Kiril Simonovski

Kiril Simonovski

Kiril Simonovski - Džina (Macedonian: Кирил Симоновски - Џина, 19 October 1915–12 June 1984) was a Macedonian footballer. He played top league football for Gragjanski Skopje, Macedonia Skopje, FK Vardar and FK Partizan.

He started playing football in a local club in Skopje named FK Jug, before moving to Gragjanski Skopje in 1938. In 1941 during the World War II and the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, most of the region of the then Vardarska Banovina was occupied by the Bulgarian forces. Gragjanski was dissolved and a new club was formed Makedonija Skopje, where he moved. The club finished in second place in the 1942 Bulgarian State Football Championship, and during this period Simonovski played two matches for the Bulgarian national team (as Kiril Simeonov). At the end of the war, Simonovski moved to Belgrade and signed with newly formed FK Partizan where he will play all the way until 1950, winning two national championships and one cup. It was in this period that he became the first Macedonian to play for the post-1945 Yugoslav national team, having played a total of 10 matches and scored once.

After retiring he became a coach. He coached FK Partizan, FK Vardar and Olympiacos F.C. among several other clubs in Yugoslavia, Greece and Cyprus.