Gjoko Zajkov

Universitatea Craiova | Defender

Player Info

Full Name: Gjoko Zajkov

Nationality: Macedonia

Position: Defender

Born: 10 Feb 1995

Height: 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)

Weight: 172 lbs

Club Info

Team: Universitatea Craiova

Sport: Soccer

Squad Number: 26

About Gjoko Zajkov

Gjoko Zajkov (Macedonian: Ѓоко Зајков; born 10 February 1995) is a Macedonian professional football player, currently playing for Charleroi.

Early career
Zajkov began his football career with FK Rabotnički.

Career
Born in Skopje into a family originally from Udovo, Gjoko Zajkov was playing in Macedonia for the youth team of Rabotnichki, until the summer in 2012 when he made his first appearance for the senior team of the club, competing in the Macedonian First League. He was voted best defender that year, at the age of 17.

On 23 June 2014 he left Macedonia for the French club Stade Rennais F.C., with whom he signed a three-year contract. After his first season in France, where he spent the majority of the time playing for the youth team of Rennais only, in the summer of 2015 he was loaned for one year to Charleroi in Belgium.

International career
He has been a member of Macedonian U-19 and U-21 national teams.