Filip Petrov

Filip Petrov
Personal information
Full nameFilip Petrov
Date of birth23 February 1989
Place of birthSkopje, Macedonia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
FK Vardar
Number17
Youth career
Vardar
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2007-2009Vardar
2009-2011Javor19(0)
2011-Vardar105(19)
National team‡
2005Macedonia U-173(0)
2008-2009Macedonia U-1920(2)
2008-2010Macedonia U-2110(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 February 2012

Filip Petrov (Macedonian: Филип Пeтpoв, born 23 February 1989) is a Macedonian footballer currently playing in club FK Vardar.

Born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia, he is the son of former footballer Mirko Petrov. While playing with the youth team of Vardar, Filip Petrov was regarded as one of the most talented youth players.[1]

After playing as senior with FK Vardar since 2007, Filip decided to move abroad and signed with Serbian SuperLiga club FK Javor Ivanjica in January 2010. After playing one and a half seasons with them, he returned in summer 2011 to his former club, Vardar. At the end of the 2011–12 First Macedonian Football League, beside winning the championship with Vardar, he became the league´s top assistant and on 27 July 2012 he was selected for the MPL season best XI by the local football specialised website macedonianfootball.com.[2]

Filip Petrov had played with the Macedonian U-17 and U-19 teams, and since 2009 has been a regular in the Macedonian U-21 team.[3]

Achievements

FK Vardar

References

  1. ↑ Dnevnik.com.mk (Macedonian)
  2. ↑ Season 2011/12: Best 18 players at macedonianfootball.com, 27-6-2012
  3. ↑ Filip Petrov at UEFA.com

External source