Darko Velkovski

Darko Velkovski
	Velkovski with Vardar in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Darko Velkovski
Date of birth	21 June 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Skopje, Macedonia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
0000–2011	Makedonija Gjorche Petrov
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2015	Rabotnički
2015–2018	Vardar
2018–2022	Rijeka
2022–2023	Al-Ettifaq
2024	Dinamo Bucureşti
International career‡
2011–2013	Macedonia U17
2012–2013	Macedonia U18
2012–2013	Macedonia U19
2014	Macedonia U20
2013–2017	Macedonia U21
2014–	North Macedonia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2024

Darko Velkovski (Macedonian: Дарко Велковски; born 21 June 1995) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a centre-back or as a defensive midfielder for the North Macedonia national team.

Club career

Dinamo București

On 3 January 2024, Dinamo București announced the signing of Velkovski, who prior to this was a free agent for more than 6 months.^[1] Velkovski made his debut for the team on 27 January 2024, in the 1-2 loss against Rapid București.^[2] On 12 February 2024, he scored his first goal for the club, in the 2-0 away win against champions Farul Constanța.^[3] For this performance, he was selected in the Liga 1 Team of the Week.^[4]

He was released by Dinamo in June 2024.

International career

He made his senior debut for North Macedonia in a June 2014 friendly match against China and as of then, he has earned a total of 41 caps, scoring 3 goals.^[5]^[6]^[7]

International stats

International

As of match played 10 June 2024^[8]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
North Macedonia^[a]
	2014	2	0
	2015	1	0
	2016	1	0
	2017	5	0
	2018	2	0
	2019	8	0
	2020	7	1
	2021	12	2
	2022	7	0
	2023	3	0
	2024	3	0
Total		51	3

^ North Macedonia was known as Macedonia until 2019

As of match played 8 October 2021. North Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Velkovski goal.^[9]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 October 2020	Toshe Proeski Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	22	Kosovo	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs
2	5 September 2021	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	33	Iceland	1–0	2–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	8 October 2021	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	35	Liechtenstein	1–0	4–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Rabotnički

Vardar

1. MFL: 2015–16, 2016–17

Rijeka

Croatian Cup: 2018–19, 2019–20
Croatian Super Cup runner-up: 2019

References

^ "Dinamo a anunțat primul transfer al anului: fundaș central cu o cotă de 1,8 milioane!". gsp.ro.
^ "Dinamo București 1–2 Rapid București". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ "Farul Constanța 0–2 Dinamo București". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ "Echipa etapei a 25-a". lpf.ro. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team - RSSSF
^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "Darko Velkovski in Rijeka". goal.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018.
^ "Darko Velkovski". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ Darko Velkovski at Soccerway

External links

Profile at Macedonian Football (in English)
Darko Velkovski at Soccerway
Darko Velkovski at National-Football-Teams.com

[9] North Macedonia was known as Macedonia until 2019

[1] "Dinamo a anunțat primul transfer al anului: fundaș central cu o cotă de 1,8 milioane!". gsp.ro.

[2] "Dinamo București 1–2 Rapid București". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

[3] "Farul Constanța 0–2 Dinamo București". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

[4] "Echipa etapei a 25-a". lpf.ro. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

[5] Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team - RSSSF

[6] "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[7] "Darko Velkovski in Rijeka". goal.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018.

[NT_Teams-8] "Darko Velkovski". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

[SW-10] Darko Velkovski at Soccerway

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