Jack of Malta.svg | flag alias-1814 = 19th Century Flag of Malta.svg | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || Friendly | |||||||||
| 3 | 26 March 2011 | Dublin Arena, Dublin, Ireland | {{safesubst: Template:Yesno | alias = Republic of Ireland | shortname alias = Ireland | flag alias = Flag of Ireland.svg | link alias-naval = Irish Naval Service | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Irish Air Corps.svg | link alias-air force = Irish Air Corps | flag alias-army = Flag of the Irish Defence Forces.svg | link alias-army = Irish Army | link alias-navy = Irish Naval Service | link alias-football = Republic of Ireland national football team | name alias-football = Republic of Ireland | link alias-futsal = Republic of Ireland national football team | name alias-futsal = Republic of Ireland | link alias-beachsoccer = Republic of Ireland national football team | name alias-beachsoccer = Republic of Ireland | flag alias-rugby union = Flag placeholder.svg | border-rugby union = | flag alias-cricket = Flag placeholder.svg | border-cricket = | link alias-netball = Republic of Ireland national netball team | name alias-netball = Republic of Ireland | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football | variant =
}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || UEFA Euro 2012 qualification |
| 4 | 6 September 2013 | Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Wales | flag alias = Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg | flag alias-1807 = Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg | flag alias-1953 = Flag of Wales (1953–1959).svg | flag alias-1959 = Flag of Wales (1959).svg | size = | name = | variant = | altlink = national football team
}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 September 2018 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Gibraltar | flag alias = Flag of Gibraltar.svg | flag alias-ensign = Government Ensign of Gibraltar.svg | flag alias-ensign1875 = Government Ensign of Gibraltar (1875–1921).svg | flag alias-ensign1921 = Government Ensign of Gibraltar (1921–1939).svg | flag alias-ensign1939 = Government Ensign of Gibraltar (1939–1999).svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Gibraltar.svg | flag alias-governor = Flag of the Governor of Gibraltar.svg | flag alias-governor1875 = Flag of the Governor of Gibraltar (1875–1939).svg | flag alias-governor1939 = Flag of the Governor of Gibraltar (1939–1982).svg | flag alias-governor1982 = Flag of the Governor of Gibraltar (1982–1999).svg | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D | |||||||||||
| 6 | 15 November 2020 | Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Estonia | flag alias = Flag of Estonia.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Jack of Estonia.svg | link alias-naval = Estonian Navy | flag alias-army=Flag of Estonian Land Forces.svg | link alias-army=Estonian Land Forces | flag alias-air force =Flag of the Estonia Air Force.png | link alias-air force = Estonian Air Force | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Estonia.svg | link alias-navy = Estonian Navy | border-naval = | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C | |||||||||||
| 7 | 4 June 2021 | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Kazakhstan | flag alias = Flag of Kazakhstan.svg | flag alias-1991 = Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg | flag alias-1992 = Flag of Kazakhstan (1992).svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Kazakhstan.svg | link alias-naval = Kazakh Naval Forces | flag alias-air force = Ensign of Kazakhstan Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Kazakh Air Defense Forces | flag alias-army = Kazakhstan Armed Forces Flag.svg | link alias-army = Kazakh Ground Forces | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Kazakhstan.svg | link alias-navy = Kazakh Naval Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant = | var1 = 1991 | var2 = 1992
}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || Friendly |
Honours
APOEL
Al-Nasr
- UAE President's Cup: 2014–15
- UAE Arabian Gulf Cup: 2014–15
Legia Warsaw
AEK Larnaca
Individual
- Cypriot First Division top scorer: 2019–20, 2021–22[22]
References
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- ↑ Macedonian Football .com - Makedonski Fudbal .com - Ivan Trickovski
- ↑ Macedonian Football .com - Makedonski Fudbal .com - Ivan Trickovski presented at APOEL
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- ↑ Lyon stunned as APOEL fairy tale continues; UEFA.com, 7 March 2012
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