Aleksandar Mitreski

Aleksandar Mitreski

Mitreski with 1. FC Köln
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandar Mitreski Александар Митрески
Date of birth	(1980-08-05) 5 August 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Ohrid, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	FC Ohrid
	SC Ittigen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2002	Young Boys	86	(1)
2002–2006	Grasshoppers	103	(3)
2006–2008	1. FC Köln	55	(0)
2008–2009	1. FC Nürnberg	2	(0)
2009–2010	FC Sion	18	(0)
2011	FC Aarau	14	(0)
Total		278	(4)
International career
2002–2007	Macedonia	33	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandar Mitreski (Macedonian: Александар Митрески) (born 5 August 1980) is a Macedonian former professional footballer^[1] who played as a centre-back.

Club career

Mitreski was born in Ohrid, Yugoslavia. His career began at SC Ittigen. At the age of 12 he moved to the junior team of BSC Young Boys. He eventually became a first team regular and in 2002 he earned a one million Swiss Francs transfer to Grasshopper Club Zürich, where he won the league title in 2003. He then spent a couple of years in Germany playing for 1. FC Köln and 1. FC Nürnberg before returning to Switzerland where he currently plays for FC Sion.

His journey with Sion ended on 2 April 2010 when his contract was terminated by the Sion President for late night visits to a casino. Sion gave Mitreski the chance to tell his side of the story but he lied about how many times he was at the casino so the Sion President decided to terminate his contract after another Sion player was already kicked off the team for being involved in match fixing.

Mitreski agreed to a contract with FC Aarau on 18 December 2010. He signed until the end of the season of the Swiss Challenge League.

International career

He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a March 2002 friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina and has earned a total of 33 caps, scoring no goals.^[2] His final international was a September 2007 European Championship qualification match against Russia.^[3]

References

1. "Aleksandar Mitreski". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
2. Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team - RSSSF
3. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

External links

• Aleksandar Mitreski at MacedonianFootball.com
• Aleksandar Mitreski at National-Football-Teams.com