Goran Pandev

**Goran Pandev** (, born 27 July 1983) is a former Macedonian professional footballer. He played as a forward for teams like Lazio, Inter Milan, Napoli, and Genoa. While at Inter Milan, Pandev won the treble during the 2009–10 season. 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.

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

## Personal life

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

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Belasica|2000–01|Macedonian First League|18|6|—|—|—|18|6|||||
|Inter Milan|2001–02|Serie A|—|—|—|—|0|0||||||
|Spezia (loan)|2002–03|Serie C1|22|4|—|—|—|22|4|||||
|Ancona (loan)|2003–04|Serie A|20|1|1|0|—|—|21|1||||
|rowspan="6"|Lazio|2004–05|Serie A|25|3|1|0|4|1|0|0|30|4|
|2005–06|Serie A|35|11|3|1|—|—|38|12|||||
|2006–07|Serie A|36|11|3|3|—|—|39|14|||||
|2007–08|Serie A|32|14|5|0|8|5|—|45|19||||
|2008–09|Serie A|31|9|6|6|—|—|37|15|||||
|rowspan="4"|Inter Milan|2009–10|Serie A|19|3|2|0|6|0|—|27|3||
|2010–11|Serie A|27|2|4|0|7|1|4|2|42|5|||
|2011–12|Serie A|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|||
|Napoli (loan)|2011–12|Serie A|30|6|5|1|7|0|—|42|7|||
|rowspan="3"|Napoli|2012–13|Serie A|33|6|1|0|6|0|1|1|41|7|
|2013–14|Serie A|29|7|3|0|9|1|—|41|8||||
|Galatasaray|2014–15|Süper Lig|4|0|10|7|3|0|0|0|17|7||
|rowspan="8"|Genoa|2015–16|Serie A|15|0|1|0|—|—|16|0|||
|2016–17|Serie A|20|3|3|4|—|—|23|7|||||
|2017–18|Serie A|32|5|1|0|—|—|33|5|||||
|2018–19|Serie A|26|4|2|0|—|—|28|4|||||
|2019–20|Serie A|34|9|1|0|—|—|35|9|||||
|2020–21|Serie A|29|7|1|0|—|—|30|7|||||
|2021–22|Serie A|20|0|2|0|—|—|22|0|||||
|Parma|2021–22|Serie B|11|1|—|—|—|11|1|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="21"|North Macedonia|2001|1|0|
|2002|3|1|||
|2003|5|1|||
|2004|8|4|||
|2005|7|3|||
|2006|5|1|||
|2007|5|1|||
|2008|8|3|||
|2009|10|8|||
|2010|4|1|||
|2011|5|1|||
|2012|7|1|||
|2013|7|1|||
|2014|0|0|||
|2015|0|0|||
|2016|8|1|||
|2017|9|4|||
|2018|7|2|||
|2019|9|1|||
|2020|6|2|||
|2021|8|2|||

- _Scores and results list North Macedonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pandev goal_

