Goran Pandev

Goran Pandev
Pandev with Inter Milan in 2010
Personal information
Full name Goran Pandev[1]
Date of birth (1983-07-27) 27 July 1983[2][3]
Place of birth Strumica, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000 Belasica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Belasica 18 (6)
2001–2004 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2002–2003 → Spezia (loan) 22 (4)
2003–2004 → Ancona (loan) 20 (1)
2004–2009 Lazio 159 (48)
2009–2012 Inter Milan 47 (5)
2011–2012 → Napoli (loan) 30 (6)
2012–2014 Napoli 62 (13)
2014–2015 Galatasaray 4 (0)
2015–2022 Genoa 176 (28)
2022 Parma 11 (1)
Total 549 (112)
International career
1999 Macedonia U16 2 (0)
2000–2001 Macedonia U19 3 (2)
2001–2002 Macedonia U21 7 (2)
2001–2021 North Macedonia 122 (38)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Goran Pandev (Macedonian: Горан Пандев, born 27 July 1983) is a former Macedonian professional footballer. He played as a forward for teams like Lazio, Inter Milan,[4] Napoli,[5] and Genoa.[6] While at Inter Milan, Pandev won the treble during the 2009–10 season.[7][8][9] He is known as one of the best Macedonian footballers of all time.

Pandev was capped 122 times for North Macedonia, scoring 38 goals. He was part of North Macedonia's team at the 2020 European Championships, and became the second-oldest goal-scorer in the tournament.[10]

On 22 April 2021, he became the first Macedonian footballer to score 100 goals in one of the top five European football leagues.[11]

Personal life

Pandev's younger brother, Sashko, is also a footballer.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[12]
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Belasica 2000–01 Macedonian First League 186———186
Inter Milan 2001–02 Serie A ————00
Spezia (loan) 2002–03 Serie C1 224———224
Ancona (loan) 2003–04 Serie A 20110——211
Lazio 2004–05 Serie A 253104[b]100304
2005–06 Serie A 351131——3812
2006–07 Serie A 361133——3914
2007–08 Serie A 3214508[c]5—4519
2008–09 Serie A 31966——3715
Total 159481810126—18964
Inter Milan 2009–10 Serie A 193206[c]0—273
2010–11 Serie A 272407[c]14[d]2425
2011–12 Serie A 1000000010
Total 4756013142708
Napoli (loan) 2011–12 Serie A 306517[c]0—427
Napoli 2012–13 Serie A 336106[e]01[f]1417
2013–14 Serie A 297309[g]1—418
Total 9219912211112422
Galatasaray 2014–15 Süper Lig 401073[c]000177
Genoa 2015–16 Serie A 15010——160
2016–17 Serie A 20334——237
2017–18 Serie A 32510——335
2018–19 Serie A 26420——284
2019–20 Serie A 34910——359
2020–21 Serie A 29710——307
2021–22 Serie A 20020——220
Total 17628114——18732
Parma 2021–22 Serie B 111———111
Career total 549112552250853659145
  1. ↑ Includes Coppa Italia, Turkish Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ One appearance and one goal in Supercoppa Italiana, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  7. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[12][13][14]
National teamYearAppsGoals
North Macedonia[a] 200110
200231
200351
200484
200573
200651
200751
200883
2009108
201041
201151
201271
201371
201400
201500
201681
201794
201872
201991
202062
202182
Total12238
  1. ↑ North Macedonia was known as Macedonia until 2019
Scores and results list North Macedonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pandev goal[12][13]
List of international goals scored by Goran Pandev
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
121 August 2002Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia Malta[15]5–05–0Friendly
220 August 2003Stadion Goce Delčev, Prilep, Macedonia Albania[16]2–13–1
318 February 2004Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia Bosnia and Herzegovina[17]1–01–0
411 June 2004A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia[18]3–04–2
518 August 2004Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia Armenia[19]1–03–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
69 October 2004 Netherlands[20]1–12–2
74 June 2005Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Armenia[21]1–02–1
82–0
98 June 2005Na Stínadlech, Teplice, Czech Republic Czech Republic[22]1–01–6
1011 October 2006Camp d’Esports d’Aixovall, Andorra La Vella, Andorra Andorra[23]1–03–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
1117 October 2007Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia Andorra[24]3–03–0
1220 August 2008Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Luxembourg[25]1–04–1Friendly
133–0
1410 September 2008Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia Netherlands[26]1–21–22010 FIFA World Cup qualification
1511 February 2009Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey Moldova[27]1–01–1Friendly
1612 August 2009Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia Spain[28]1–02–3
172–0
1811 October 2009 Qatar[29]1–12–1
192–1
2014 November 2009Stadion Mladost, Strumica, Macedonia Canada2–03–0
213–0
2218 November 2009Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Iran1–11–1
233 March 2010Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia Montenegro2–02–1
2410 August 2011Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan1–01–0
2515 August 2012Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia Lithuania1–01–0
266 February 2013 Denmark1–03–0
2729 May 2016Sportplatz Bad Erlach, Bad Erlach, Austria Azerbaijan2–03–1
2828 March 2017Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia Belarus2–03–0
293–0
302 September 2017Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel Israel1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3111 November 2017Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia Norway1–02–0Friendly
329 September 2018 Armenia2–02–02018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3313 October 2018 Liechtenstein3–04–1
349 September 2019Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia Latvia1–02–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
3511 October 2020A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia2–33–32020–21 UEFA Nations League C
3612 November 2020Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia1–01–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs
3731 March 2021MSV-Arena, Duisburg, Germany Germany1–02–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3813 June 2021Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania Austria1–11–3UEFA Euro 2020

