Ljubomir Ristovski

Ljubomir Ristovski (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир Ристовски; born 29 November 1969) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

Ljubomir Ristovski

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-11-29) 29 November 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1993	Novi Sad
1993–1995	Borac Čačak	25	(0)
1995–1996	União da Madeira	26	(0)
1996–1999	Penafiel	74	(3)
1999	Hajduk Kula	13	(0)
1999–2001	Nacional da Madeira	24	(1)
2001–2002	Câmara de Lobos	28	(0)
2002–2003	Santacruzense
Total		190	(4)
Managerial career
2004–2005	Cement Beočin
2006–2007	Radnički Sombor
2007	Inđija
2008	Veternik
2009–2010	Proleter Novi Sad
2010–2011	Spartak Subotica
2011	Vojvodina
2011–2012	Novi Pazar
2013	Smederevo
2013	Donji Srem
2015	Kabuscorp
2016	Khon Kaen United
2018	Navy
2019	Sukhothai
2021	Zlatibor Čajetina
2021–2022	Mladost Novi Sad
2022–2023	Mladost Novi Sad
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

After coming through the youth system of Vojvodina, Ristovski played for Novi Sad in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia. He switched to league rivals Borac Čačak in 1993, helping them earn promotion to the First League. In 1995, Ristovski moved abroad to Portugal and signed with União da Madeira. He later went on to play for Penafiel (1996–1999) and Nacional da Madeira (1999–2001).

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Ristovski began his managerial career at Cement Beočin in July 2004. He also served as manager of Proleter Novi Sad, before signing with Serbian SuperLiga club Spartak Subotica in December 2010. In June 2011, Ristovski took charge of Vojvodina. He resigned from his position after just two months due to poor results.^[1] In September 2011, Ristovski was appointed as manager of Novi Pazar, but was replaced by Dragoljub Bekvalac in April 2012.^[2]

Honours

Proleter Novi Sad

• Serbian League Vojvodina: 2008–09

Mladost Novi Sad

• Serbian First League: 2021–22