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|21 August 2002|Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia||5–0|5–0|Friendly||||||||
|2|20 August 2003|Stadion Goce Delčev, Prilep, Macedonia||2–1|3–1|||||||||
|3|18 February 2004|Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia||1–0|1–0|||||||||
|4|11 June 2004|A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia||3–0|4–2|||||||||
|5|18 August 2004|Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia||1–0|3–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|6|9 October 2004||1–1|2–2||||||||||
|7|4 June 2005|Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia||1–0|2–1|||||||||
|8|2–0|||||||||||||
|9|8 June 2005|Na Stínadlech, Teplice, Czech Republic||1–0|1–6|||||||||
|10|11 October 2006|Camp d’Esports d’Aixovall, Andorra La Vella, Andorra||1–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying||||||||
|11|17 October 2007|Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia||3–0|3–0|||||||||
|12|20 August 2008|Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg||1–0|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|13|3–0|||||||||||||
|14|10 September 2008|Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia||1–2|1–2|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|15|11 February 2009|Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey||1–0|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|16|12 August 2009|Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia||1–0|2–3|||||||||
|17|2–0|||||||||||||
|18|11 October 2009||1–1|2–1||||||||||
|19|2–1|||||||||||||
|20|14 November 2009|Stadion Mladost, Strumica, Macedonia||2–0|3–0|||||||||
|21|3–0|||||||||||||
|22|18 November 2009|Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran||1–1|1–1|||||||||
|23|3 March 2010|Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia||2–0|2–1|||||||||
|24|10 August 2011|Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan||1–0|1–0|||||||||
|25|15 August 2012|Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia||1–0|1–0|||||||||
|26|6 February 2013||1–0|3–0||||||||||
|27|29 May 2016|Sportplatz Bad Erlach, Bad Erlach, Austria||2–0|3–1|||||||||
|28|28 March 2017|Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia||2–0|3–0|||||||||
|29|3–0|||||||||||||
|30|2 September 2017|Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel||1–0|1–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|31|11 November 2017|Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|32|9 September 2018||2–0|2–0|2018–19 UEFA Nations League D|||||||||
|33|13 October 2018||3–0|4–1||||||||||
|34|9 September 2019|Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying||||||||
|35|11 October 2020|A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia||2–3|3–3|2020–21 UEFA Nations League C||||||||
|36|12 November 2020|Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia||1–0|1–0|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs||||||||
|37|31 March 2021|MSV-Arena, Duisburg, Germany||1–0|2–1|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|38|13 June 2021|Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania||1–1|1–3|UEFA Euro 2020||||||||

## Honours

- Lazio
- Coppa Italia: 2008–09

- Inter Milan
- Serie A: 2009–10
- Coppa Italia: 2009–10, 2010–11
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2010
- UEFA Champions League: 2009–10
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2010

- Napoli
- Coppa Italia: 2011–12, 2013–14

- Galatasaray
- Süper Lig: 2014–15
- Turkish Cup: 2014–15

- Individual
- Macedonian Footballer of the Year: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
- Coppa Italia top scorer: 2008–09, 2016–17

## Other websites

- Goran Pandev Fans Community (archived 26 October 2010)
- Official website (GoranPandev.com) (archived 12 September 2007)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Goran Pandev
- **image**: Goran Pandev.JPG
- **caption**: Pandev with Inter Milan in 2010
- **fullname**: Goran Pandev
- **birth place**: Strumica, Socialist Republic of Macedonia, SR Macedonia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia
- **height**: 1.84 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthclubs1**: FK Belasica, Belasica
- **years1**: 1999–2001
- **clubs1**: FK Belasica, Belasica
- **caps1**: 18
- **goals1**: 6
- **years2**: 2001–2004
- **clubs2**: Inter Milan
- **caps2**: 0
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2002–2003
- **clubs3**: → Spezia Calcio, Spezia (loan)
- **caps3**: 22
- **goals3**: 4
- **years4**: 2003–2004
- **clubs4**: → Ancona Calcio, Ancona (loan)
- **caps4**: 20
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2004–2009
- **clubs5**: SS Lazio, Lazio
- **caps5**: 159
- **goals5**: 48
- **years6**: 2009–2012
- **clubs6**: Inter Milan
- **caps6**: 47
- **goals6**: 5
- **years7**: 2011–2012
- **clubs7**: → SSC Napoli, Napoli (loan)
- **caps7**: 30
- **goals7**: 6
- **years8**: 2012–2014
- **clubs8**: SSC Napoli, Napoli
- **caps8**: 62
- **goals8**: 13
- **years9**: 2014–2015
- **clubs9**: Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray
- **caps9**: 4
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2015–2022
- **clubs10**: Genoa CFC, Genoa
- **caps10**: 176
- **goals10**: 28
- **years11**: 2022
- **clubs11**: Parma Calcio 1913, Parma
- **caps11**: 11
- **goals11**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 549
- **totalgoals**: 112
- **nationalyears1**: 1999
- **nationalteam1**: North Macedonia national under-17 football team, Macedonia U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2000–2001
- **nationalteam2**: North Macedonia national under-19 football team, Macedonia U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 2001–2002
- **nationalteam3**: North Macedonia national under-21 football team, Macedonia U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 7
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **nationalyears4**: 2001–2021
- **nationalteam4**: North Macedonia national football team,  North Macedonia
- **nationalcaps4**: 122
- **nationalgoals4**: 38