Blagoj Istatov

Blagoj Istatov

Istatov in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	(1947-04-05)5 April 1947
Place of birth	Strumica, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death	27 September 2018(2018-09-27) (aged 71)
Place of death	Strumica, Macedonia
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1968	Belasica	42	(0)
1968–1973	Pobeda	31	(0)
1973–1976	Partizan	44	(0)
1976–1978	Utrecht	62	(0)
Total		179	(0)
Managerial career
	Belasica
1996–1999	Macedonia (goalkeeping coach)
1997	Skopje
2001–2003	Vardar (assistant)
2003–2004	Kastoria (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Blagoj Istatov (Macedonian: Благој Истатов; 5 April 1947 – 27 September 2018) was a Macedonian football coach and player who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

During his career, Istatov played for FK Belasica, FK Pobeda, FK Partizan, winning with them the 1975–76 Yugoslav First League, and with Dutch club FC Utrecht. He made his Eredivisie debut for Utrecht in August 1976 against Feyenoord. He went on to play over 60 games in two seasons for them.

His name was often misspelled as Blagoje (the Serbian language variant) or by the more traditional Macedonian language variant of Blagoja.

The stadium in Strumica was posthumously renamed after him in 2019.

External links

• Duch League stats at ElfVoetbal
• Stats from Partizan at Partizan official website