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Nikola Gjorgjev

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Nikola Gjorgjev
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
Aarau
Number 23
Youth career
2006–2008 Wettingen
2008–2015 Grasshoppers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Grasshoppers II 42 (8)
2015–2022 Grasshoppers 111 (15)
2017–2018FC Twente (loan) 2 (0)
2018Aarau (loan) 15 (1)
2022Schaffhausen (loan) 16 (4)
2022– Aarau 82 (15)
International career
2012 Switzerland U15 1 (2)
2012–2013 Switzerland U16 8 (0)
2014 Switzerland U17 1 (0)
2014–2015 Switzerland U18 6 (1)
2015–2016 Switzerland U19 7 (2)
2016–2018 Macedonia U21 12 (2)
2016– North Macedonia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Nikola Gjorgjev (Macedonian: Никола Ѓорѓев; born 22 August 1997) is a footballer who plays as a right winger for Aarau.[1] Born in Switzerland, he plays for the North Macedonia national team.

Club career

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Grasshopper Club Zürich

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Gjorgjev is a youth exponent from Grasshoppers. He made his Swiss Super League debut at 14 March 2015 against FC Thun. He replaced Yoric Ravet after 77 minutes.[2] He was loaned out to Eredivisie side FC Twente Enschede on a two-year deal in July 2017.[3] As he only got two caps in the first half of that season, he was loaned to FC Aarau in the Swiss Challenge League in February 2018, with an option to buy.[4] This option was not taken at the end of the season and Gjorgjev returned to Grasshoppers at the end of the season.[5]

At Grasshoppers, he became a mainstay in the first squad and eventually became instrumental in securing their promotion back to the Swiss Super League in 2021, with seven goals and ten assists.[6] However, in their first season back in the top Swiss league, he barely got playtime anymore. On 12 February 2022, Gjorgjev moved to Schaffhausen on loan until the end of the season.[7] He quickly established himself in the starting lineup. In 16 games, he supplied four goals and five assists, helping Schaffhausen qualify for the Promotion Play-offs, where they lost to FC Luzern.

FC Aarau

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Following his loan spell at Schaffhausen and his subsequent return to Grasshoppers, his contract was not renewed and he instead signed a two-year deal with his former employer FC Aarau.[6]

International career

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Born in Switzerland to Macedonian parents, Gjorgjev originally represented various Swiss youth football teams.[8] However, he switched to the Macedonia national football team and made his debut for them in a friendly 3–1 win over Azerbaijan on 29 May 2016.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Nikola Gjorgjev at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Thun vs. Grasshoppers - 14 March 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Nikola Gjorgjev op huurbasis naar FC Twente". fctwente.nl (in Dutch). 9 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Gjorgjev kommt von Twente, Siegfried zu United Zürich" (in German). fcaarau.ch. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Gjorgjev zählt nicht mehr zum Kader des FC Aarau" (in German). fcaarau.ch. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Zwei-Jahres-Vertrag für Nikola Gjorgjev" (in German). FC Aarau. 26 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Nikola Gjorgjev beim FCS" (Press release) (in German). Schaffhausen. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Nikola Gjorgjev – UEFA.com". www.uefa.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Live Commentary - Macedonia vs Azerbaijan | 29 May 2016". www.skysports.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016.
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