Kiril "Džina" Simonovski (Macedonian: Кирил Симоновски – Џина; or Кирил Симеонов; 19 October 1915 – 12 June 1984) was a Macedonian footballer. He played top league football for Gragjanski Skopje, Macedonia Skopje, FK Vardar and FK Partizan.

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 (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.

Kiril Simonovski

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.

Kiril Simonovski

Managerial career

After retiring he became a coach. He coached FK Partizan, FK Vardar and Olympiacos F.C. among several other clubs in Yugoslavia, Greece and Cyprus.

Kiril Simonovski

Personal life

His brother Blagoje also played for Bulgaria.

Honours

As player: Partizan Yugoslav First League: 1946–47, 1948–49 Yugoslav Cup: 1946–47

As coach: Partizan Yugoslav Cup: 1957

Olympiacos

Greek Cup: 1961

References

External links

Profile at the Football Association of Serbia website

Profile at the Football Association of Macedonia website

1915 births

1984 deaths

Footballers from Skopje

Men's association football fullbacks

Yugoslav men's footballers

Macedonian men's footballers

Bulgarian men's footballers

Yugoslavia men's international footballers

Bulgaria men's international footballers

Dual men's international footballers

FK Partizan players

FK Vardar players

Yugoslav First League players

Yugoslav football managers

Macedonian football managers

FK Vardar managers

Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers

FK Partizan managers

Olympiacos F.C. managers

Yugoslav expatriate football managers

Expatriate football managers in Greece

Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Greece