Goran Slavkovski

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Personal information
Goran Slavkovski
Full name	Goran Slavkovski
Date of birth	April 8, 1989 (age 17)
Place of birth	Skravlinge, Sweden
Height	191 cm
Nickname	Little Zlatan
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Inter Milan
Number	61
Youth clubs
? 2004-2005 2005-2006	FBK Balkan Malmö FF Inter Milan
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-	Inter Milan	1 (0)
National team²
	Sweden U-15 Sweden U-16 Sweden U-17 Sweden U-18 Sweden U-19	8 (4) 6 (3) 10 (8) 7 (7) 2 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 3, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of N/A. * Appearances (Goals)

Goran Slavkovski (Macedonian cyrillic: Горан Славковски) (born 8 April 1989, in Skravlinge, Sweden) is a Swedish football player with Ethnic Macedonian origins. Slavkovski currentlys plays for Internazionale. His nickname is "Ibrahimović the second", because of their roots in the Balkans, and playing for FBK Balkan and Malmö FF.

He made his first team debut at the age of 17 years and one month on May 7, 2006 in a Serie A league match against A.C. Siena, taking the field at the 83rd minute, thus becoming the youngest footballer ever to play for Inter Milan. Previously, this record was owned by Giuseppe Bergomi.

He made his Coppa Italia debut against F.C. Messina Peloro, 29 November 2006. He was also recently linked with English giants Manchester United F.C.^[1].

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Recently the media was talking about a "war" going on between the Macedonian, Swedish and even the Croatian football federation, all in attempt to get him to join their national football teams. Slavkovski and his father have stated that it would be an honour to play for his country of origin, Macedonia but still did not made up his mind yet. Goran Slavkovski also received an invitation by the Macedonian Prime Minister to attend a meeting on his chances for playing in the Macedonian national football team. On February 24 a statement had been released by his family that he will play for the Macedonian under 21 and is expected to make his debut late in March when Macedonia U21 take on Albania's youngsters ^[2]