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name: Jovan Kirovski
position: F height: 6-1 weight:180 Birthdate: March 18, 1976 Hometown: Escondido, CA last club: San Jose (MLS) |
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| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights |
| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | Los Angeles | 22 | 13 | 1,202 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Career | 140 | 115 | 9,700 | 26 | 11 | 217 | 88 | 149 | 118 | 17 | 0 | |
| Most Recent Video Highlights |
| date | clubs | video description |
| 06/20/09 | Galaxy @ Quakes |
 LA's Kirovski strikes back
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| 10/07/07 | Toronto FC @ Rapids |
Jovan Kirovski Goal
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| 08/16/07 | Revolution @ Rapids |
Jovan Kirovski Goals
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Acquired by Los Angeles
From the San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2010 MLS Supplemental Draft on November 24, 2008.
MLS Highlights
2008: Split the 2008 season between Colorado and San Jose but was limited by injury to just nine games and one start, all with the Earthquakes. His 154 minutes played were an MLS-career low for Kirovski, who was traded to LA in November. He accompanied the Galaxy to New Zealand for a friendly against the Oceania All-Stars, scoring the game's opening goal.2007: Started all 28 games in which he appeared for the Colorado Rapids, leading the team with six goals including two game-winners. He added an assist in 2,161 minutes on the field.
2006: Tallied five goals and two assists in his first full season with the Rapids. All five of his goals came in the first eight games of the season as he finished third on the team in goals. He added a goal and an assist in the postseason as Colorado reached a second consecutive Western Conference Final.
2005: Began the season with the Galaxy, playing in 24 games for the club, tallying four goals and four assists. His first goal of the year came in the 32nd minute of the inaugural Honda SuperClasico against Chivas USA, giving the Galaxy a 3-0 lead and had two assists in the second SuperClaisco as the Galaxy won 2-0. He added goals against Real Salt Lake, San Jose and the MetroStars before he was traded to Colorado on September 13. He continued his dominance of Chivas USA, tallying a goal and an assist in a 3-1 road win over them in just his third game with the Rapids.
2004: Signed with the Galaxy in February and tallied a career-best eight goals to finish second on the club in goals. He appeared in 24 games, making 23 starts for the club, playing 1,984 minutes in his first season in MLS. He made his MLS debut on 4/3 against New England, scoring the game-winning goal in a 3-2 LA win. He added three multi-goal games, all in wins over Dallas, to account for six of his eight goals. He was named the MLS Player of the Week after each of those games and he was also named the to MLS All-Star Team. He recorded the first assist of his MLS career on a Carlos Ruiz goal at Colorado on 4/17 and added one in the second leg of the Galaxy's Western Conference Semifinals series win over the Rapids.
Career Highlights
2002-04: Spent a year and a half with Birmingham City of the English Premier League, appearing in more than 20 games for the club, scoring twice before signing with the Galaxy in February 2004.2001-02: Played one season with Crystal Palace in the English First Division (now Championship), scoring five goals, including three game-winners, in 36 games for the club in all competitions.
2000-01: Spent one season in Portugal with Sporting Lisbon, where he made five appearances and helped the club finish in third place in the Portuguese Liga.
1996-2000: Joined Borussia Dortmund, who had won the last two Bundesliga titles, in the summer of 1996 and appeared in 20 league games for the club in three seasons. He became the first American player to score in the Champions League as he helped Dortmund win the competition in 1997. The goal came in a 3-0 win over Sparta Prague on 12/10/96. He spent the 1998-99 season on loan with second division side SC Fortuna Köln, scoring twice in 20 games before returning to Dortmund.
1992-96: Began his career at Manchester United, coming through the club's famed youth ranks alongside players like David Beckham, Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville. However he was unable to make a first team appearance with the club.
National Team
Kirovski made 62 appearances in an 11-year career with the U.S. National Team, scoring nine goals and adding an assist. He made his National Team debut in a 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia on 10/19/94 and scored his first goal for the U.S. a month later in a 3-0 win over Jamaica in Kingston, Jamaica. He tallied two goals for the U.S. in 1994, 2003 and 1999, when he also notched an assist in 11 games with the National Team. He helped the U.S. qualify for the FIFA World Cup in 1998, 2002 and 2006, while also appearing in the 1995 Copa America, the 1996 and 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the 1999 and 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Personal
Raised in Southern California, Kirovski moved to Europe at the age of 16 to play for Manchester United. His parents are of Macedonian decent. He scored in his first game with the Galaxy in 2004 and then did so again in 2008, scoring in the win over the Oceania All- Stars in Auckland, New Zealand, after being re-acquired by the club. He is married and has two children.
