Kiril Simonovski

Kiril Simonovski (Macedonian: Кирил Симоновски; 19 October 1915 – 12 June 1984) was a Yugoslav football manager and player.

Playing career Club He started playing football in a local club in Skopje named FK Jug, before moving to Gragjanski Skopje in 1938. In 1941, during World War II and the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, most of the region of the then Vardarska Banovina was occupied by the Bulgarian forces and in that period, Gragjanski was renamed to Makedonija Skopie. The club finished in second place in the 1942 Bulgarian State Championship, and during this period, Simonovski played two matches for the Bulgarian national team with his birth name (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.

International It was in this period that he became the first Macedonian to play for the post-1945 Yugoslavia national team, having played a total of 10 matches and scored once.

Managerial career After retiring from playing, Simonovski coached Partizan, Vardar, Aris Thessaloniki and Olympiacos, among several other clubs in Yugoslavia, Greece and Cyprus.

Personal life His brother Blagoje also played for Bulgaria.

Honours Player Partizan Yugoslav First League: 1946–47, 1948–49 Yugoslav Cup: 1947

Coach Partizan Yugoslav Cup: 1956–57

Olympiacos Greek Cup: 1960–61