Dragan Kanatlarovski
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Dragan Kanatlarovski is a Macedonian
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

 football manager and former player. He represented the Yugoslav national team
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...

.

Player career

Born in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, SR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia, he played for FK Pelister
FK Pelister
FK Pelister is a football club based in the city of Bitola, Republic of Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian Second League.-History:...

 before moving to FK Vardar
FK Vardar
FK Vardar Skopje is a Macedonian football club based in the capital city of Skopje. FK Vardar is currently a member of the 1-MFL. FK Vardar is the most popular and renowned Macedonian football club both domestically and abroad, having won 6 national championships and 6 national cups...

 where he will play four seasons. In 1989 he moved to Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

. He played one season in Belgrade, but it was enough to win the double, the Yugoslav Championship and the Yugoslav Cup. After that season he moved to Spain where he was Segunda División
Segunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...

 runner-up in summer 1991 and helped Deportivo La Coruña to be promoted back to La Liga
La Liga
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 where he played in the 1991–92 season, having reached the Spanish Cup
Copa del Rey
The Copa del Rey is an annual football cup competition for Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España – Copa de Su Majestad el Rey de Fútbol ....

 semi-finals.

International career

He played his only cap for SFR Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...

 against Poland
Poland national football team
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, friendly 28 March 1990. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia he represented Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia national football team
The Macedonia national football team is the national football team of the Republic of Macedonia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia. Due to an ongoing name dispute, it enters international competitions under its country's provisional appellation as "FYR Macedonia"...

 having played nine matches, scoring twice, between 1993 and 1995.

Coaching career

He has been the coach of the Republic of Macedonia twice. He first spell ended due to Republic of Macedonia not qualifying for World Cup 2002. He then became coach of FK Belasica
FK Belasica
FK Belasica is football club from the Republic of Macedonia currently playing in the Macedonian Second League after failing to avoid relegation in the 2005/2006 season where they finished 12th...

 but sacked again in June 2002. In September 2002, he was appointed by FK Kumanovo
FK Kumanovo
FK Kumanovo is a football club from Kumanovo, Republic of Macedonia.- External links :* * *...

, then FK Pobeda
FK Pobeda
FK Pobeda is a football team in the Republic of Macedonia from the city of Prilep. It was founded in 1941 as Goce Delčev and renamed in 1950 to FK Pobeda. The club plays at the Goce Delčev Stadium ....

 in December. until June 2003 as coach of both national side and the club. He became full time national team coach in January 2004.

His second spell ended because of poor results in World Cup 2006 qualifying matches, especially losing to Andorra
Andorra national football team
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. He was then replaced by Slobodan Santrač
Slobodan Santrac
Slobodan Santrač is a retired Serbian football player and currently manager of Chinese Super League side Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba F.C.....

.

He became FK Vardar
FK Vardar
FK Vardar Skopje is a Macedonian football club based in the capital city of Skopje. FK Vardar is currently a member of the 1-MFL. FK Vardar is the most popular and renowned Macedonian football club both domestically and abroad, having won 6 national championships and 6 national cups...

 coach in December 2005.

In 2008 he became coach of Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

External links

  • Dragan Kanatlarovski at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Dragan Kanatlarovski at FFM
    Football Federation of Macedonia
    The Football Federation of Macedonia is the governing body of football in the Republic of Macedonia. It organizes the First Macedonian Football League, the Macedonian Cup and the Republic of Macedonia national football team. It is based in Skopje....

  • Dragan Kanatlarovski at TFF
  • Dragan Kanatlarovski at LFP
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