Stefan Despotovski
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stefan Despotovski | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Skopje, Macedonia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | OFK Beograd | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| 2019 | → Grafičar (youth loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Red Star Belgrade | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Grafičar (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Rabotnički | 40 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 6 | (0) |
| 2025– | OFK Beograd | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2024 | North Macedonia U21 | 24 | (0) |
| 2025– | North Macedonia | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2025 | |||
Stefan Despotovski (Macedonian: Стефан Деспотовски; born 23 January 2003) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serbian club OFK Beograd and the North Macedonia national team.[1]
Club career
He started his career in the youth academy of Partizan before moving to Red Star Belgrade in 2015. In February 2021, he was loaned to Grafičar where he made his professional debut on 24 March in a 2–1 Serbian First League (Serbian second division) match against Žarkovo. He remained a free agent at the end of the 2021–2022 season, and in January 2023 he signed a contract in his homeland with Rabotnički,[2] where he played for a season and a half before signing with Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol.[3]
On 4 February 2025 he was purchased outright by OFK Beograd.[4]
Despotovksi previously played for the Macedonia U21.[5]
He made his debut for the Macedonia national team on 9 June 2025 in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match where they won 1–0 against Kazakhstan.[6]
References
- ^ Stefan Despotovski at Soccerway
- ^ "Работнички почна со подготовките и ги промовираше Деспотовски, Илиќ и Маркоски" (in Macedonian).
- ^ "Stefan Despotowski is with us".
- ^ "Стефан Деспотовски нов играч на ОФК Београд" (in Serbian).
- ^ "Стефан Деспотовски: Одлично се вклопив во младата репрезентација на Македонија. Подготвени сме за борба и докажување". FFM (in Macedonian). 26 March 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Деспотовски: Среќен сум за дебито, се надевам и на следна шанса" (in Macedonian).