Goce Sedloski

Goce Sedloski
Sedloski pictured while a part of SV Mattersburg
Personal information
Full name Goce Sedloski
Date of birth (1974-04-10) 10 April 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Golemo Konjari, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia
(now North Macedonia)
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Vardar (manager)
Youth career
–1994 Pobeda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Pobeda 1 (0)
1996–1998 Hajduk Split 60 (7)
1998 Sheffield Wednesday 4 (0)
1998–2004 Dinamo Zagreb 121 (22)
2004 Vegalta Sendai 21 (3)
2005 Dinamo Zagreb 17 (2)
2005–2006 Diyarbakırspor 27 (3)
2006–2011 SV Mattersburg 134 (11)
Total 368 (43)
International career
1996–2010 Macedonia 100 (8)
Managerial career
2010–2013 SV Mattersburg (assistant)
2011–2012 Macedonia (assistant)
2012 Macedonia (caretaker)
2013–2014 Turnovo
2014–2015 Vardar (director of football)
2015–2017 Vardar
2018 Riga
2018–2019 Široki Brijeg
2020 Dinamo Zagreb II
2021–2023 Shkupi
2023 Vllaznia
2023–2024 Rabotnički
2024– Vardar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Goce Sedloski (Macedonian: Гоце Седлоски; born 10 April 1974) is a Macedonian professional football manager who is current manager Macedonian First Football League club Vardar and former player.

Playing as a central defender, he was the captain of the Macedonia national team, earning 100 caps for his country.

Club career

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

In July 2005, he signed with 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 League 3 times, the Croatian Cup 3 times and the Croatian Super Cup 2 times.

International career

Sedloski made his debut for the Macedonia national team in a March 1996 friendly match against Malta, earning a total of 100 caps and scoring 8 goals from then until 2010.[1]

On 16 August 2006, Sedloski became the first player to score a goal in the Euro 2008 qualifying tournament, when Macedonia beat Estonia 1–0 in Tallinn. His final international was a May 2010 friendly against Azerbaijan.[2]

Managerial career

Early career

Sedloski was assistant and interim coach for the Macedonian national team and also assistant coach at Austrian Bundesliga club SV Mattersburg.

Turnovo

In 2013 he became the new manager of Macedonian club Turnovo.

In his only season with the club he guided them to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round eliminating Lithuanian club Sūduva Marijampolė in the first qualifying round and after they were eliminated by Croatian club Hajduk Split in the second qualifying round.

He also guided the club to a 2nd-place finish in the 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.[3][4]

Riga

Sedloski was the manager of Latvian club Riga from January to May 2018.[5] While at Riga, in 9 matches Sedloski won 4 matches, drew 1 and lost 4.

Široki Brijeg

Sedloski was named new the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Široki Brijeg on 31 August 2018 where he currently still is the manager.[6] 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.[7]

In the 2018–19 season, Sedloski led Široki Brijeg all the way to the 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).[8] In the league, Široki Brijeg qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds by finishing on 3rd place.[9]

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, Sedloski decided to resign from the manager position of Široki Brijeg.[10]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[11]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hajduk Split 1996–97 Prva HNL 29 1 29 1
1997–98 14 1 14 1
Croatia 43 2 43 2
Sheffield Wednesday 1997–98 Premier League 4 0 4 0
Dinamo Zagreb[c] 1998–99 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
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
SV Mattersburg 2006–07 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
Total 134 9 134 9
Career total 366 40 1 0 367 40
  1. ^ Includes Croatian Cup, FA Cup, Emperor's Cup, Turkish Cup, Austrian Cup
  2. ^ Includes Football League Cup, J.League Cup
  3. ^ "Croatia Zagreb" until 1999

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[12]
National team Year Apps Goals
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
Total 100 8
As of match played 29 May 2010. North Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sedloski goal.[13]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 November 2002 Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia 40  Israel 2–3 2–3 Friendly
2 9 February 2003 Stadion Šubićevac, Šibenik, Croatia 41  Croatia 1–0 2–2 Friendly
3 7 June 2003 Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia 45  Liechtenstein 1–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4 11 June 2004 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 55  Estonia 1–0 4–2 Friendly
5 16 August 2006 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 69  Estonia 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
6 24 March 2007 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia 75  Croatia 1–0 1–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
7 17 October 2007 Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia 79  Andorra 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
8 14 November 2009 Stadion Blagoj Istatov, Strumica, Croatia 97  Canada 1–0 3–0 Friendly


Managerial statistics

As of 10 December 2023[14]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Macedonia 15 August 2012 15 August 2012 1 1 0 0 100.00
Turnovo 17 September 2013 15 July 2014 33 18 6 9 054.55
Vardar 27 July 2015 15 August 2017 75 52 14 9 069.33
Riga 27 January 2018 24 May 2018 9 4 1 4 044.44
Široki Brijeg 31 August 2018 22 July 2019 39 18 12 9 046.15
Dinamo Zagreb II 13 April 2020 14 October 2020 17 9 2 6 052.94
Shkupi 16 April 2021 21 March 2023 72 39 19 14 054.17
Vllaznia 4 April 2023 30 June 2023 11 3 4 4 027.27
Rabotnički 14 November 2023 2 April 2024 11 2 2 7 018.18
Total 251 139 56 56 055.38

Honours

Player

Dinamo Zagreb

Manager

Vardar

Široki Brijeg

See also

References

  1. ^ RSSSF. "Macedonia - Record International Players".
  2. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. ^ Olivari, Davorin (17 August 2017). "GOCE SEDLOSKI POSLAO NAJLJEPŠU PORUKU NAVIJAČIMA DINAMA 'Ma Dinamo to prolazi bez problema! Kvalitetniji je, igra sve bolje...'". Sportske Novosti. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Vardar Fenerbahçe maçı ne zaman saat kaçta hangi kanalda?". hurriyet.com.tr. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ^ ""Riga" FC vadīs Maķedonijas čempions Sedloskis". Riga FC. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. ^ A. Pašić (31 August 2018). "Sedloski i zvanično na Pecari, potpisao dvogodišnji ugovor" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  7. ^ M. Šljivak (23 September 2018). "Široki jedva probio bunker Zvijezde 09" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  8. ^ E.B. (15 May 2019). "FK Sarajevo osvojio Kup Bosne i Hercegovine" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  9. ^ "2018/19 Premier League BiH stats". rezultati.com (in Bosnian). Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  10. ^ E. Čaušević (23 July 2019). "Goce Sedloski više nije trener NK Široki Brijeg" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Goce Sedloski". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  12. ^ Goce Sedloski international appearances at rsssf.org
  13. ^ Goce Sedloski at Soccerway
  14. ^ "Goce Sedloski". Sofascore (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 December 2023.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Macedonia captain
2004–2009 		Succeeded by