Dragan Čadikovski Explained

Dragan Čadikovski
Birth Date:13 January 1982
Birth Place:Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height:1.90 m
Position:Striker
Youthclubs1:Kolubara
Youthclubs2:Obilić
Years1:2001–2004
Clubs1:Publikum Celje
Caps1:76
Goals1:22
Years2:2005–2007
Clubs2:Zenit St Petersburg
Caps2:4
Goals2:1
Years3:2006–2007
Clubs3:Publikum Celje (loan)
Caps3:21
Goals3:7
Years4:2007
Clubs4:Maribor
Caps4:12
Goals4:3
Years5:2008
Clubs5:Partizan
Caps5:13
Goals5:2
Years6:2009–2010
Clubs6:Incheon United
Caps6:22
Goals6:4
Years7:2010
Clubs7:Celje
Caps7:10
Goals7:4
Years8:2011
Clubs8:Rudar Velenje
Caps8:16
Goals8:5
Years9:2011
Clubs9:Olimpija Ljubljana
Caps9:13
Goals9:2
Years10:2012
Clubs10:Koper
Caps10:11
Goals10:5
Years11:2013
Clubs11:Domžale
Caps11:13
Goals11:2
Years12:2013
Clubs12:Celje
Caps12:13
Goals12:2
Years13:2014
Clubs13:Radnički Kragujevac
Caps13:12
Goals13:0
Years14:2014–2015
Clubs14:Kolubara
Caps14:24
Goals14:7
Years15:2015
Clubs15:Velež Mostar
Caps15:7
Goals15:0
Years16:2016
Clubs16:Gleinstätten
Caps16:8
Goals16:5
Years17:2016–2019
Clubs17:Kolubara
Caps17:62
Goals17:14
Years18:2020
Clubs18:TEK Sloga
Years19:2022
Clubs19:USV Wies
Nationalyears1:2004–2005
Nationalteam1:Macedonia
Nationalcaps1:8
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:2020–2021
Managerclubs1:Kolubara (assistant)

Dragan Čadikovski (; born 13 January 1982) is a Serbian-born Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He also holds Slovenian citizenship.[1]

Club career

After starting out at Kolubara, Čadikovski moved abroad to Slovenia and joined Publikum Celje in the summer of 2001. He spent three and a half seasons at the club, scoring 22 league goals and earning a transfer to Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg in the 2004–05 winter transfer window.[2]

In January 2008, Čadikovski returned to his country of birth and signed a three-year contract with Partizan.[3] He helped the team win the double in the remainder of the season. A year after joining Partizan, Čadikovski was transferred to K League side Incheon United.

International career

He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a January 2004 friendly match away against China and has earned a total of 8 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a February 2005 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Andorra in Skopje.[4] [5]

Coaching career

On 13 January 2020, Čadikovski announced his retirement from professional football. Čadikovski, however, continued for FK Kolubara as a youth coach and assistant coach of the clubs first team.[6] During 2020, he also played matches with FK TEK Sloga.[7]

Statistics

ClubSeasonLeague
AppsGoals
Publikum Celje2001–02184
2002–03267
2003–04208
2004–05123
Zenit Saint Petersburg200541
200600
Publikum Celje (loan)2006–07217
Maribor2007–08123
Partizan2007–0872
2008–0960
Incheon United2009184
201040
Celje2010–11104
Rudar Velenje2010–11165
Olimpija Ljubljana2011–12132
Koper2012–13115
Domžale2012–13132
Celje2013–14132
Radnički Kragujevac2013–14120
Kolubara2014–15247
Velež Mostar2015–1670
Gleinstätten2015–1685
Kolubara2016–17200
2017–18236
2018–19198
Career total33785

Honours

Partizan

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Državljanstvo tudi za Čadikovskega . Slovenian . nogomania.com . 14 September 2012 . 21 December 2013.
  2. Web site: Zenit sign highly-rated pair . UEFA. 24 December 2004 . 5 September 2019.
  3. Web site: Potpisao Čadikovski . Serbian . partizan.rs . 10 January 2008 . 5 September 2019 .
  4. Web site: Player Database. eu-football.info. 2020-03-03.
  5. Web site: Čadikovski za jači napad . Serbian . blic.rs . 11 January 2008 . 21 December 2013 . 24 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224110942/http://sport.blic.rs/Fudbal/26337/Cadikovski-za-jaci-napad . dead .
  6. https://abnews.ru/2020/01/13/eks-futbolist-zenita-i-sbornoj-makedonii-chadikovski-zavershil-kareru/ Экс-футболист «Зенита» и сборной Македонии Чадиковски завершил карьеру
  7. https://www.geminfo.rs/cadikovski-predvodi-energeticare/ Čadikovski predvodi „energetičare