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Goce Sedloski

Sedloski pictured while a part of SV Mattersburg
Personal information
Full name	Goce Sedloski
Date of birth	(1974-04-10) 10 April 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Golemo Konjari, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia)
Height	1.88 m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Vardar (manager)
Youth career
0000–1994	Pobeda
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–1996	Pobeda	1	(0)
1996–1998	Hajduk Split	60	(7)
1998	Sheffield Wednesday	4	(0)
1998–2004	Dinamo Zagreb	121	(22)
2004	Vegalta Sendai	21	(3)
2005	Dinamo Zagreb	17	(2)
2005–2006	Diyarbakırspor	27	(3)
2006–2011	SV Mattersburg	134	(11)
Total		368	(43)
National team
1996–2010	Macedonia	100	(8)
Teams managed
2010–2013	SV Mattersburg (assistant)
2011–2012	Macedonia (assistant)
2012	Macedonia (caretaker)
2013–2014	Turnovo
2014–2015	Vardar (director of football)
2015–2017	Vardar
2018	Riga
2018–2019	Široki Brijeg
2020	Dinamo Zagreb II
2021–2023	Shkupi
2023	Vllaznia
2023–2024	Rabotnički
2024–	Vardar
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Goce Sedloski (Macedonian: Гоце Седлоски; born 10 April 1974) is a Macedonian professional football manager who is current manager Macedonian First Football League club Vardar and former player.

Playing as a central defender, he was the captain of the Macedonia national team, earning 100 caps for his country.

Club career

Sedloski started his professional career at Pobeda Prilep in 1994 and played two seasons for the club before leaving it for Hajduk Split from Croatia. After a season and half, he moved to English club Sheffield Wednesday and returned to Croatia after two half-seasons by signing with Dinamo Zagreb in January 1999. He played for Dinamo until June 2004 and moved then to Japanese club Vegalta Sendai, where he spent one half-season before returning to Dinamo in January 2005.

In July 2005, he signed with Turkish club Diyarbakirspor and spent one season with the club before leaving it for SV Mattersburg, where he signed a two-year contract. After leaving Mattersburg after 5 years in 2011, he finished his playing career.

He had the biggest success while playing for Dinamo Zagreb, winning the Croatian First League 3 times, the Croatian Cup 3 times and the Croatian Super Cup 2 times.

International career

Sedloski made his debut for the Macedonia national team in a March 1996 friendly match against Malta, earning a total of 100 caps and scoring 8 goals from then until 2010.

On 16 August 2006, Sedloski became the first player to score a goal in the Euro 2008 qualifying tournament, when Macedonia beat Estonia 1–0 in Tallinn. His final international was a May 2010 friendly against Azerbaijan.

Managerial career

Early career

Sedloski was assistant and interim coach for the Macedonian national team and also assistant coach at Austrian Bundesliga club SV Mattersburg.

Turnovo

In 2013 he became the new manager of Macedonian club Turnovo.

In his only season with the club he guided them to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round eliminating Lithuanian club Sūduva Marijampolė in the first qualifying round and after they were eliminated by Croatian club Hajduk Split in the second qualifying round.

He also guided the club to a 2nd-place finish in the Macedonian First League.

Vardar

Sedloski coached Macedonian club FK Vardar, joining the club in 2015 and resigning in August 2017. With Vardar he won two league titles and one supercup.

Riga

Sedloski was the manager of Latvian club Riga from January to May 2018. While at Riga, in 9 matches Sedloski won 4 matches, drew 1 and lost 4.

Široki Brijeg

Sedloski was named new the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Široki Brijeg on 31 August 2018 where he currently still is the manager. His first league win as Široki Brijeg's manager came on 23 September 2018, a 2–0 home win against newly promoted FK Zvijezda 09.

In the 2018–19 season, Sedloski led Široki Brijeg all the way to the 2018–19 Bosnian Cup final, where the club lost to FK Sarajevo in the two legged cup final 3–1 on aggregate (Sarajevo won 3–0 in Sarajevo and Široki Brijeg won 1–0 in Široki Brijeg). In the league, Široki Brijeg qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds by finishing on 3rd place.

On 23 July 2019, after a 0–1 home league loss against NK Čelik Zenica the day before, and after 2 consecutive UEFA Europa League losses against Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Kairat in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round, Sedloski decided to resign from the manager position of Široki Brijeg.

Career statistics

Club

International

As of match played 29 May 2010. North Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sedloski goal.

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

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 November 2002	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	40	Israel	2–3	2–3	Friendly
2	9 February 2003	Stadion Šubićevac, Šibenik, Croatia	41	Croatia	1–0	2–2	Friendly
3	7 June 2003	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	45	Liechtenstein	1–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4	11 June 2004	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	55	Estonia	1–0	4–2	Friendly
5	16 August 2006	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	69	Estonia	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
6	24 March 2007	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia	75	Croatia	1–0	1–2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
7	17 October 2007	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	79	Andorra	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
8	14 November 2009	Stadion Blagoj Istatov, Strumica, Croatia	97	Canada	1–0	3–0	Friendly

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Dinamo Zagreb

• Croatian First League: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03
• Croatian Cup: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04
• Croatian Super Cup: 2002, 2003

Manager

Vardar

• Macedonian First League: 2015–16, 2016–17
• Macedonian Supercup: 2015

Široki Brijeg

• Bosnian Cup runner up: 2018–19

See also

In Spanish: Goce Sedloski para niños

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps