Blagoja Kuleski

Blagoja Kuleski

Personal information
Date of birth	(1962-10-04) 4 October 1962
Place of birth	SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1985	Pobeda	80	(15)
1985–1986	Vardar Skopje	8	(0)
1987–1989	Pelister	40	(11)
1989–1992	Radnički Niš	53	(18)
1992–1994	Marconi Stallions	52	(3)
1994–1995	Melbourne Zebras	19	(0)
1997	Bulleen Lions
2000	Rockdale City Suns
Managerial career
2002	Illawara Lions
2006–2009	Bonnyrigg White Eagles
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Blagoja Kuleski (Macedonian: Благоја Кулески, born 4 October 1962) is a Macedonian football manager and former player.

During his playing career he played in Yugolav League for Macedonian clubs FK Pobeda, FK Vardar and FK Pelister, Serbian FK Radnički Niš, before moving to Australia, in 1992, where he played with Marconi Stallions, Melbourne Zebras, Bulleen Lions and Rockdale City Suns.

Blagoja, or Kuki, as he is better known in the football community, played the first game for Macedonia against Yugoslavia in Skopje in 1991, along the greats of Darko Pancev and Ilija Najdoski.

Blagoja was voted second best defender/ sweeper in 1990 in Yugoslav National League just 2 points behind Miodrag Belodedici of Red Star Belgrade who were crowned Super Cup Champions in the same year.

After retiring in Australia, he became a football coach managing Illawara Lions and Bonnyrigg White Eagles. He won the Championship two consecutive years with Bonnyrigg and promoted them back into the NSW Premier League in 2009.

External sources

• Career in OzFootball.
• Profile in Worldfootball.