Several players in foreign leagues have Macedonian origin and still have the chance to play for Macedonia. Here is a review of their performances:
Australia, A-League, Gold Coast United – Perth Glory 2:0
Naum Sekulovski played the full 90 minutes for Perth.
Australia, A-League, Melbourne Victory FC – Sydney FC 0:0
Goalkeeper Ivan Necevski was the whole game on Sydney’s bench. The referee of this game was Srebre Delovski who is also of Macedonian origin.
Germany, 2.Bundesliga, Union Berlin – TSV 1860 München 1:1
Aleksandar Ignjovski played the whole game for the away team. 1860 München finished the first round on the 12th place of the 2. Bundesliga. 18 year old Ignjovski played in all 17 games, assisted on four goals and received four yellow cards. The first two games of the season he came in from the bench, afterwards he always was part of the starting eleven.
Israel, Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth – Maccabi Tel Aviv 3:3
Ivica Iliev played until the 51st minute for Maccabi Tel Aviv when he received a red card. He scored the 1:3-goal for Maccabi in the 36th minute of the game. At the moment Maccabi is on the 3rd place in Israel.