| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Georgi Hristov | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-01-30)30 January 1976 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Bitola,SR Macedonia,SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pelister | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1994 | Pelister | ||
| 1994–1997 | Partizan | 61 | (20) |
| 1997–2000 | Barnsley | 43 | (8) |
| 2000–2003 | NEC | 55 | (18) |
| 2003–2004 | Zwolle | 13 | (4) |
| 2005 | Dunfermline Athletic | 8 | (0) |
| 2005 | Debrecen | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 7 | (3) |
| 2006 | Niki Volos | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 7 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Den Bosch | 27 | (8) |
| 2008 | Baku | 6 | (0) |
| 2009 | JJK | 9 | (1) |
| Total | 238 | (62) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Macedonia U21 | 4 | (2) |
| 1995–2005 | Macedonia | 48 | (16) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Metalurg Skopje | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Georgi Hristov (Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Христов; born 30 January 1976) is a Macedonian former professionalfootballer who played as astriker.
Hristov representedMacedonia internationally between 1995 and 2005, amassing 48caps and scoring 16 goals.[1]
Born inBitola, Hristov started out at his hometown clubPelister, making hisYugoslav First League debut at the age of 16. He would earn himself a transfer toPartizan in 1994,[2] spending three years with theCrno-beli and winning back-to-back championships in1996 and1997. In June 1997, Hristov was sold to English sideBarnsley for a club record fee of £1.5 million.[3] He scored four league goals in hisdebut season with the Tykes as theysuffered relegation from the Premiership.[4] Over the next two seasons, Hristov missed a majority of games due to a knee injury, before eventually leaving on a free transfer. He subsequently joined Dutch clubNEC in July 2000, finishing hisdebut season inEredivisie as the team's top scorer with 15 goals.
In July 2003, following two injury-plagued seasons with NEC, Hristov completed a switch toZwolle on a one-year deal with an option for a further year. He was forced to undergo another knee surgery in January 2004, causing him to miss the rest of the season.[5] After half a year without a club, Hristov joined Scottish sideDunfermline Athletic in January 2005.[6] He was, however, released by the Pars before the end of the season.[7]
In September 2005, Hristov moved to Hungary and signed withDebrecen on a four-year deal.[8] His contract was prematurely terminated by mutual agreement before the end of the same year.[9] Between January and May 2006, Hristov played forIsraeli Premier League clubHapoel Nazareth Illit in a failed attempt to save them from relegation.[10]
At international level, Hristov was capped on 48 occasions forMacedonia, scoring 16 times. He netted a goal on his debut in a 2–2 draw againstArmenia on 10 May 1995. His last cap came on 12 October 2005 in a 0–0 draw away against theNetherlands.[11]
In October 2011, Hristov was appointed as manager ofMetalurg Skopje. He resigned from his position in November 2012.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pelister | 1991–92 | Yugoslav First League | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1992–93 | Macedonian First League | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1993–94 | Macedonian First League | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Total | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Partizan | 1994–95 | First League of FR Yugoslavia | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 15 | 6 | |||
| 1995–96 | First League of FR Yugoslavia | 25 | 8 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 33 | 9 | ||||
| 1996–97 | First League of FR Yugoslavia | 24 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 29 | 11 | |||
| Total | 61 | 20 | 12 | 5 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 77 | 26 | ||||
| Barnsley | 1997–98 | Premier League | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 5 | ||
| 1998–99 | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1999–2000 | First Division | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 25 | 6 | ||
| Total | 43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | 54 | 11 | |||
| NEC | 2000–01 | Eredivisie | 25 | 15 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 29 | 17 | |||
| 2001–02 | Eredivisie | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 10 | 4 | ||||
| 2002–03 | Eredivisie | 22 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 26 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 18 | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | 65 | 26 | |||||
| Zwolle | 2003–04 | Eredivisie | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 15 | 7 | |||
| Dunfermline Athletic | 2004–05 | Scottish Premier League | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| Debrecen | 2005–06 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 2005–06 | Israeli Premier League | 7 | 3 | — | — | 7 | 3 | ||||||
| Niki Volos | 2006–07 | Beta Ethniki | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Olympiakos Nicosia | 2006–07 | Cypriot First Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Den Bosch | 2007–08 | Eerste Divisie | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3[b] | 0 | 33 | 9 | ||
| Baku[12] | 2008–09 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| JJK[13] | 2009 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 238 | 62 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 286 | 84 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macedonia | 1995 | 5 | 1 |
| 1996 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 7 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 16 | |
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