Stefan Ristovski

Not to be confused with Stefan Ristovski (footballer, born December 1992).

Stefan Ristovski (Macedonian: Стефан Ристовски; born 12 February 1992) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a right-back for Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo and the North Macedonia national team.

Stefan Ristovski

Ristovski with Rijeka in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Skopje, Macedonia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Sarajevo
Number	33
Youth career
	Vardar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Vardar	17	(1)
2010–2015	Parma	6	(0)
2011–2012	→ Crotone (loan)	1	(0)
2012	→ Frosinone (loan)	12	(0)
2012–2013	→ Bari (loan)	20	(0)
2013–2014	→ Latina (loan)	37	(3)
2015	→ Latina (loan)	19	(0)
2015–2017	Rijeka	68	(0)
2017–2021	Sporting CP	52	(0)
2021–2025	Dinamo Zagreb	120	(7)
2025–	Sarajevo	2	(1)
International career‡
2008–2009	Macedonia U19	6	(0)
2009–2014	Macedonia U21	20	(1)
2011–2023	North Macedonia	82	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 November 2023

Club career

Born in Skopje, Ristovski began his career at hometown club Vardar before he signed a five-year deal with Italian club Parma in January 2010. He was 17 at the time but the deal could not become official until he turned 18.^[2]

Ristovski joined Serie B club Crotone on loan on 6 July 2011. After not receiving much playing time, the loan was cancelled in the January 2012 and he was then loaned to Frosinone for the remainder of the campaign. On 5 July 2012, he was again sent on loan, to Serie B side Bari. He was then loaned out to Latina in the same division for the 2013–14 season, returning to them for a second time in January 2015.^[3] Before the bankruptcy of Parma, Ristovski was under contract with Parma until 30 June 2019.^[4]

In July 2015, Ristovski moved to Rijeka in Croatia.^[5][6] The transfer was facilitated through Rijeka's Italian partner club, Spezia. In order for Ristovski to remain eligible under Italy's non-EU quota, he was signed by Spezia on a free transfer and then loaned to Rijeka.^[7] On 7 August 2017, Ristovski signed with Sporting.^[8] On 2 February 2021, he signed for GNK Dinamo Zagreb.^[9] He made his debut for Dinamo on 13 February in a derby against Osijek. In his debut, he received two yellow cards and was sent off.

International career

Risovski in 2014 with Macedonia

Ristovski made his debut for Macedonia on 10 August 2011 in an away friendly against Azerbaijan and has, as of April 2020, earned a total of 52 caps, scoring 1 goal.^[10][11] He represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2020, their first major tournament.

Personal life

His younger brother Milan is also a professional footballer and North Macedonia international.^[12]

Ristovski also has a Portuguese citizenship, and his son was born in Portugal.^[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 August 2025^[14]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vardar	2008–09	1. MFL	6	0	—		—		—		—		6	0
	2009–10		11	1	—		—		—		—		11	1
	Total		17	1	—		—		—		—		17	1
Crotone (loan)	2011–12	Serie B	1	0	1	0	—		—		—		2	0
Frosinone (loan)	2011–12	Lega Pro	12	0	—		—		—		—		12	0
Bari (loan)	2012–13	Serie B	20	0	1	0	—		—		—		21	0
Latina (loan)	2013–14	Serie B	37	3	1	0	—		—		—		38	3
Parma	2014–15	Serie A	6	0	—		—		—		—		6	0
Latina (loan)	2014–15	Serie B	19	0	—		—		—		—		19	0
Rijeka	2015–16	Prva HNL	32	0	5	0	—		1[c]	0	—		38	0
	2016–17	Prva HNL	33	0	6	1	—		2[c]	0	—		41	1
	2017–18	Prva HNL	3	0	—		—		4[d]	1	—		7	1
	Total		68	0	11	1	—		7	1	—		86	2
Sporting (loan)	2017–18	Primeira Liga	8	0	7	0	1	0	7[e]	0	—		23	0
Sporting	2018–19	Primeira Liga	23	0	2	0	3	0	5[c]	0	—		33	0
	2019–20	Primeira Liga	21	0	0	0	3	0	2[c]	0	—		26	0
	Total		52	0	9	0	7	0	14	0	—		82	0
Dinamo Zagreb	2020–21	Prva HNL	8	0	2	0	—		6[c]	0	—		16	0
	2021–22		30	1	2	0	—		13[f]	0	—		45	1
	2022–23		28	4	2	0	—		11[d]	0	—		41	4
	2023–24		26	0	3	0	—		14[g]	0	1[h]	0	44	0
	2024–25		28	2	2	0	—		9[d]	0	—		39	2
	Total		120	7	11	0	—		53	0	1	0	185	7
Sarajevo	2025–26	Bosnian Premier League	2	1	0	0	—		2[i]	0	—		4	1
Career total			354	12	34	1	7	0	76	1	1	0	472	14

1. Includes Coppa Italia, Croatian Cup,Taça de Portugal
2. Includes Taça da Liga
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League; three appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League; seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
7. Four appearance in UEFA Champions League; two appearances in UEFA Europa League; eight appearances in UEFA Conference League
8. Appearance in Croatian Super Cup
9. Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of 29 March 2022

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Macedonia	2011	1	0
	2012	3	0
	2013	7	0
	2014	4	0
	2015	6	0
	2016	8	0
	2017	9	1
	2018	6	0
North Macedonia	2019	8	0
	2020	8	1
	2021	14	0
	2022	2	0
Total		76	2

As of match played 8 September 2020. North Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ristovski goal.^[15]

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

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 June 2017	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	33	Spain	1–2	1–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	8 September 2020	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia	54	Georgia	1–1	1–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Club

Rijeka

• Prva HNL: 2016–17
• Croatian Cup: 2016–17

Sporting CP

• Taça de Portugal: 2018–19
• Taça da Liga: 2017–18, 2018–19^[16]

Dinamo Zagreb

• Prva HNL: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Croatian Cup: 2020–21^[17] ,2023-24

Individual

• Croatian First Football League Team of the Year: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24