Aleksandar Trajkovski
Introduction '''Aleksandar Trajkovski''' (; born 5 September 1992) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays for Hajduk Split and the North Macedonia national team. Mainly a forward, he can also play as a winger or an attacking midfielder.
Club career Trajkovski began his career with FK Cementarnica 55.In May 2010, he joined Chelsea in a trial, scoring the winning goal against Botafogo at the U-19 Copa Amsterdam tournament which guaranteed Chelsea a place in the semi-finals.After a few years with Cementarnica Skopje, he signed for Inter Zaprešić in the summer of 2010.Good performances in the second half of the season attracted the interest of Dinamo Zagreb, but Trajkovski said that he was not interested in a possible move. At the end of the season, R.S.C. Anderlecht was interested in buying Trajkovski, but their offer of a €500,000 transfer fee was rejected. He joined the Belgian club Zulte Waregem for the new 2011–12 season after their offer of €1.1m was accepted by Inter Zaprešić.In the summer of 2015, he moved to Italian Serie A club Palermo, signing a five-year contract. In the same year, he was named "Macedonian footballer of the year". Following Palermo's exclusion from the Serie B, he was released together with all other players in July 2019.On 7 August 2019, Trajkovski agreed to a four-year contract with La Liga newcomers RCD Mallorca. After two seasons at Mallorca, Trajkovski was loaned out to Danish Superliga club AaB on 31 August 2021, for the rest of the season.On 30 January 2022, Trajkovski joined Saudi club Al-Fayha on an 18-month contract. On 19 May 2022, he won the 2022 King Cup Final with Al-Fayha against Al Hilal.
International career On 22 May 2012, the Macedonia U21 national team defeated the Netherlands 1–0 in a friendly, with the lone goal scored by Trajkovski.He made his senior debut for Macedonia on 10 August 2011 in a 1–0 friendly victory away to Azerbaijan, and scored his first goal two years and four days later to conclude a 2–0 home win over neighbours Bulgaria in another exhibition. He scored a hat-trick on 12 November 2015 in a 4–1 win over Montenegro at the Philip II Stadium in Skopje. Trajkovski was selected for UEFA Euro 2020, North Macedonia's first major tournament. On 24 March 2022, he scored a last-minute long-range goal in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoff semi-finals to beat Italy 1–0 at his former club ground in Palermo, eliminating Italy from the FIFA World Cup for a second consecutive time.
Career statistics ===Club===+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCementarnica 552009–102.MFL11200——112Inter Zaprešić2010–111.HNL15400——154Zulte Waregem2011–12Belgian Pro League17211—612442012–1319330—502732013–14200030—502014–15273413062406Total 65882601739613Mechelen (loan)2013–14Belgian Pro League16110—62233Palermo2015–16Serie A32311——3342016–1711100——1112017–18Serie B27423—403372018–1934820——368Total 1041654—4011320Mallorca2019–20La Liga14030——1702020–21Segunda División9021——111Total 23051——281Career total 234311976027528643===International===+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNorth Macedonia2011402012102013922014612015842016312017832018842019702020602021144202271202351Total8621:''Scores and results list North Macedonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Trajkovski goal. ''+ List of international goals scored by Aleksandar TrajkovskiNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  14 August 2013  Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia   2–0 2–0  Friendly2  6 September 2013   2–1 2–1  2014 FIFA World Cup qualification3  9 October 2014   1–0 3–2  UEFA Euro 2016 qualification4  27 March 2015   1–01–25 12 November 2015  2–0  4–1 Friendly6 3–07 4–08  2 June 2016   1–1 1–39  5 September 2017  Stadion Mladost, Strumica, Macedonia   1–1 1–1  2018 FIFA World Cup qualification10  6 October 2017  Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin, Italy   1–1 1–111  9 October 2017  Stadion Mladost, Strumica, Macedonia   2–0 4–012  27 March 2018  Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey   1–1 1–1  Friendly13 13 October 2018 Philip II Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia  1–0 4–1 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D14 2–015  19 November 2018   4–0 4–016  25 March 2021  Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania   2–2 2–3  2022 FIFA World Cup qualification17 28 March 2021 Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia  2–0 5–018 3–019  11 November 2021  Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia   1–0 5–020  24 March 2022  Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy   1–0 1–021  17 October 2023  Stadion Blagoj Istatov, Strumica, North Macedonia   1–0 3–1  Friendly
Honours '''Al-Fayha'''*King Cup: 2021–22
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External links * *  Profile at Macedonian Football * * LaLiga Profile