macedonian association football player

Goran Pandev ( macedonian : Горан Пандев, pronounced [ ˈɡɔran ˈpandɛf ] ( ) ; born 27 July 1983 ) is a macedonian professional football player who plays as a forth for Serie A cabaret Genoa. After establishing himself at Lazio, Pandev moved to Inter Milan in early 2010. [ 4 ] While playing for the Nerazzurri, Pandev collected a host of honours including winning the Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League in 2010 as character of a soprano for the club. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] On 22 April 2021, he became the beginning macedonian to score 100 goals in one of the top five european football leagues. [ 8 ] He was the captain of the North Macedonia national team until deciding to retire from external football in 2021, following UEFA Euro 2020. He is the country ‘s all-time top scorer with 38 goals.

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Pandev was born in Strumica, SR Macedonia, then still region of SFR Yugoslavia, and began his football career with FK Belasica, the baseball club with which he progressed through the youth academy. [ 9 ] He merely spent one season in the local anesthetic Prva Liga, however, before being signed by Serie A giants Inter Milan in the summer of 2001 when he was just 18 years honest-to-god. [ 9 ] Inter loaned Pandev to feeder cabaret Spezia in July 2002, [ 10 ] where he was a regular in Serie C1. [ 11 ] The follow year, he was again sent on loan, this time to newly promoted Serie A clubhouse Ancona. During his fourth dimension at Ancona, the team had the worst temper of any club in Serie A history .

latium [edit ]

In January 2004, Serbian player Dejan Stanković was signed by Inter from Lazio and Pandev was sent to the capital in change on a co-ownership deal, for a nominal fee of €500, [ 12 ] but he remained at Ancona until the end of the 2003–04 season. Pandev impressed in his first year at Lazio, as he made 29 appearances, scoring three goals, which included a memorable attempt away to Juventus where he beat Fabio Cannavaro, Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta before beating Gianluigi Buffon with an fish shot. In July 2005, 50 percentage of his player registration rights were transferred to Udinese in central for David Pizarro ‘s transfer to the milanese cabaret. The keep up season, Delio Rossi was appointed coach of Lazio and Pandev began to form a deadly strike partnership with Tommaso Rocchi. In June 2006, Lazio bought the remaining 50 percentage of his registration rights from Udinese for €4 million. On 11 January 2009, Pandev scored his beginning hat-trick in Serie A against Reggina. [ 13 ] On 24 March 2009, Pandev was awarded the Medal for Service to the country by the then- President Branko Crvenkovski in acknowledgment of his sporting achievements and his contribution to developing and popularizing sport in Macedonia a well as promoting the state abroad. [ 14 ]

Contract quarrel with Lazio [edit ]

In the summer of 2009, a challenge between Pandev and Lazio chair Claudio Lotito erupted, resulting in a legal battle between Pandev and his club. The predominate was announced on 23 December 2009. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The challenge started with Pandev indicating his desire to leave Lazio during the summer of 2009. Chairman Lotito, obviously infelicitous with Pandev ‘s decision, froze him out of the squad. [ 17 ] As a result, Pandev spent the remaining four months training on his own, without making a individual appearance for his baseball club. During this period, diverse clubs had indicated their sake in buying Pandev, most notably Zenit Saint Petersburg, who made an extend of €13 million for the player. [ 18 ] Lazio chair Lotito rejected the offer, demanding €15 million alternatively. The conduct finally fell through after both parties failed to come to an agreement on monetary value. [ 19 ] On 26 September, Pandev formally filed for a termination of his abridge with Lazio, having been frozen out of the police squad and labelled a “ rebel ” by the club. [ 20 ] Pandev argued that by freezing him out of the team, Lazio had violated the terms of their shrink with him. On 23 December 2009, the Lega Nazionale Professionisti ruled in Pandev ‘s prefer, ordering Lazio to release Pandev from his condense and pay him €170,000 for emotional distress. Lotito indicated his desire to appeal the decision. [ 21 ]

Inter Milan [edit ]

