Stefan Colakovski
Personal information
Full name Stefan Colakovski
Date of birth (2000-04-20) 20 April 2000
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Perth Glory
Number 7
Youth career
Essendon Royals
Pascoe Vale
2015–2017 Melbourne City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Melbourne City NPL 41 (14)
2019–2022 Melbourne City 46 (3)
2022– Perth Glory 13 (4)
2023 Perth Glory NPL 1 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 North Macedonia U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2021

Stefan Colakovski (Macedonian: Стефан Чолаковски, romanized: Stefan Cholakovski; born 20 April 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for A-League club Perth Glory. Born in Australia, he has represented North Macedonia at youth level.[2]

Early life

Colakovski is Macedonian-Australian. He was a fan of the previously named Melbourne Heart (now as Melbourne City).[3][4]

Club career

Melbourne City

After playing in Melbourne City's youth setup for three years, on 4 November 2019, Colakovski made his senior professional debut against Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.[5] On 1 February 2020, Colakovski was offered a full senior deal contract for Melbourne City.[4]

Colakovski scored his first A-League goal in a Melbourne Derby match in the 2020–21 season by scoring the sixth and final goal in a 6–0 win against Melbourne Victory.[6] Colakovski scored his second A-League goal for Melbourne City against Macarthur FC in the 2021 A-League Finals Series. He assisted Marco Tilio for his second goal in the A-League to put Melbourne City through to the Grand Finals.

Perth Glory

In June 2022, it was announced that Colakovski signed with Perth Glory on a two-year deal.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 June 2021[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Asia Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Melbourne City NPL 2017[10] NPL Victoria 2 265———265
2019 269———269
2021 NPL Victoria 3 22———22
Total 5416———5416
Melbourne City 2019–20 A-League 7000——70
2020–21 213—00—213
Total 283000000283
Career total 82190000008219

Honours

Melbourne City

References

  1. ↑ Howe, Andrew. "Official A-League 2020/21 Season Guide" (PDF). howe.how. Australian Professional Leagues. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Stefan Colakovski". 16 November 2018. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Colakovski: Playing for City is a dream come true". Melbourne City FC. Football Federation Australia. 12 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 Lynch, Joey (1 February 2020). "Stefan Colakovski's re-signing from the Heart". FTBL.
  5. ↑ Davutovic, David (4 November 2019). "Melbourne City's youth brigade driving A-League title push". The Herald Sun.
  6. ↑ "One of their own; Colakovski adds to Victory pain with 'one of the best moments of my life'".
  7. ↑ "News - Glory Swoop For Exciting Young Forward". Perth Glory. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  8. ↑ Stefan Colakovski at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Player statistics for Stefan Colakovski". GameDay. SportsTG. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Player statistics for Stefan Colakovski (2016–2017)". GameDay. SportsTG. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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