Nikola Ilievski is a football coach and former player from the Republic of Macedonia

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...

. He is the head coach of Bangladesh national football team

Bangladesh national football team

The Bangladesh national football team is the national team of Bangladesh controlled by the Bangladesh Football Federation. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation and has yet to qualify for the World Cup finals...

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During his playing career he played with FK Ohrid

FK Ohrid

FK Ohrid 2004 is a football club from the city of Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. They play in Blue and White jerseys at the SRC Biljanini Izvori football complex...

, 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...

, FK Rabotnički

FK Rabotnicki

FK Rabotnički is a football club that plays at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League.-History:...

, FK Priština and FK Radnički Pirot

FK Radnicki Pirot

FK Radnički Pirot is a football club from Pirot, Serbia.-Notable former players:Jovan AnđelkovićRadovan AnđelkovićMiloš DrobnjakMiroljub ĐorđevićSlobodan ĐoševBojan FilipovićAleksandar GruberIvan GvozdenovićSlobodan JanjušŽarko JeličićNenad JestrovićMateja KežmanDesimir KrstićDimitrije...

 in Yugoslavia and with Kastoria F.C.

Kastoria F.C.

Kastoria FC, or AGS Kastoria , the Athletic and Gymnastic Association of Kastoria, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece.-History:...

 in Greece.

After finishing the coaching degree in the Faculty of Physical Cumture in the University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade

The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...

 he started his coaching career. He was coach of the Republic of Macedonia national football team

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"...

 from 2002 to 2003. He spent two spells as manager of 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 ....

, leading them into the UEFA Cup in 2000 and to the 2003–04 Macedonian First League title. In September 2008 he was dismissed at CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea

CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea

CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea is a Romanian football team from Vâlcea county. They are now playing in Liga II, Seria II.-History:CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea is the descendant of a much greater club, Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea, founded in 1946 and dissolved in 2004....

 after six matches and replaced by Alin Artimon

Alin Artimon

Alin Artimon is a former Romanian football player and current manager.As Artimon joined Steaua Bucureşti in his youth, he was labeled the next Miodrag Belodedici, but never really managed to progress...

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Honours and awards

As coach:

• FK Pobeda
  • Macedonian First League
    Macedonian First League
    The First Macedonian Football League is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.The league consists of 12 teams. The teams play against each other 3 times...
    
    : winner 2003–04
  • Macedonian Cup
    Macedonian Cup
    The Macedonian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Macedonian football. It was created in 1992.- Finals :-Performance By Club:The finals were:-External links:* *...
    
    : winner 2001–02
    Macedonian Cup 2001-02
    The 2001-02 Macedonian Cup was the 10th season of Macedonia's football knockout competition. FK Pelister were the defending champions, having won their first title...
    
    
• NK CM Celje
  • Slovenian Cup
    Slovenian Cup
    The Slovenian Football Cup , is the top knockout tournament of Slovenian football and the second most important football competition in Slovenia after the Slovenian PrvaLiga championship...
    
    : runner-up 2005–06
    Slovenian Cup 2005-06
    -First round:-Second round:-Round of 16:-Quarter-finals:-Semi-finals:-Final:...
    
    

External sources

• Nikola Ilievski at Worldfootball