Nikola Serafimov
Personal information
Full name Nikola Serafimov
Никола Серафимов
Date of birth (1999-08-11) 11 August 1999[1]
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Fehérvár FC
Number 31
Youth career
2011–2017 Vardar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Vardar 15 (0)
2017 → Pelister (loan) 3 (0)
2018–2020 → Bregalnica (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2021 Akademija Pandev 25 (0)
2021–2022 Zalaegerszegi TE 31 (4)
2022– Fehérvár FC 25 (2)
International career‡
2019–2020 Macedonia U21 7 (0)
2022– North Macedonia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022

Nikola Serafimov (Macedonian: Никола Серафимов; born 11 August 1999) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays for Fehérvár FC and the North Macedonia national team.

Club career

Serafimov, started his football career at the Vardar academy.Then he was promoted to the A team, but he could not find the chance to play. Vardar leased him to Pelister in 2017 and Bregalnica in 2018, respectively.[2] Returned from loan on June 30, 2019. On February 14, 2020.He terminated his contract with Vardar and parted ways.

After staying here for a short time like 4 months, he joined Akademija Pandev from his country Macedonia teams on July 7, 2020.[3]

On 21 June 2021, Serafimov transferred to Hungarian team Zalaegerszegi TE.[4] W On 11 July 2022, Serafimov joined Hungarian side Fehérvár FC for a fee of 400.000€.[5] Serafimov scored his first goal for Fehérvár FC in the 66th minute of their 2-1 defeat to Újpest FC on 9 November 2022.[6]

International career

In August 2021, Serafimov received his debut call up for the senior national team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification games against Armenia, Iceland and Romania.[7]

With national team in 2022 for the Uefa Nations League tournament Bulgaria, Gibraltar and Georgia.[8] played their matches.[9]

He played for national team in the friendly matches played with Finland on November 11, 2022 and Azerbaijan on November 20, 2022.[10]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 20 November 2022 [11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
North Macedonia
202250
Total50

References

  1. ↑ Nikola Serafimov at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Никола Серафимов во новата сезона ќе игра за екипата на Брегалница" (in Macedonian). Vardar Fans.
  3. ↑ "Никола Серафимов прво летно засилување за Академија Пандев" (in Macedonian). jugoinfo. 7 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Komoly erősítés a védelemben!" (in Hungarian). Zalaegerszegi TE. 21 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Nikola Serafimov is the new signing of MOL Fehérvár FC". Fehérvár FC. 11 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "ВИДЕПО родолжи со добрата форма: Деби гол за Серафимов во МОЛ Фехервар" (in Macedonian). www.slobodenpecat.mk. 9 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Благоја Милевски го објави списокот со фудбалери за септемвриските квалификациски натпревари" (in Macedonian). FFM.mk. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Серафимов: Мака ни е за поразот од Грузија, но верувам дека можеме до првото место" (in Macedonian). 24fudbal.mk. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Nikola Serafimov: We have to be prepared, motivated and use the chance in the best way" (in Macedonian). FFM.mk. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "ВИДЕО: Македонските играчи само ремизираа со Финска во Скопје" (in Macedonian). www.slobodenpecat.mk. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Nikola Serafimov". footballdatabase.


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