Honours

Lazio
Inter Milan[12]
Napoli
  • Coppa Italia: 2011–12, 2013–14[12]
Galatasaray[12]
Individual
  • Macedonian Footballer of the Year: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010[30]
  • Coppa Italia top scorer: 2008–09, 2016–17[31]

References

  1. ↑ "Goran Pandev". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Goran Pandev". Yahoo Sport. United Kingdom: Yahoo. 27 July 1983. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  3. ↑ UEFA.com. "Goran Pandev - Macedonia - European Qualifiers". UEFA. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Goran Pandev signs until 2014". inter.it. 4 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Napoli sign Pandev from Inter". Football Italia. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Goran Pandev jumped at chance to sign for Genoa from Galatasaray". ESPN FC. ESPN. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Siena 0 Inter Milan 1: match report". The Telegraph. Future plc. 16 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  8. ↑ Zdraveski, Filip (23 May 2010). "Pandev wins the Champions League". Macedonian Football. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  9. ↑ "Internazionale on top of the world". FIFA. 18 December 2010. Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  10. ↑ Poole, Harry (13 June 2021). "Austria v North Macedonia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  11. ↑ Zullo, Leo (2021-04-21). "Pandev 100 gol in Serie A: che numeri per l'attaccante del Genoa". CalcioToday.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "G. Pandev". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  13. 1 2 Goran Pandev at National-Football-Teams.com
  14. ↑ "Goran Pandev - national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  15. ↑ Zdraveski, Filip (22 August 2008). "Mystery over Pandev's goals". Football Federation of Macedonia. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  16. ↑ "Macedonia 3–1 Albania". ESPN. 20 August 2003. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  17. ↑ "Macedonia 1–0 Bosnia-Herzegovina". ESPN. 18 February 2004. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  18. ↑ "Estonia 2–4 Macedonia". ESPN. 11 June 2004. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  19. ↑ "Macedonia 3–0 Armenia". ESPN. 18 June 2004. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  20. ↑ "Macedonia 2–2 Netherlands". ESPN. 9 October 2004. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  21. ↑ "Armenia 1–2 Macedonia". ESPN. 4 June 2005. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  22. ↑ "Czech Republic 6–1 Macedonia". ESPN. 8 June 2005. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  23. ↑ "Macedonians strengthen case". UEFA. 11 October 2006. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  24. ↑ "Macedonia 3–0 Andorra". ESPN. 17 October 2007. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  25. ↑ Igor Panevski (27 August 2008). "Pandev spearheads Macedonian charge". UEFA. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  26. ↑ Jonathan Roorda (10 September 2008). "Quick Report: FYR Macedonia 1–2 Netherlands". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  27. ↑ Filip Zdraveski (12 February 2009). "MDA – MKD match report". Macedonian Football. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  28. ↑ "Scotland fear Pandev, says Jonuz". BBC Sport. 4 September 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  29. ↑ Filip Zdraveski (11 October 2009). "MKD – QAT match report". Macedonian Football. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  30. ↑ Gasevski, Emil (26 December 2010). "Pandev and Bogatinov take FYROM awards". UEFA. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  31. ↑ Di Maggio, Roberto; Rota, Davide (4 June 2015). "Italy - Coppa Italia Top Scorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

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