Kiril Simonovski Explained

Kiril Simonovski
Birth Date:19 October 1915
Birth Place:Skopje, Kingdom of Serbia[1]
Death Place:Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Position:Left defender
Youthclubs1:Jug Skopje
Years1:1938–1941
Years2:1942–1945
Years3:1945–1950
Years4:1950–1953
Clubs2:Makedonija Skopje
Clubs4:Vardar
Caps1:59
Goals1:1
Caps3:53
Goals3:18
Caps4:75
Goals4:21
Nationalyears1:1942
Nationalteam1:Bulgaria
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1946–1949
Nationalteam2:Yugoslavia
Nationalcaps2:10
Nationalgoals2:1
Manageryears1:1953–1954
Manageryears2:1955
Manageryears3:1956–1957
Manageryears4:1960–1962
Manageryears5:1963
Manageryears6:1969–1970
Managerclubs6:Partizan

Kiril Simonovski (Macedonian: Кирил Симоновски; 19 October 1915 – 12 June 1984) was a Macedonian footballer. He played top league football for Gragjanski Skopje, Macedonia Skopje, FK Vardar and FK Partizan.

Playing career

Club

He started playing football in a local club in Skopje named FK Jug, before moving to Gragjanski Skopje in 1938. In 1941, during World War II and the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, most of the region of the then Vardarska Banovina was occupied by the Bulgarian forces and in that period, Gragjanski was renamed to Makedonija Skopie. The club finished in second place in the 1942 Bulgarian State Championship, and during this period, Simonovski played two matches for the Bulgarian national team (as Kiril Simeonov).[2] At the end of the war, Simonovski moved to Belgrade and signed with newly formed FK Partizan where he will play all the way until 1950, winning two national championships and one cup.

International

It was in this period that he became the first Macedonian to play for the post-1945 Yugoslavia national team, having played a total of 10 matches and scored once.[3]

Managerial career

After retiring he became a coach. He coached FK Partizan, FK Vardar and Olympiacos F.C. among several other clubs in Yugoslavia, Greece and Cyprus.

Personal life

His brother Blagoje also played for Bulgaria.

Honours

Player

Partizan

1946–47, 1948–49

1946–47

Coach

Partizan

1957

Olympiacos

1961

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=Qy8WaU4FiL4C&dq=skopje+was+seized+by+bulgarian+1915&pg=PA48 Consumed by War: European Conflict in the 20th Century, Richard Cooper Hall, University Press of Kentucky, 2010
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/double-caps.html Players appearing for two or more countries
  3. Web site: Player Database. eu-football.info. 2020-05-03.