Ivan Nikolov (footballer)
Macedonian footballer
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Ivan Nikolov (Macedonian: Иван Николов; born 17 February 2002) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1]
Иван Николов
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name |
Ivan Nikolov Иван Николов | ||
| Date of birth | 17 February 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Štip, Macedonia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2017 | Bregalnica | ||
| 2017–2019 | Akademija Pandev | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Akademija Pandev | 26 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Vardar | 22 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Bregalnica | 28 | (5) |
| 2023–2026 | Sønderjyske | 36 | (3) |
| 2025 | → Vendsyssel (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2026 | Radnik Bijeljina | 13 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | North Macedonia U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | North Macedonia U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | North Macedonia U19 | 10 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | North Macedonia U21 | 23 | (1) |
| 2022– | North Macedonia | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2024 | |||
Career
Club career
Nikolov made his senior football debut on 31 August 2019 at the age of 17, by playing the full match for Akademija Pandev against Rabotnichki in the fourth round of the 2019–20 Macedonian First Football League season.[2] That season he went on to play 7 games, throughout which he also assisted one goal.
On 17 July 2023, Nikolov joined Danish 1st Division club SønderjyskE on a deal until June 2026.[3] On February 4, 2025 Sønderjyske confirmed that Nikolov moved to Danish 1st Division club Vendsyssel FF on a loan deal for the rest of the season.[4] He returned to Sønderjyske after the loan spell.[5]
With zero minutes of playing time throughout the first half of the 2025–26 season at Sønderjyske, the club confirmed on 4 January 2026 that the parties had agreed to terminate the contract by mutual consent.[6]
International
Ever since 2018 Nikolov has been regular at most of North Macedonia's national youth teams.
He made his debut for North Macedonia national football team on 22 October 2022 in a friendly match against Saudi Arabia.[7]