Gjorgji Hristov

Georgi Hristov
Personal information
Full name	Georgi Hristov; Ѓорѓи Христов
Date of birth	30 January 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Bitola, SR Macedonia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Pelister
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1994	Pelister
1994–1997	Partizan
1997–2000	Barnsley
2000–2003	NEC
2003-2004	Zwolle
2005	Dunfermline
2005	Debrecen
2006	Hapoel Nazareth Illit
2006	Niki Volou
2007	Olympiakos Nicosia
2007-2008	Den Bosch
2008	Baku
Total
International career
1995–2005	Macedonia
Managerial career
2011–2012	Metalurg Skopje
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georgi Hristov (Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Христов, also romanized as Gjorgji Hristov; born 30 January 1976) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Hristov made 48 appearances and netted 18 goals for Macedonia between 1995 and 2005, being the second-highest scorer in the country's history.^[1]

Club career[edit]

Born in Bitola, Hristov started out with his hometown club Pelister, before transferring to Partizan in 1994. He spent the following three seasons with the Black-Whites, winning back-to-back championships in 1996 and 1997. In June 1997, Hristov was sold to English club Barnsley for a fee of £1.5 million.^[2] He scored 8 league goals in his debut season with the Tykes, as the club suffered relegation from the Premiership.^[3] In the following two years, Hristov missed a lot of games due to a knee injury, before eventually leaving the club in 2000. He subsequently joined Dutch club NEC Nijmegen,^[4] however the injury limited his physical ability. He moved to fellow Eredivisie side FC Zwolle in summer 2003.^[5]

International career[edit]

Hristov was capped 48 times for Macedonia, netting a goal on his debut in a 2–2 draw against Armenia on 10 May 1995. He scored a total of 16 goals for the national team, making him the second-highest scorer in the history of Macedonian football, only behind Goran Pandev. His final international was a March 2005 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Netherlands.^[6]

Managerial career[edit]

In October 2011, Hristov was appointed manager of Metalurg Skopje. He was released by the club in late 2012.

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Macedonia	1995	5	1
	1996	6	1
	1997	6	2
	1998	7	4
	1999	5	1
	2000	8	3
	2001	3	1
	2002	4	2
	2003	3	1
	2004	0	0
	2005	1	0
Total		48	16

Honours[edit]

Partizan

First League of FR Yugoslavia: 1995–96, 1996–97

References[edit]

^ "Macedonia - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
^ "Football: Gray begins managerial talks at Everton". The Independent. 16 June 1997. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
^ "Football: Barnsley defiant to the end". The Independent. 10 May 1998. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
^ NEC stats - NEC Archief
^ Hristov crosses to Zwolle - UEFA
^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

External links[edit]

Profile at MacedonianFootball.com (in English)
Gjorgji Hristov at Soccerway
Gjorgji Hristov – FIFA competition record (archived)
Gjorgji Hristov at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Macedonia - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

[2] "Football: Gray begins managerial talks at Everton". The Independent. 16 June 1997. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

[3] "Football: Barnsley defiant to the end". The Independent. 10 May 1998. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

[4] NEC stats - NEC Archief

[5] Hristov crosses to Zwolle - UEFA

[6] "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

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