Kristijan Trapanovski

Kristijan Trapanovski (Macedonian: Кристијан Трапановски; born 14 August 1999) is a Macedonian professional footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premiership club Dundee United as a left winger.^[1]

Kristijan Trapanovski

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Bitola, Macedonia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left winger
Team information
Current team	Dundee United
Number	7
Youth career
2013–2015	Akademija Pandev
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Akademija Pandev
2017–2020	Slavia Prague B	9	(0)
2018	→ Tatran Prešov (loan)	4	(0)
2018–2019	→ Viktoria Žižkov (loan)	9	(0)
2019–2020	→ Podbrezová (loan)	10	(2)
2020	Akademija Pandev	15	(1)
2020–2024	Shkupi	101	(15)
2024–	Dundee United	29	(3)
International career‡
	North Macedonia U17	9	(0)
2017–2018	North Macedonia U19	20	(1)
2018–2020	North Macedonia U21	13	(0)
2022–	North Macedonia	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2020

Club career

Born in Bitola, Trapanovski started playing football for the youth team of Akademija Pandev until the summer in 2015, when he got promoted to the senior team of the club, competing in the Macedonian Third League. He performed at Akademija Pandev for two consecutive seasons and helped the team advance from the third to the first division within only two years. Then, in the summer of 2017, after reaching the top Macedonian tier he decided to continue his career abroad by signing for SK Slavia Prague.^[2] Four months later, on 28 February 2018, he got loaned to Slovakian side FC Tatran Prešov^[3] to get some playing experience on senior level playing in the first Slovak division. During the six-month loan he made four appearances for the club, in all of them coming in as a substitute from the bench.^[4] Kristijan joined Dundee United in June 2024 after a lengthy wait for a work permit.^[5]

International career

Trapanovski has been a regular member of Macedonian U-17 and U-19 national teams.^[6] On 24 May 2018 he also made his debut for Macedonia U-21 in a friendly match against Azerbaijan.^[7]