Blagoja Kuleski
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Blagoja Kuleski is a Macedonian football manager and former player.
During his playing career he played in Yugolav League for Macedonian clubs FK Pobeda
, FK Vardar
and FK Pelister
, Serbian FK Radnički Niš, before moving to Australia, in 1992, where he played with Marconi Stallions, Melbourne Zebras, Bulleen Lions and Rockdale City Suns.
Whilst serving military service in Belgrade, he trained with Partizan Belgrade.
Blagoja, or Kuki, as he is more famously known in the football community, played the first official game for Macedonia against Yugoslavia in Skopje in 1991, along the greats of Darko Pancev and Ilija Najdoski.
Blagoja was voted second best defender/ sweeper in 1990 in Yugoslav Natioanl League just 2 points behind Milorad Belodedic of Red Star Belgrade who were crowned Super Cup Champions in the same year. Playing in Bari- Italy at St Nicola Stadium just days before the 1990 World Cup, Blagoja was named player of the tournament and was offered a contract with newly promoted side Parma - Seria A.
After retiring in Australia, he became a football coach managing Illawara Lions and Bonnyrigg White Eagles
.He won the Championship two consecutive years with Bonnyrigg and promoted them back into the NSW Premier League in 2009.He is a highly respected coach and master tactition with a wealth of knowledge from his famous predecessors.
During his playing career he played in Yugolav League for Macedonian clubs 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 ....
, 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...
and 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:...
, Serbian FK Radnički Niš, before moving to Australia, in 1992, where he played with Marconi Stallions, Melbourne Zebras, Bulleen Lions and Rockdale City Suns.
Whilst serving military service in Belgrade, he trained with Partizan Belgrade.
Blagoja, or Kuki, as he is more famously known in the football community, played the first official game for Macedonia against Yugoslavia in Skopje in 1991, along the greats of Darko Pancev and Ilija Najdoski.
Blagoja was voted second best defender/ sweeper in 1990 in Yugoslav Natioanl League just 2 points behind Milorad Belodedic of Red Star Belgrade who were crowned Super Cup Champions in the same year. Playing in Bari- Italy at St Nicola Stadium just days before the 1990 World Cup, Blagoja was named player of the tournament and was offered a contract with newly promoted side Parma - Seria A.
After retiring in Australia, he became a football coach managing Illawara Lions and Bonnyrigg White Eagles
Bonnyrigg White Eagles
Bonnyrigg White Eagles F.C. is a football club in Sydney currently playing in the New South Wales Premier League.- History :Established by Serbian migrants from the Cabramatta area of south-west Sydney, their primary supporter base has been the local Serbian community...
.He won the Championship two consecutive years with Bonnyrigg and promoted them back into the NSW Premier League in 2009.He is a highly respected coach and master tactition with a wealth of knowledge from his famous predecessors.