Borko Ristovski

Borko Ristovski

Borko Ristovski (2016)
Player information
birthday	2nd November 1982
place of birth	Skopje , Yugoslavia
citizenship	Macedonian
height	1.90 m
Playing position	goalkeeper
Club information
society	RK Vardar Skopje
Jersey number	16
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
1995-1997	RK Rabotnicki
1997-1999	RK Jug
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1999-2000	RK Makedonija
2000-2001	RK Jug
2001-2003	RK Vardar Skopje
2003-2006	RK Metalurg Skopje
2006-2007	SD Teucro
2007-2007	Algeciras BM
2007-2010	RK Metalurg Skopje
2010–2 / 2012	RK Vardar Skopje
2 / 2012–2 / 2014	VfL Gummersbach
2 / 2014–2014	Al-Ahly
2014-2015	US Créteil HB
2015-2016	Rhine-Neckar lion
2016-2018	FC Barcelona
2018-2020	Benfica Lisbon
2020–	RK Vardar Skopje
National team
	Games (goals)
North Macedonia	115 (3)
Status: national team February 14, 2012

Borko Ristovski ( Macedonian Борко Ристовски ; born November 2, 1982 in Skopje , SR Macedonia , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Macedonian handball goalkeeper . He is the goalkeeper of the Macedonian national handball team .

Career

Ristovski began his career as an active player in 1999 with RK Makedonija (now RK Metalurg Skopje ). After a year he went to RK Jug and from 2001 to 2003 he played for RK Vardar Vatrostalna ; then for three years for RK Metalurg Skopje. As the first Macedonian player, Ristovski moved to the Spanish ASOBAL league in 2006 . There he first played for SD Teucro , then for Algeciras BM . Then he returned to his homeland and played for RK Metalurg Skopje for three years. In 2010 he then moved to local rivals RK Vardar Skopje . In February 2012 Ristovski was signed by the German Bundesliga club VfL Gummersbach . He received a contract until mid-2014. In February he left VfL and moved to the Qatari club Al-Ahly. After playing for the French first division club US Créteil HB since the 2014/15 season, he joined the German first division club Rhein-Neckar Löwen in November 2015 . In summer 2016 he moved to FC Barcelona . In the summer of 2018 he joined Benfica Lisbon . In early 2020 he returned to RK Vardar Skopje.

At the European Handball Championship 2012 in Serbia, Ristovski was one of the best goalkeepers in the tournament.

successes

• German champion 2016 with the Rhein-Neckar Löwen
• Spanish champions 2017 and 2018 with FC Barcelona
• Spanish cup winner 2017 and 2018 with FC Barcelona

Web links

• Borko Ristovski in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Borko Ristovski on the website of the Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of EM participants 2012, accessed on May 5, 2012 ( Memento from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 389 kB)
2. ↑ ^{a b} VfL sign Ristovski and Dimitrijevic. Oberberg Nachrichten website, February 14, 2012, accessed March 25, 2017
3. ↑ Gummersbach gets Ristovski and Dimitrijevic. In: Focus-Online. 14 February 2012
4. ↑ Two new players for the relegation battle. In: handball week . 14 February 2012
5. ↑ www.vfl-gummersbach.de Borko Ristovski leaves VfL Gummersbach ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on February 7, 2014
6. ↑ www.uschb.fr Borko Ristovski rejoint l'US Créteil Handball from May 28, 2014
7. ↑ handball-world.com Lightning transfer also confirmed by Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Borko Ristovski is coming from November 21, 2015
8. ↑ swp.de: Ristovski leaves the lions - move to Barcelona on April 18, 2016, accessed on August 9, 2016
9. ↑ handball-world.news: Former HBL professional Ristovski is moving from Barcelona to Portugal on June 19, 2018, accessed on June 19, 2016
10. ↑ handball-world.news: Vardar Skopje brings back former HBL professional Borko Ristovski from March 3, 2020, accessed on March 3, 2020