Boban Georgiev

Boban Georgiev (Macedonian: Бобан Георгиев, born 26 January 1997) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays for FK Radnik Surdulica in the Serbian SuperLiga.

Boban Georgiev
Personal information
Full name Boban Georgiev
Date of birth (1997-01-26) 26 January 1997
Place of birth Shtip, North Macedonia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Left winger
Club information
Current team
 Radnik Surdulica
Number 7
Youth career
Metalurg Skopje
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Metalurg Skopje 2 (0)
2016–2017 Bregalnica 31 (6)
2017–2019 Sileks 63 (10)
2019– Radnik Surdulica 11 (3)
National team
2013 Macedonia U17 4 (0)
2017 Macedonia U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:41, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Club career

He made his senior debut with FK Metalurg Skopje in the 2014–15 Macedonian First Football League[1] but at time was still mostly used in the youth championship. In 2016, he signed to FK Bregalnica Štip, where his patience of being mostly reserve during first season (2 appearances only), paid off, as in 2016–17 Macedonian First Football League he became standard first-team player and scored 6 goals in 29 appearances.[1] However, Macedonian league is formed of just 10 teams, and Bregalnica was relegated as it finished 9th, so Georgiev's boost during the season made it highly improbable for the young talent to play in second league, so in summer 2017 he signed with FK Sileks, a mid-table team.[1] Despite interest of bigger clubs, those were giving priority to experienced players, while Sileks granted him playtime since the very beginning. After another mid-table season, Georgiev enjoyed being a regular and making another consecutive season with 29 league appearances.[1] His position in Sileks grew even stronger in the second season in the club by making 34 league appearances crowned with 8 goals.[1] His performance didn't passed unnoticed, and, despite Sileks avoided relegation at the play-off´s, Georgiev felt it was time for new greater challenges, and by end of June 2019, he signed with Serbian side FK Radnik Surdulica.[2] Georgiev signing was soon followed by his compatriot Nikola Bogdanovski, and the two will join the already well established Zoran Danoski. Georgiev made his debut for Radnik in a 4-0 home victory over FK Spartak Subotica, scoring two goals.[3][1]

International career

Georgiev made his international debut in 2013 for the Macedonia under-17 team at the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifiers.[4] At time he hadn't even made his senior debut at club level, but his talent stood up. Afterwards, an option to choose mid-table Macedonian clubs such as Bregalnica or Sileks to gain more playing time, cost him to sacrifice to fight for national team spots, which inevitably coaches give preference to either foreign-based, or big clubs reserves talents. However, his performance in 2017 was impossible to be ignored and he returns to the national team, this time U-21 in their 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers.[1]

Career statistics
As of 14 August 2019[5]
Club Season League League National Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FK Metalurg Skopje 2014-15 Macedonian First League 2 0 0 0 2 0
FK Bregalnica Štip 2015-16 Macedonian First League 2 0 0 0 2 0
2016-17 Macedonian First League 29 6 3 1 32 7
Total 31 6 3 1 34 7
FK Sileks 2017-18 Macedonian First League 29 2 0 0 29 2
2018-19 Macedonian First League 35 10 2 0 37 10
Total 64 12 2 0 66 12
FK Radnik Surdulica 2019-20 Serbian SuperLiga 3 2 0 0 3 2
Career total 100 20 5 1 105 21
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References
  1. Boban Georgiev at Soccerway
  2. Бобан Георгиев пред трансфер во Радник Сурдулица at makfudbal.mk, 26-6-2019, retrieved 27-7-2019 (in Macedonian)
  3. Boban Georgiev at superliga.rs (in Serbian)
  4. Boban Georgiev at UEFA.com
  5. "North Macedonia - B. Georgiev - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
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