Igor Mitreski

Igor Mitreski (Macedonian: Игор Митрески; born 19 February 1979) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Igor Mitreski

Mitreski in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	(1979-02-19) 19 February 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Struga, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1995	FK Makedonija
1995–1998	Karaorman
1998–1999	Napredok
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	Sileks	34	(0)
2001–2004	Spartak Moscow	85	(0)
2005	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	12	(0)
2006	Beitar Jerusalem	10	(1)
2006–2010	Energie Cottbus	76	(0)
2009	→ Beerschot (loan)	16	(0)
2010	CSKA Sofia	4	(0)
2010–2014	Neftchi Baku	101	(1)
Total		338	(2)
International career
2001–2011	Macedonia	70	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Mitreski was born in Struga. In early 2005, he was recognized as a featured member of Bayern Munich and later was near to signing for Portsmouth.^{[citation needed]} On 6 November he was suspended from the first team from Energie Cottbus. On 9 January 2009, he was loaned out to the Belgian team Germinal Beerschot.^[1]

One year later, in January 2010, Bulgarian CSKA Sofia signed Mitreski to a two-year deal for a €300,000.

Mitreski and CSKA Sofia mutually agreed to terminate Mitreski's contract as he was no longer in their plans and Mitreski no longer had the desire to play for CSKA Sofia.

Mitreski signed a two-year deal with Neftchi Baku from Azerbaijan on 9 July 2010.

International career

Mitreski made his debut for the Macedonian national team in 2001 in a friendly game against the Czech Republic, and has earned 70 caps in which he scored one goal.^[2] His final international was an October 2011 European Championship qualification match against Armenia.^[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[4][5][6][7]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sileks	1999–2000	1. MFL	23	0	0	0	—		2	0	25	0
	2000–01		11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
	Total		34	0	0	0	—		2	0	36	0
Spartak Moscow	2001	Russian Premier League	27	0	1	0	—		10	0	38	0
	2002		27	0	1	0	—		6	0	34	0
	2003		16	0	3	0	—		4	0	23	0
	2004		15	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	23	0
	Total		85	0	6	0	1	0	26	0	118	0
Metalurh Zaporizhya	2005–06	Ukrainian Premier League	12	0	0	0	—		—		12	0
Beitar Jerusalem	2005–06	Israeli Premier League	10	1	2	1	0	0	—		12	2
Energie Cottbus	2006–07	Bundesliga	27	0			—		—		27	0
	2007–08		32	0			—		—		32	0
	2008–09		4	0			—		—		4	0
	2009–10	2. Bundesliga	13	0	2	0	—		—		15	0
	Total		76	0			—		—		76	0
Beerschot (Loan)	2008–09	Belgian Pro League	16	0			—		—		16	0
CSKA Sofia	2009–10	A PFG	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
Neftchi Baku	2010–11	APL	30	1	3	0	—		—		33	1
	2011–12		27	0	6	0	—		1	0	35	10
	2012–13		27	0	4	0	—		11	0	45	8
	2013–14		17	0	1	0	—		2	0	20	0
	Total		101	1	14	0	—		14	0	129	1
Career total			338	2	22	1	—		42	0	403	3

1. Includes Macedonian Cup, Russian Cup, Ukrainian Cup, Israel State Cup, DFB-Pokal, Belgian Cup, Bulgarian Cup, Azerbaijan Cup
2. Includes Super Cup, Toto Cup

Honours

Spartak Moscow

• Russian Premier League: 2001
• Russian Cup: 2003

Neftchi Baku

• Azerbaijan Premier League: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
• Azerbaijan Cup: 2012–13