Dino Delevski (born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia[1]) is an American soccer player of Macedonian descent.[2]
Club career
In 1996, Delevski graduated from Capitol Hill High School. He was a 1996 All State High School soccer player at Capitol Hill. He attended Oklahoma City University where he was a 1999 Second Team NAIA All American soccer player.[3] On 25 January 2000, Delevski signed with the Wichita Wings of the National Professional Soccer League.[4] During the 2000-2001 (final) season of the league, he made the National Conference team for the 2001 NPSL All-Star Game, held in Buffalo, New York (then home of the Buffalo Blizzard). On 20 August 2001, the Kansas City Comets selected Delevski in the first round of the dispersal draft.[5] Delevski signed with the Comets. He was selected as 2002 and 2003 NPSL MVP.[6] During this time in Kansas City , Delevski started his youth coaching career in Kearney, Missouri. Delevski also was named the All-Star Game MVP in 2003, scoring a Hattrick during his exciting performance. In 2003, he played outdoors with the Milwaukee Wave United of the A-League. That year, he also became an American citizen.[7] On 22 September 2005, the Philadelphia KiXX selected Delevski in the Dispersal Draft. Delevski did not sign with the KiXX until 16 February 2006.[8] He had stayed with the KiXX for the 2007-2008 MISL II season with fellow Macedonian Sandre Naumoski. Delevski was a valuable contributor to that team winning his first championship as the Philadelphia KiXX defeated the Detroit Ignition 13–8 to win the 2007 Major Indoor Soccer League title at Compuware Arena. Delevski then he would be traded to the Monterrey La Raza early in the season, where he immediately emerged as one of the League's leading scorers and leaders of the team. In 2008, Delevski joined the Rockford Rampage of the National Indoor Soccer League. On 25 February 2009, the Rampage released Delevski. A week later, he signed with the Xtreme Soccer League which assigned him to the Milwaukee Wave.[9] Delevski is currently a coach for the Chicago Inferno of the MASL.
Honors
- 1996 Oklahoma High School All State
- 1999 Second Team NAIA All American
- MISL MVP
- 2002, 2003
- First Team All MISL
- 2002, 2003, 2008
- Second Team All MISL
- 2004, 2005
Notes
- ^ "The Pitch". Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
- ^ Player History
- ^ 1999 NAIA Soccer All Americans Archived 2 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Delevski Honored
- ^ MISL HOLDS DISPERSAL DRAFT
- ^ "The Year in American Soccer - 2003". Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ "SOCCER: NOTEBOOK; Indoor Star Steps Out (Published 2003)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018.
- ^ KiXX Sign Two-Time League MVP Dino Delevski
- ^ Two-time MVP Delevski joins Wave