On 4 January 2010, Pandev signed a four-and-a-half year sign with Inter Milan, [ 4 ] [ 22 ] wearing the number 27 shirt. He made his Inter debut as a starter in the 1–0 away win against Chievo on 6 January. [ 23 ] His first two games for the Nerazzurri resulted in him contributing to both winners — setting up Mario Balotelli against Chievo and setting up Walter Samuel to score a stopping point infinitesimal winner against Siena. [ 24 ] He opened his scoring explanation in his third appearance for the club, pulling a goal back for Inter in an eventual 2–2 draw at Bari. [ 25 ] Pandev was the chief protagonist in the 2–0 victory over local rivals Milan as he beginning assisted Diego Milito with an overhead cross and scored a curling freekick to complete the gain. [ 26 ] He continued with his solid performances throughout the season, being an authoritative player in Inter ‘s gain of the first ternary in the history of italian football. Inter won their fifth straight Serie A title by defeating Siena in the final examination match, [ 5 ] and besides defeated Roma at Stadio Olimpico to win the Coppa Italia. [ 27 ] On 22 May 2010, Inter won the UEFA Champions League in the final against Bayern Munich, with Pandev playing for 79 minutes and becoming the third gear Macedonian football actor in history to always win this backing. [ 28 ] [ 6 ] He began the new temper on 21 August by winning the 2010 Supercoppa Italiana under Rafael Benítez, scoring the equalizer versus Roma in an eventual 3–1 home winnings for the first silverware of the season. [ 29 ] Six days former, he made an appearance adenine substitute as Inter lost the 2010 UEFA Super Cup to Atlético Madrid. [ 30 ] Later in December 2010, Pandev was separate of the team that competed at 2010 FIFA Club World Cup. [ 31 ] He made his debut in the competition by playing full-90 minutes in the 3–0 win versus Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in the semi-final. [ 32 ] On 18 December, in the final examination against Congo ‘s TP Mazembe, Pandev netted inside 13 minutes to make it his first goal in a major concluding as Inter won 3–0 to lift the trophy. [ 7 ] On 15 March 2011, in the moment leg of 2010–11 UEFA Champions League beat of 16 tie against Bayern Munich, Pandev resulted decisive by scoring in the 88th minute following a Samuel Eto’o travel by to make it 3–2 for Inter. [ 33 ] Inter progressed to the quarter-finals on away goals rule, with Pandev describing his goal as the “ most significant ” of his career. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Later on 29 May 2011, in the 2011 Coppa Italia Final meet against Palermo, Pandev entered in the second half and provided the help of Diego Milito goal in the 92nd hour for a 3–1 success. [ 36 ] This turned out to be his concluding appearance for the club as he was removed during the summer transfer window .

naples [edit ]

On 26 August 2011, Pandev joined Napoli on a season-long loanword. [ 37 ] On 10 September, Pandev came on as a utility to make his Napoli debut against Cesena in the 66th minute with the score tied at 1–1. Despite Napoli making it 2–1 in their party favor good after the macedonian hitter came on, Pandev missed an open finish in the 85th minute, hitting the crossbar from six yards out after a square pass across the boldness of goal was played to him ; Napoli managed to win the peer 3–1 .
Pandev playing for Galatasaray in 2014 On 29 November, Pandev came in for an hurt Edinson Cavani and started a home plate game against rivals Juventus. He scored two goals, the first of which was his first for Napoli, and the second a volley finish. The two goals put Napoli up 3–1 but Juventus came back to tie the game at 3–3, the final score. [ 38 ] Pandev then went on to score his third Serie A goal for Napoli in their 6–1 pummel of Genoa on 21 December. [ 39 ] Following the winter break, Pandev netted his side ‘s opening goal in a 1–3 win in Sicily over Palermo on 8 January 2012. [ 40 ] On 20 May 2012, Pandev won another Coppa Italia, setting up Marek Hamšík ‘s goal in a 2–0 win over Juventus in Rome, think of that he had been on the tournament ‘s winning side for the past four consecutive years. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] On 6 June 2012, Pandev made a permanent wave switch from Inter to Napoli. [ 43 ] Later, Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis noted on a radio consultation that Pandev had taken a yield cut to join the Neapolitans, with the President noting this as a signboard of commitment to the baseball club and fans. [ 44 ] On 28 September 2013, Pandev scored both goals in Napoli ‘s gain over Genoa, sending the Neapolitans to the top of the league postpone. [ 45 ]

Pandev came on in seat of Gonzalo Higuaín for the last 20 minutes of the 2014 Coppa Italia Final, which Napoli won 3–1 against Fiorentina. [ 46 ]

Galatasaray [edit ]

On 1 September 2014, Pandev signed a 1+1-year contract with turkish club Galatasaray [ 47 ] worth €2.4 million a class. [ 48 ] Pandev struggled for game prison term at Galatasaray and he was chiefly used as a cup player. [ 49 ]

genoa [edit ]

Pandev signed a biennial contract with italian club Genoa in 2015 after failing to get play clock at Galatasaray. [ 50 ] He planned on withdraw at the end of the 2019–20 season, but extended his contract following the postponement of Euro 2020 to 2021. [ 51 ] With a brace against Benevento on 21 April 2021, [ 52 ] Pandev reached the 100-goal mark in his Serie A career. [ 49 ] He became the beginning Macedonian to reach the century mark in one of the “ big 5 ” european leagues. [ 53 ] He ended the 2020–21 season with his highest goals plus assists per 90 minutes since 2013–14. [ 49 ] On 13 August 2021, Pandev signed a contract with Genoa to stay in Serie A until 30 June 2022. [ 54 ]

