Jovan Kirovski
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| Jovan Kirovski | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jovan Kirovski | |
| Date of birth | March 18, 1976 (age 31) | |
| Place of birth | Escondido, CA, United States | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Colorado Rapids | |
| Number | 7 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1992 | Manchester United | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993-96 1996-00 1998-99 2000-01 2001-02 2002-04 2004-05 2005– |
Manchester United Borussia Dortmund → SC Fortuna Köln (loan) Sporting Lisbon Crystal Palace Birmingham City Los Angeles Galaxy Colorado Rapids |
0 (0) 20 (1) 23 (2) 5 (0) 36 (5) 23 (2) 51 (12) 33 (6) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1994-04 | United States | 62 (9) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jovan Kirovski (born March 18, 1976, in Escondido, California) is an American soccer forward of Macedonian descent who currently plays in Major League Soccer for the Colorado Rapids.
Kirovski joined Manchester United's youth team in 1992, becoming the first American to sign with the famed club. He led the reserve team in scoring in 1996, but unfortunately for Jovan, he was not able to break into the first team because of work permit regulations. After that season, he gave up on Manchester, and signed with Bundesliga power Borussia Dortmund. Kirovski spent the next four seasons in Germany, playing sparingly for Dortmund; he did however play and score in Dortmund's 1996-97 Champions League campaign, becoming the first American to win the competition. His only significant playing time in Germany was in the 1998-99 season, when Borussia loaned him out to second division club Fortuna Köln.
In 2000, Kirovski signed with Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon, but once again could not get much playing time. After a season there, he came back to England, signing with Football League First Division club Crystal Palace. In 2002, Jovan finally made it to Premiership when he signed with Birmingham City. But after two seasons and not much first-team action there, and his chances with the U.S. national team waning, he finally decided to play club soccer in the U.S., signing with the Los Angeles Galaxy. In his first season in MLS, Kirovski scored eight goals. In 2005 the Galaxy traded him to the Colorado Rapids for a first round pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft.
Kirovski's career with the U.S. national team has been erratic at best. After making his debut at the age of 17 on October 19, 1994 against Saudi Arabia, Jovan has sandwiched games of individual brilliance with long periods of indifferent play. Although he has broken the 60-cap barrier, he hasn't made a single FIFA World Cup squad, but he did play at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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| Colorado Rapids - Current Squad |
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1 Coundoul | 2 Harvey | 3 Vanney | 4 Gargan | 5 Beckerman | 6 Prideaux | 7 Kirovski | 8 McDonald | 10 Gomez | 11 Cooke | 12 Petke | 13 Keel | 14 Cummings | 15 Peterson | 16 Wingert | 18 Ihemelu | 19 Brown | 20 Hernández | 21 Colaluca | 22 LaBrocca | 23 Clark | 24 Coundoul | 25 Mastroeni | 27 Kimura | 28 DiRaimondo | 30 Hughes | 31 Thornton | 33 Wasson | Coach: Clavijo |
Categories: 1976 births | Living people | Macedonian people | American soccer players | Manchester United F.C. players | Borussia Dortmund players | Sporting Lisbon players | Crystal Palace F.C. players | Birmingham City F.C. players | Los Angeles Galaxy players | Colorado Rapids players | People from San Diego | Olympic soccer players of the United States | Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics | United States men's international soccer players | FA Premier League players
