Stefan Ristovski

Not to be confused with Stefan Ristovski (footballer, born December 1992).

Stefan Ristovski

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-02-12) 12 February 1992
Place of birth	Skopje, Macedonia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Dinamo Zagreb
Number	13
Youth career
	Vardar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Vardar	17	(1)
2010–2015	Parma	6	(0)
2011–2012	→ Crotone (loan)	1	(0)
2012	→ Frosinone (loan)	12	(0)
2012–2013	→ Bari (loan)	20	(0)
2013–2014	→ Latina (loan)	37	(3)
2015	→ Latina (loan)	19	(0)
2015–2017	Rijeka	68	(0)
2017–2021	Sporting CP	52	(0)
2021–0000	Dinamo Zagreb	63	(5)
International career‡
2008–2009	Macedonia U19	6	(0)
2009–2014	Macedonia U21	20	(1)
2011–	North Macedonia	82	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:10, 3 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2023

Stefan Ristovski (Macedonian: Стефан Ристовски; born 12 February 1992) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a right-back for Dinamo Zagreb and the North Macedonia national team.

Club career

Born in Skopje, Ristovski began his career at hometown club Vardar before he signed a five-year deal with Italian club Parma in January 2010. He was 17 at the time but the deal could not become official until he turned 18.

Ristovski joined Serie B club Crotone on loan on 6 July 2011. After not receiving much playing time, the loan was cancelled in the January 2012 and he was then loaned to Frosinone for the remainder of the campaign. On 5 July 2012, he was again sent on loan, to Serie B side Bari. He was then loaned out to Latina in the same division for the 2013–14 season, returning to them for a second time in January 2015. Before the bankruptcy of Parma, Ristovski was under contract with Parma until 30 June 2019.

In July 2015, Ristovski moved to Rijeka in Croatia. The transfer was facilitated through Rijeka's Italian partner club, Spezia. In order for Ristovski to remain eligible under Italy's non-EU quota, he was signed by Spezia on a free transfer and then loaned to Rijeka. On 7 August 2017, Ristovski signed with Sporting. On 2 February 2021, he signed for GNK Dinamo Zagreb. He made his debut for Dinamo on 13 February in a derby against Osijek. In his debut, he received two yellow cards and was sent off.

International career

Ristovski made his debut for Macedonia on 10 August 2011 in an away friendly against Azerbaijan and has, as of April 2020, earned a total of 52 caps, scoring 1 goal. He represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2020, their first major tournament.

Personal life

His younger brother Milan is also a professional footballer who plays for the North Macedonia national team.

He also has a Portuguese passport, and his son was born in Portugal.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 April 2023

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vardar	2008–09	1. MFL	6	0	–		–		6	0
	2009–10		11	1	–		–		11	1
	Total		17	1	–		–		17	1
Crotone	2011–12	Serie B	1	0	1	0	–		2	0
Frosinone	2011–12	Lega Pro	12	0	–		–		12	0
Bari	2012–13	Serie B	20	0	1	0	–		21	0
Latina	2013–14	Serie B	37	3	1	0	–		38	3
Parma	2014–15	Serie A	6	0	–		–		6	0
Latina	2014–15	Serie B	19	0	–		–		19	0
Rijeka	2015–16	Prva HNL	32	0	5	0	1	0	38	0
	2016–17		33	0	6	1	2	0	41	1
	2017–18		3	0	–		4	1	7	1
	Total		68	0	11	1	7	1	86	2
Sporting	2017–18	Primeira Liga	8	0	7	0	7	0	22	0
	2018–19		23	0	5	0	5	0	33	0
	2019–20		21	0	3	0	2	0	26	0
	2020–21		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		52	0	15	0	14	0	81	0
Dinamo Zagreb	2020–21	Prva HNL	8	0	2	0	6	0	16	0
	2021–22		30	1	2	0	13	0	45	1
	2022–23		24	4	2	0	11	0	37	4
	Total		62	5	6	0	30	0	98	5
Career total			294	9	35	1	51	1	380	11

International

As of 29 March 2022

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Macedonia	2011	1	0
	2012	3	0
	2013	7	0
	2014	4	0
	2015	6	0
	2016	8	0
	2017	9	1
	2018	6	0
North Macedonia	2019	8	0
	2020	8	1
	2021	14	0
	2022	2	0
Total		76	2

As of match played 8 September 2020. North Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ristovski goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 June 2017	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	33	Spain	1–2	1–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	8 September 2020	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia	54	Georgia	1–1	1–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Club

Rijeka

• Prva HNL: 2016–17
• Croatian Cup: 2016–17

Sporting CP

• Taça de Portugal: 2018–19
• Taça da Liga: 2017–18, 2018–19

Dinamo Zagreb

• Prva HNL: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Croatian Cup: 2020–21

Individual

• Croatian First Football League Team of the Year: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23

External links

• Stefan Ristovski at Soccerway
• Profile at Macedonian Football (in English)
• Stefan Ristovski at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)