Tome Pachovski

Tome Pachovski
Personal information
Full name Tome Pachovski
Date of birth (1982-06-28) 28 June 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Bitola, North Macedonia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Pelister
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Pelister 62 (0)
2004 Ionikos 1 (0)
2005–2008 Rabotnički 58 (0)
2008–2009 Vardar 27 (1)
2009–2012 Beerschot 52 (0)
2012–2014 Mechelen 40 (0)
2015–2017 Vardar 38 (0)
International career
2006–2015 Macedonia 46 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tome Pachovski[1] (Macedonian: Томе Пачовски; born 28 June 1982) is a Macedonian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Pachovski started playing with FK Pelister between 1999 and 2003. He moved to Greek side Ionikos in early 2004,[2] after previously being linked with Serbian side FK Železnik.[3]

Despite interest from other European teams, such as Russian team FC Terek Grozny, in the January 2008 transfer window, he remained in Rabotnički. He was then transferred to FK Vardar in June 2008 and on 24 June 2009, Pacovski signed a two-year contract with Beerschot AC.

After three seasons with Beerschot, Pachovski signed a 3-year contract to continue his career with fellow Belgian side KV Mechelen. In December 2014 he signed with FK Vardar.

International career

He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a June 2006 friendly match against Turkey and has earned a total of 46 caps, scoring no goals.[4] His final international was an October 2015 European Championship qualification match against Ukraine.[5]

Trophies

Three national titles (two with Rabotnicki and one with Vardar)

Three national titles (two with Rabotnicki and one with Pelister)

Records

  • 48 caps for Macedonian national team
  • 10 matches as captain of national team
  • National record: 798 minutes unbeaten
  • National record: Season 2008/09 (33 matches – conceded 11 goals)
  • 2007/08 – Best goalkeeper in Macedonian first league
  • 2008/09 – Best player in Macedonian first league

Personal life

His original name is Tome and not Tomislav which he is often called in error. The name Tome is usually a nickname from the name Tomislav, but in his case it's his real name.[6]

References

  1. ^ MacedonianFootball Profile
  2. ^ Tome Pachovski at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ Winter transfers of the 2003–04 First League of Serbia and Montenegro at dekisa.tripod.com
  4. ^ Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team - RSSSF
  5. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. ^ Tome Pachovski at MacedonianFootball.com

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Macedonia captain
2014–2015
Succeeded by
Goran Pandev