International career [edit ]

Pandev made his elder debut for Macedonia in a June 2001 FIFA World Cup reservation match away against Turkey. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] [ 57 ] With two goals against Spain on 12 August 2009, he became the national team ‘s all-time lead scorekeeper, surpassing Gjorgji Hristov. [ 58 ] He intended to retire from international football in 2015, but was persuaded to keep acting by national director Igor Angelovski. [ 59 ] Pandev earned his hundredth detonator in a 3–1 home win over Latvia in UEFA Euro 2020 qualification in March 2019. [ 60 ] He scored the team ‘s lone goal in North Macedonia ‘s 1–0 euro 2020 play-off victory over Georgia in November 2020, which saw his nation qualify for a major international tournament for the identical beginning meter. [ 61 ] In the tournament he scored North Macedonia ‘s first ever goal at a major tournament, pouncing on a error to score in an open net in a 3–1 defeat to Austria at Euro 2020 in the nation ‘s competition introduction, [ 62 ] making him the second-oldest scorer in the finals of a european championship, alone behind Ivica Vastić. [ 63 ] On 21 June 2021, he played his last catch for his national team against the Netherlands in the last group stage match of the Euro 2020. [ 64 ]

expressive style of play [edit ]

Considered to be the greatest macedonian ahead of all clock time, [ 65 ] Pandev is a quick, creative, and hard-working left-footed ahead with good technique, who is adequate to both of creating and scoring goals, due to his opportunism and shooting accuracy, angstrom well as his vision and pass ability. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] [ 68 ] He is adequate to of playing in several offensive positions, either on the right or through the center of the pitch, and he is normally deployed in a support function, as a winger, as a moment striker, or as an attacking midfielder, although he has besides been fielded as a striker or as a false-9. [ 69 ] [ 70 ]

personal life [edit ]

Goran Pandev is married to Nada Pandeva and they have three children, Filipo, Ana and Sofia. His younger brother Sashko is besides a football actor. In 2019, Pandev obtained italian citizenship in Naples. [ 71 ] A year late, he auctioned the shirt he wore in the equal in which he gained his hundredth capital for Macedonia for a hospital fighting the coronavirus pandemic. [ 72 ] In 2010, he founded a football academy in his native Macedonia, named Akademija Pandev. Their senior team nowadays plays in the Macedonian First League .

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 17 October 2021[74]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Belasica 2000–01 Macedonian First League 18 6 18 6
Inter Milan 2001–02 Serie A 0 0
Spezia (loan) 2002–03 Serie C1 22 4 22 4
Ancona (loan) 2003–04 Serie A 20 1 1 0 21 1
Lazio 2004–05 Serie A 25 3 1 0 4 1 30 4
2005–06 Serie A 35 11 3 1 38 12
2006–07 Serie A 36 11 3 3 39 14
2007–08 Serie A 32 14 5 0 8 5 45 19
2008–09 Serie A 31 9 6 6 37 15
Total 159 48 18 10 12 6 189 64
Inter Milan 2009–10 Serie A 19 3 2 0 6 0 27 3
2010–11 Serie A 27 2 4 0 7 1 4 2 42 5
2011–12 Serie A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 47 5 6 0 13 1 4 2 70 8
Napoli (loan) 2011–12 Serie A 30 6 5 1 7 0 0 0 42 7
Napoli 2012–13 Serie A 33 6 1 0 6 0 1 1 41 7
2013–14 Serie A 29 7 3 0 9 1 41 8
Total 92 19 9 1 22 1 1 1 124 22
Galatasaray 2014–15 Süper Lig 4 0 10 7 3 0 0 0 17 7
Genoa 2015–16 Serie A 15 0 1 0 16 0
2016–17 Serie A 20 3 3 4 23 7
2017–18 Serie A 32 5 1 0 33 5
2018–19 Serie A 26 4 2 0 28 4
2019–20 Serie A 34 9 1 0 35 9
2020–21 Serie A 29 7 1 0 30 7
2021–22 Serie A 8 0 1 0 9 0
Total 164 28 10 4 174 32
Career total 526 111 54 22 50 8 5 3 635 144

International [edit ]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
North Macedonia[a] 2001 1 0
2002 3 1
2003 5 1
2004 8 4
2005 7 3
2006 5 1
2007 5 1
2008 8 3
2009 10 8
2010 4 1
2011 5 1
2012 7 1
2013 7 1
2016 8 1
2017 9 4
2018 7 2
2019 9 1
2020 6 2
2021 8 2
Total 122 38
  1. ^North Macedonia was known as Macedonia until 2019
Scores and results list North Macedonia’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pandev goal[74][75]

Honours [edit ]

Lazio
Inter Milan [ 74 ]
Napoli
Galatasaray [ 74 ]
Individual

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