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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1915-10-19)19 October 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | Skopje,Bulgarian occupation zone of Serbia (nowNorth Macedonia)[1] | ||
| Date of death | 12 June 1984(1984-06-12) (aged 68) | ||
| Place of death | Belgrade,SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger,Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Jug Skopje | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1938–1941 | Gragjanski Skopje | 59 | (1) |
| 1942–1945 | Makedonija Skopje | ||
| 1945–1950 | Partizan | 53 | (18) |
| 1950–1953 | Vardar | 75 | (21) |
| International career | |||
| 1942 | Bulgaria | 2 | (0) |
| 1946–1949 | Yugoslavia | 10 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1953–1954 | Vardar | ||
| 1955 | Aris | ||
| 1956–1957 | Partizan | ||
| 1960–1962 | Olympiacos | ||
| 1963 | Partizan | ||
| 1969–1970 | Partizan | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kiril Simonovski (Macedonian: Кирил Симоновски; 19 October 1915 – 12 June 1984) was afootballer who played top league football forGragjanski Skopje,Macedonia Skopje,FK Vardar andFK Partizan.
He started playing football in a local club in Skopje named FK Jug, before moving toGragjanski Skopje in 1938. In 1941, during World War II and theAxis invasion of Yugoslavia, most of the region of the thenVardarska Banovina was occupied by the Bulgarian forces and in that period, Gragjanski was renamed to Makedonija Skopie. The club finished in second place in the1942 Bulgarian State Championship, and during this period, Simonovski played two matches for theBulgarian national team with his birth name (asKiril Simeonov).[2] At the end of the war, Simonovski moved to Belgrade and signed with newly formedFK Partizan where he will play all the way until 1950, winning two national championships and one cup.
It was in this period that he became the first Macedonian to play for the post-1945Yugoslavia national team, having played a total of 10 matches and scored once.[3]
After retiring he became a coach. He coachedFK Partizan,FK VardarAris Thessaloniki F.C. andOlympiacos F.C. among several other clubs in Yugoslavia, Greece and Cyprus.
His brotherBlagoje also played for Bulgaria.