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Kris Trajanovski
Personal information
Date of birth	19 February 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Geelong SC
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Altona
1989–1990	AIS
1990–1992	Preston Makedonia
1992	Rockdale Ilinden
1993–1994	Sydney Olympic
1994	Happy Valley
1994–1995	South China
1995–1997	Sydney Olympic
1997–1998	Adelaide City
1998–2001	Marconi
2001–2003	Brisbane Strikers
2003	Tanjong Pagar United
2003–2004	Melbourne Knights
2004	Whittlesea Stallions
2005–2008	White City Woodville
2009	Seaford Rangers
2010–2012	Adelaide Cobras
International career‡
1991	Australia U-20
1996–1998	Australia
Managerial career
2011–2012	Adelaide Cobras
Medal record
Representing Australia
Men's Association football
OFC Nations Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 September 2011; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 August 2011

Kris Trajanovski (born 19 February 1972 in Geelong, Victoria) is an Australian association football player and coach.

Playing career

Club career

After playing with Altona Magic in the Victorian State League, Trajanovski attended the Australian Institute of Sport in 1989.^[2] In 1991, he joined National Soccer League team Preston Makedonia. He then joined Rockdale Ilinden in the New South Wales State League in 1992.^[2]^[3]

Trajanovski joined Hong Kong team Happy Valley for the final six matches of the 1992–93 Hong Kong First Division League season.^[4]

He returned to Hong Kong for the 1994–95 Hong Kong First Division League season, playing for South China.

Returning to Australia, he joined NSL club Sydney Olympic in 1995. After two seasons with Olympic he moved to Adelaide City for the 1997–98 NSL season. 1998 saw a move to Marconi where he stayed until 2001. Again moving, he signed for Brisbane Strikers and played two seasons in the Queensland capital. In 2003, he joined Singapore club Tanjong Pagar United. In November 2003 he returned to Australia to play for Melbourne Knights during the 2003–04 NSL season.^[3]

His career at national league level finished with the demise of the National Soccer League in 2004. Between 1991 and 2004 he played 314 NSL games, scoring 90 goals. Despite stepping away from the national stage he continued to play state league football. In 2004, he joined Whittlesea in the Victorian Premier League and later had a stint with Seaford Rangers in the South Australian Premier League.^[5]

As of March 2011 he was a playing-coach with the Adelaide Cobras in the South Australian Premier League.

International career

In 1991 Trajanovski was a member of the Australian under-20 team at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal. He played in four matches at the tournament, including the semi-final against eventual champions Portugal.^[6]^[7]

In 1996 Trajanovski played for Indonesia in an exhibition match against Sampdoria in Jakarta.^[8]

Trajanovski made his debut for Australia in 1996 against Kenya in Pretoria. Despite scoring in only three full international matches for the Socceroos, each time he scored a hat-trick. The first hat-trick was in the first leg of the 1996 OFC Nations Cup final against Tahiti in Papeete when he scored four of Australia's six goals. In the second leg of the final in Canberra he scored three goals to lead Australia to an 11–0 aggregate win. His third hat-trick was almost two years later in September 1998. Playing against Cook Islands he scored three or four goals^[1] as a substitute in Australia's 16–0 win.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Coaching career

In 2011 Trajanovski was appointed coach of Adelaide Cobras in the South Australian Premier League.^[12]

Career Statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[13]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Australia	1996	3	7
	1997	6	0
	1998	7	4
Total		16	11

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Trajanovski goal.

List of international goals scored by Kris Trajanovski
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	26 October 1996	Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti	Tahiti	3–0	6–0	1996 OFC Nations Cup	^[14]
2				4–0
3				5–0
4				6–0
5	1 November 1996	Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia	Tahiti	2–0	5–0	1996 OFC Nations Cup	^[15]
6				4–0
7				5–0
8	28 September 1998	Lang Park, Brisbane, Australia	Cook Islands	9–0	16–0	1998 OFC Nations Cup	^[16]
9				12–0
10				13–0
11				15–0

Honours

Australia

OFC Nations Cup: 1996;^[17] runner-up 198^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b Sources differ over number of goals scored against Cook Islands. FFA records his career total as ten with three scored against Cook Islands, while his OzFootball profile shows him scoring ten career goals and four against Cook Islands.
^ ^a ^b Lynch, Michael (29 November 2003). "Struggling Knights aim to rebound". The Age. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Trajanovski, Kris". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
^ Walker, Jeremy (19 December 1993). "Hong Kong soccer's top 10". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
^ "Whittlesea Stallions – 2004 Playing Roster". OzFootball. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
^ "FIFA Player Statistics: Kris TRAJANOVSKI". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
^ "Portugal 1991: Back-to-back triumph for hosts". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
^ Hay, Roy (13 September 2010). "The Italian Jobs". Goal Weekly. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1998". OzFootball. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
^ The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains. Football Federation Australia. pp. 20, 31, 32.
^ "Oceania's Championship – The Future has only just begun". FIFA. 31 October 1997. Retrieved 23 March 2011.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "NEWS ON SENIOR COACHES FOR 2011". Adelaide Cobras Football Club. Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
^ "Kris Trajanovski". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ "Tahiti vs. Australia". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ "Australia vs. Tahiti". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ "Australia vs. Cook Islands". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ "Oceania Nations Cup 1996". Retrieved 14 October 2024.
^ "Oceania Nations Cup 1998". Retrieved 14 October 2024.