Darko Velkovski

Darko Velkovski (Macedonian: Дарко Велковски; born 21 June 1995) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a centre-back or as a defensive midfielder for Hungarian club Nyíregyháza Spartacus and the North Macedonia national team.

Darko Velkovski

Velkovski with Vardar in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Darko Velkovski
Date of birth	(1995-06-21) 21 June 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Skopje, Macedonia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Nyíregyháza Spartacus
Number	21
Youth career
0000–2011	Makedonija Gjorche Petrov
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2015	Rabotnički	109	(11)
2015–2018	Vardar	53	(1)
2018–2022	Rijeka	62	(1)
2022–2023	Al-Ettifaq	15	(0)
2024	Dinamo Bucureşti	16	(1)
2025–	Nyíregyháza Spartacus	3	(0)
International career‡
2011–2013	Macedonia U17	9	(2)
2012–2013	Macedonia U18	1	(0)
2012–2013	Macedonia U19	10	(4)
2014	Macedonia U20	1	(0)
2013–2017	Macedonia U21	20	(2)
2014–	North Macedonia	55	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2025

Club career

Dinamo București

On 3 January 2024, Dinamo București announced the signing of Velkovski, who prior to this was a free agent for more than 6 months.^[1] Velkovski made his debut for the team on 27 January 2024, in the 1-2 loss against Rapid București.^[2] On 12 February 2024, he scored his first goal for the club, in the 2-0 away win against champions Farul Constanța.^[3] For this performance, he was selected in the Liga 1 Team of the Week.^[4]

He was released by Dinamo in June 2024.

International career

He made his senior debut for North Macedonia in a June 2014 friendly match against China and as of then, he has earned a total of 41 caps, scoring 3 goals.^[5][6][7]

On 8 October 2020, he scored his first national goal against Kosovo in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs.

International stats

International

As of match played 10 June 2024^[8]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
North Macedonia[a]
	2014	2	0
	2015	1	0
	2016	1	0
	2017	5	0
	2018	2	0
	2019	8	0
	2020	7	1
	2021	12	2
	2022	7	0
	2023	3	0
	2024	3	0
Total		51	3

1. North Macedonia was known as Macedonia until 2019

As of match played 8 October 2021. North Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Velkovski goal.^[9]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 October 2020	Toshe Proeski Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	22	Kosovo	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs
2	5 September 2021	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	33	Iceland	1–0	2–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	8 October 2021	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	35	Liechtenstein	1–0	4–0

Honours

Rabotnički

• 1. MFL: 2013–14
• Macedonian Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15

Vardar

• 1. MFL: 2015–16, 2016–17

Rijeka

• Croatian Cup: 2018–19, 2019–20
• Croatian Super Cup runner-up: 2019