Dragan Čadikovski (Macedonian: Драган Чадиковски; born 13 January 1982) is a Serbian-born Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He also holds Slovenian citizenship.[1]

Dragan Čadikovski
Čadikovski in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-01-13) 13 January 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Kolubara
Obilić
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Publikum Celje 76 (22)
2005–2007 Zenit St Petersburg 4 (1)
2006–2007Publikum Celje (loan) 21 (7)
2007 Maribor 12 (3)
2008 Partizan 13 (2)
2009–2010 Incheon United 22 (4)
2010 Celje 10 (4)
2011 Rudar Velenje 16 (5)
2011 Olimpija Ljubljana 13 (2)
2012 Koper 11 (5)
2013 Domžale 13 (2)
2013 Celje 13 (2)
2014 Radnički Kragujevac 12 (0)
2014–2015 Kolubara 24 (7)
2015 Velež Mostar 7 (0)
2016 Gleinstätten 8 (5)
2016–2019 Kolubara 62 (14)
2020 TEK Sloga
2022 USV Wies
International career
2004–2005 Macedonia 8 (0)
Managerial career
2020–2021 Kolubara (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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After starting out at Kolubara, Čadikovski moved abroad to Slovenia and joined Publikum Celje in the summer of 2001. He spent three and a half seasons at the club, scoring 22 league goals and earning a transfer to Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg in the 2004–05 winter transfer window.[2]

In January 2008, Čadikovski returned to his country of birth and signed a three-year contract with Partizan.[3] He helped the team win the double in the remainder of the season. A year after joining Partizan, Čadikovski was transferred to K League side Incheon United.

International career

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He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a January 2004 friendly match away against China and has earned a total of 8 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a February 2005 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Andorra in Skopje.[4][5]

Coaching career

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On 13 January 2020, Čadikovski announced his retirement from professional football. Čadikovski, however, continued for FK Kolubara as a youth coach and assistant coach of the clubs first team.[6] During 2020, he also played matches with FK TEK Sloga.[7]

Statistics

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As of 5 September 2019[8]
Club Season League
Apps Goals
Publikum Celje 2001–02 18 4
2002–03 26 7
2003–04 20 8
2004–05 12 3
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2005 4 1
2006 0 0
Publikum Celje (loan) 2006–07 21 7
Maribor 2007–08 12 3
Partizan 2007–08 7 2
2008–09 6 0
Incheon United 2009 18 4
2010 4 0
Celje 2010–11 10 4
Rudar Velenje 2010–11 16 5
Olimpija Ljubljana 2011–12 13 2
Koper 2012–13 11 5
Domžale 2012–13 13 2
Celje 2013–14 13 2
Radnički Kragujevac 2013–14 12 0
Kolubara 2014–15 24 7
Velež Mostar 2015–16 7 0
Gleinstätten 2015–16 8 5
Kolubara 2016–17 20 0
2017–18 23 6
2018–19 19 8
Career total 337 85

Honours

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Partizan

References

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  1. ^ "Državljanstvo tudi za Čadikovskega" (in Slovenian). nogomania.com. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Zenit sign highly-rated pair". UEFA. 24 December 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Potpisao Čadikovski" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2019.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Čadikovski za jači napad" (in Serbian). blic.rs. 11 January 2008. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  6. ^ Экс-футболист «Зенита» и сборной Македонии Чадиковски завершил карьеру, abnews.ru, 13 January 2020
  7. ^ Čadikovski predvodi „energetičare, geminfo.rs, 30 July 2020
  8. ^ Dragan Čadikovski at Soccerway
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