Stefan Ristovski (footballer, born February 1992)

Not to be confused with Stefan Ristovski (footballer, born December 1992).

Stefan Ristovski
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo Zagreb
Number 13
Youth career
Vardar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Vardar 17 (1)
2010–2015 Parma 6 (0)
2011–2012 → Crotone (loan) 1 (0)
2012 → Frosinone (loan) 12 (0)
2012–2013 → Bari (loan) 20 (0)
2013–2014 → Latina (loan) 37 (3)
2015 → Latina (loan) 19 (0)
2015–2017 Rijeka 68 (0)
2017–2021 Sporting CP 52 (0)
2021–0000 Dinamo Zagreb 63 (5)
International career‡
2008–2009 Macedonia U19 6 (0)
2009–2014 Macedonia U21 20 (1)
2011– North Macedonia 82 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:10, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2023

Stefan Ristovski (Macedonian: Стефан Ристовски; born 12 February 1992) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a right-back for Dinamo Zagreb and the North Macedonia national team.

Club career

Born in Skopje, Ristovski began his career at hometown club Vardar before he signed a five-year deal with Italian club Parma in January 2010. He was 17 at the time but the deal could not become official until he turned 18.[2]

Ristovski joined Serie B club Crotone on loan on 6 July 2011. After not receiving much playing time, the loan was cancelled in the January 2012 and he was then loaned to Frosinone for the remainder of the campaign. On 5 July 2012, he was again sent on loan, to Serie B side Bari. He was then loaned out to Latina in the same division for the 2013–14 season, returning to them for a second time in January 2015.[3] Before the bankruptcy of Parma, Ristovski was under contract with Parma until 30 June 2019.[4]

In July 2015, Ristovski moved to Rijeka in Croatia.[5][6] The transfer was facilitated through Rijeka's Italian partner club, Spezia. In order for Ristovski to remain eligible under Italy's non-EU quota, he was signed by Spezia on a free transfer and then loaned to Rijeka.[7] On 7 August 2017, Ristovski signed with Sporting.[8] On 2 February 2021, he signed for GNK Dinamo Zagreb.[9] He made his debut for Dinamo on 13 February in a derby against Osijek. In his debut, he received two yellow cards and was sent off.

International career

Ristovski made his debut for Macedonia on 10 August 2011 in an away friendly against Azerbaijan and has, as of April 2020, earned a total of 52 caps, scoring 1 goal.[10][11] He represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2020, their first major tournament.

Personal life

His younger brother Milan is also a professional footballer who plays for the North Macedonia national team.[12]

He also has a Portuguese passport, and his son was born in Portugal.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 April 2023[14]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vardar 2008–09 1. MFL 6 0 – – 6 0
2009–10 11 1 – – 11 1
Total 17 1 – – 17 1
Crotone 2011–12 Serie B 1 0 1 0 – 2 0
Frosinone 2011–12 Lega Pro 12 0 – – 12 0
Bari 2012–13 Serie B 20 0 1 0 – 21 0
Latina 2013–14 Serie B 37 3 1 0 – 38 3
Parma 2014–15 Serie A 6 0 – – 6 0
Latina 2014–15 Serie B 19 0 – – 19 0
Rijeka 2015–16 Prva HNL 32 0 5 0 1 0 38 0
2016–17 33 0 6 1 2 0 41 1
2017–18 3 0 – 4 1 7 1
Total 68 0 11 1 7 1 86 2
Sporting 2017–18 Primeira Liga 8 0 7 0 7 0 22 0
2018–19 23 0 5 0 5 0 33 0
2019–20 21 0 3 0 2 0 26 0
2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 52 0 15 0 14 0 81 0
Dinamo Zagreb 2020–21 Prva HNL 8 0 2 0 6 0 16 0
2021–22 30 1 2 0 13 0 45 1
2022–23 24 4 2 0 11 0 37 4
Total 62 5 6 0 30 0 98 5
Career total 294 9 35 1 51 1 380 11

International

As of 29 March 2022
National team Year Apps Goals
Macedonia 2011 1 0
2012 3 0
2013 7 0
2014 4 0
2015 6 0
2016 8 0
2017 9 1
2018 6 0
North
Macedonia 		2019 8 0
2020 8 1
2021 14 0
2022 2 0
Total 76 2
As of match played 8 September 2020. North Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ristovski goal.[15]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 June 2017 Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia 33  Spain 1–2 1–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 8 September 2020 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia 54  Georgia 1–1 1–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Club

Rijeka

Sporting CP

Dinamo Zagreb

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Stefan Ristovski". GNK Dinamo Zagreb. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ^ Igor Naumovski (28 October 2010). "Ristovski: Macedonia has many future football stars". Macedonian Football. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Ristovski e Shekiladze sono nerazzurri" (in Italian). U.S. Latina Calcio. 2015. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  4. ^ PARMA FOOTBALL CLUB S.P.A. IN FALLIMENTO VALUTAZIONE DELLA AZIENDA SPORTIVA (in Italian)
  5. ^ "Mercato: tesserato Ristovski, va in prestito al Rijeka" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Stefan Ristovski novi igrač Rijeke" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Stefan Ristovski gets scooped up by Rijeka". Macedonian Football. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Comunicado por Stefan Ristovski" [Press release regarding Stefan Ristovski] (Press release) (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Sporting CP. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  9. ^ Sepúlveda, Pedro (31 January 2021). "Ristovski vendido ao Dínamo Zagreb" [Ristovski sold to Dynamo Zagreb]. SIC Notícias (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  10. ^ Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team – RSSSF
  11. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Милан и Стефан Ристовски – БРАТСКИ на ЕУРО!". Вечер (in Macedonian). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  13. ^ Фидан, Коминовски (29 March 2022). "Ristovski: Against players like Fernandez and Ronaldo, you must not make mistakes! - Free press". Слободен печат. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  14. ^ Stefan Ristovski at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 April 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  15. ^ Stefan Ristovski at Soccerway
  16. ^ "Penalties smile on Sporting again as Lions retain Taça da Liga crown". PortuGOAL.net. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  17. ^ "DINAMO – ISTRA 1961 6:3". HNS-CFF (in Croatian). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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