Darko Churlinov

Darko Churlinov (Macedonian: Дарко Чурлинов; born 11 July 2000) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championship club Burnley and the North Macedonia national team.

Darko Churlinov
Personal information
Full name Darko Churlinov[1]
Date of birth (2000-07-11) 11 July 2000
Place of birth Skopje, Macedonia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Burnley
Number 27
Youth career
2003–2010 FK Forca
2010–2012 FK Rabotnički
2012–2014 FK Vardar
2014–2015 Hansa Rostock
2015–2016 1. FC Magdeburg
2016–2018 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 1. FC Köln II 10 (7)
2019 1. FC Köln 1 (0)
2020–2022 VfB Stuttgart 21 (1)
2020 VfB Stuttgart II 1 (0)
2021–2022 → Schalke 04 (loan) 22 (2)
2022– Burnley 7 (0)
International career‡
2015 Macedonia U17 4 (0)
2017–2019 Macedonia U19 14 (3)
2018–2021 North Macedonia U21 16 (5)
2017– North Macedonia 20 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:21, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:28, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Churlinov was born and raised in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, where he also started playing football with local FK Forca. Subsequently, he went through the youth ranks of FK Rabotnički and FK Vardar until he was 14 years old. Then he moved to Germany and joined the youth setup of Hansa Rostock, where his friend and fellow Macedonian footballer Dimitar Mitrovski was already playing in the youth teams. Mitrovski had asked the club officials to sign Churlinov as he would like to have a fellow Macedonian as teammate.[2]

On 8 January 2020, Churlinov moved to VfB Stuttgart.[3]

On 18 August 2021, he joined Schalke 04 on a loan deal until the end of the season.[4]

On 19 August 2022, he joined Burnley on a four year deal.[5]

International career

On 28 March 2017, at the age of 16 years and 8 months, Churlinov made his debut for the Macedonia national team in a friendly match against Belarus, and with it he became the youngest player who has ever played for Macedonia's national team.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played on 15 April 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1. FC Köln 2019–20 Bundesliga 1000—10
VfB Stuttgart 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 6100—61
2020–21 Bundesliga 14020—160
2021–22 Bundesliga 0011—11
2022–23 Bundesliga 1011—21
Total 21142—253
Schalke 04 (loan) 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 22210—232
Burnley 2022–23 Championship 704020130
Career total 5139220625
  1. Includes DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup

International
As of match played 7 April 2023.[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
North Macedonia 201710
2021122
202251
2023 2 1
Total204

Scores and results list North Macedonia's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Darko Churlinov
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 June 2021Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia Kazakhstan4–04–0Friendly
2.8 October 2021Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein4–04–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.12 June 2022Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia Gibraltar4–04–02022–23 UEFA Nations League C
4.23 March 2023Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia Malta2–02–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Schalke 04

Burnley

References
  1. "Squad List 2022/23 & U21 Registered Contract Players" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. "Talent mit Kämpferherz" [A Talent With a Fighter`s Heart] (in German). vfb.de. 11 July 2020. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021.
  3. "VfB sign Darko Churlinov". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  4. "Darko Churlinov joins FC Schalke 04 on a season-long loan". Schalke 04. 18 August 2021.
  5. "Churlinov is a Claret". Burnley Football Club. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  6. "Момент за историја: Дарко Чурлинов стана најмладиот дебитант во сениорската селекција!" [Moment for history: Darko Churlinov became the youngest debutant in the senior selection!]. gol.mk (in Macedonian). 28 March 2017.
  7. "Darko Churlinov » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  8. Darko Churlinov at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. Long, Dan (25 April 2023). "Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Burnley: Vincent Kompany's Clarets clinch Championship title after Manuel Benson stunner". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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