Blagoje Istatov

Blagoj Istatov (Macedonian: Благој Истатов; 5 April 1947 – 27 September 2018) was a Macedonian football goalkeeper and coach.

Blagoj Istatov
Personal information
Full name Blagoj Istatov
Благој Истатов
Date of birth (1947-04-05)5 April 1947
Place of birth Strumica, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death 27 September 2018(2018-09-27) (aged 71)
Place of death Strumica, Macedonia
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1968 Belasica 42 (0)
1968–1973 Pobeda Prilep 31 (0)
1973–1976 Partizan Belgrade 44 (0)
1976–1978 Utrecht 62 (0)
Teams managed
Belasica
1996–1999 Macedonia (goalkeeper coach)
1997 Skopje
2001–2003 Vardar Skopje (assistant)
2003–2004 Kastoria (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

During his career, he played for FK Belasica, FK Pobeda, Belgrade's FK Partizan, winning with them the 1975–76 Yugoslav First League, and with Dutch FC Utrecht. He made his Eredivisie debut for Utrecht in August 1976 against Feyenoord. He went on to play over 60 games in two seasons for them.[1]

His name was often misspelled as Blagoje (the Serbian language variant) or by the more traditional Macedonian language variant of Blagoja.

References

  1. Oud-speler Blagoje Istatov overleden - FC Utrecht (in Dutch)

External sources


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