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Nikola Gjorgjev

Macedonian footballer (born 1997)

Nikola Gjorgjev
Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right winger
Team information
Current team	Aarau
Number	23
Youth career
2006–2008	Wettingen
2008–2015	Grasshoppers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2019	Grasshoppers II	42	(8)
2015–2022	Grasshoppers	111	(15)
2017–2018	→ FC Twente (loan)	2	(0)
2018	→ Aarau (loan)	15	(1)
2022	→ Schaffhausen (loan)	16	(4)
2022–	Aarau	45	(7)
International career^‡
2012	Switzerland U15	1	(2)
2012–2013	Switzerland U16	8	(0)
2014	Switzerland U17	1	(0)
2014–2015	Switzerland U18	6	(1)
2015–2016	Switzerland U19	7	(2)
2016–2018	Macedonia U21	12	(2)
2016–	North Macedonia	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Nikola Gjorgjev (Macedonian: Никола Ѓорѓев; born 22 August 1997) is a footballer who plays as a right winger for Aarau.^[1] Born in Switzerland, he plays for the North Macedonia national team.

Club career

Grasshopper Club Zürich

Gjorgjev is a youth exponent from Grasshoppers. He made his Swiss Super League debut at 14 March 2015 against FC Thun. He replaced Yoric Ravet after 77 minutes.^[2] He was loaned out to Eredivisie side FC Twente Enschede on a two-year deal in July 2017.^[3] As he only got two caps in the first half of that season, he was loaned to FC Aarau in the Swiss Challenge League in February 2018, with an option to buy.^[4] This option was not taken at the end of the season and Gjorgjev returned to Grasshoppers at the end of the season.^[5]

At Grasshoppers, he became a mainstay in the first squad and eventually became instrumental in securing their promotion back to the Swiss Super League in 2021, with seven goals and ten assists.^[6] However, in their first season back in the top Swiss league, he barely got playtime anymore. On 12 February 2022, Gjorgjev moved to Schaffhausen on loan until the end of the season.^[7] He quickly established himself in the starting lineup. In 16 games, he supplied four goals and five assists, helping Schaffhausen qualify for the Promotion Play-offs, where they lost to FC Luzern.

FC Aarau

Following his loan spell at Schaffhausen and his subsequent return to Grasshoppers, his contract was not renewed and he instead signed a two-year deal with his former employer FC Aarau.^[6]

International career

Born in Switzerland to Macedonian parents, Gjorgjev originally represented various Swiss youth football teams.^[8] However, he switched to the Macedonia national football team and made his debut for them in a friendly 3–1 win over Azerbaijan on 29 May 2016.^[9]

References

^ Nikola Gjorgjev at Soccerway
^ "Thun vs. Grasshoppers - 14 March 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
^ "Nikola Gjorgjev op huurbasis naar FC Twente". fctwente.nl (in Dutch). 9 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^ "Gjorgjev kommt von Twente, Siegfried zu United Zürich" (in German). fcaarau.ch. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^ "Gjorgjev zählt nicht mehr zum Kader des FC Aarau" (in German). fcaarau.ch. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Zwei-Jahres-Vertrag für Nikola Gjorgjev" (in German). FC Aarau. 2022-06-26.
^ "Nikola Gjorgjev beim FCS" (Press release) (in German). Schaffhausen. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
^ "Nikola Gjorgjev – UEFA.com". www.uefa.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02.
^ "Live Commentary - Macedonia vs Azerbaijan | 29 May 2016". www.skysports.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-30.