Stefan Colakovski

Stefan Colakovski
Colakovski playing for the Wellington Phoenix in 2024.
Personal information
Full name Stefan Colakovski
Date of birth (2000-04-20) 20 April 2000
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Perth Glory
Number 7
Youth career
Pascoe Vale
2015–2017 Melbourne City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Melbourne City NPL 41 (14)
2019–2022 Melbourne City 46 (3)
2022–2024 Perth Glory 24 (6)
2023 Perth Glory NPL 1 (0)
2024–2025 Wellington Phoenix 6 (0)
2026– Perth Glory 13 (3)
International career‡
2021–2022 Macedonia U21 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 April 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 September 2021

Stefan Colakovski (Macedonian: Стефан Чолаковски, romanized: Stefan Cholakovski; born 20 April 2000) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for A-League club Perth Glory. Born in Australia, he has represented Macedonia at youth level.[2]

Colakovski also has a 'C' Diploma in coaching, and since April 2025 has run his own football clinic in Melbourne.[3]

Early life

Colakovski is a Macedonian-Australian, being of Aromanian heritage. As a child he supported Melbourne Heart (now known as Melbourne City).[4][5]

Club career

Melbourne City

After playing in Melbourne City's youth setup for three years, on 4 November 2019, Colakovski made his senior professional debut against Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.[6] On 1 February 2020, Colakovski was offered a full senior deal contract for Melbourne City.[5]

Colakovski scored his first A-League goal in a Melbourne Derby match in the 2020–21 season by scoring the sixth and final goal in a 6–0 win against Melbourne Victory.[7] Colakovski scored his second A-League goal for Melbourne City against Macarthur FC in the 2021 A-League Finals Series. He assisted Marco Tilio for his second goal in the A-League to put Melbourne City through to the Grand Finals.

Perth Glory

In June 2022, it was announced that Colakovski signed with Perth Glory on a two-year deal.[8] In May 2024, at the conclusion of his contract, he announced he's departing Perth Glory to take up an opportunity overseas.[9]

Wellington Phoenix

After Colakovski's move to Europe didn't come into fruition, he returned to the A-League Men and signed a one-year deal with Wellington Phoenix.[10] Suffering knee injuries throughout the season, Colakovski made only six appearances for the club, before being released at the end of the season.[11]

Return to Perth Glory

Following the release from his contract from Wellington Phoenix, Colakovski returned to Perth to continue his rehab. Good performances in training earned him a move back to Perth in January 2026.[12] Colakovski made 13 appearances, scoring three goals and picking up two assists during the second half of the 2025–26 season, with his performances earning him a one-year contract extension, keeping him at the club for the 2026–27 season.[13][14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 May 2024[15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Asia Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Melbourne City NPL 2017[17] NPL Victoria 2 265———265
2019 269———269
2021 NPL Victoria 3 22———22
Total 5416———5416
Melbourne City 2019–20 A-League 7000——70
2020–21 213———213
2021–22 1802061—261
Total 463206100544
Perth Glory 2022–23 A-League Men 20———20
2023–24 22610——236
Total 246100000256
Career total 1242530610013126

Honours

Club

Melbourne City

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Howe, Andrew. "Official A-League 2020/21 Season Guide" (PDF). howe.how. Australian Professional Leagues. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Stefan Colakovski". 16 November 2018. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ↑ D'Urbano, Nicholas (3 April 2025). "Q&A with Stefan Colakovski on launching football clinics and how it's helped him with rehabbing knee injury". The PFA. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Colakovski: Playing for City is a dream come true". Melbourne City FC. Football Federation Australia. 12 November 2020.
  5. 1 2 Lynch, Joey (1 February 2020). "Stefan Colakovski's re-signing from the Heart". FTBL.
  6. ↑ Davutovic, David (4 November 2019). "Melbourne City's youth brigade driving A-League title push". The Herald Sun.
  7. ↑ "One of their own; Colakovski adds to Victory pain with 'one of the best moments of my life'".
  8. ↑ "News - Glory Swoop For Exciting Young Forward". Perth Glory. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  9. ↑ Morgan, Gareth (28 May 2024). "ALM player departures confirmed". Perth Glory.
  10. ↑ "Nix sign another A-League champion". Wellington Phoenix FC. 10 October 2024.
  11. ↑ "Phoenix confirm departures of three men's players". Wellington Phoenix FC. 2 July 2025.
  12. ↑ Morgan, Gareth (21 January 2026). "Livewire forward Colakovski returns for second stint with Glory". Perth Glory. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  13. ↑ garethmorgan (22 May 2026). "Livewire forward Colakovski back on board for 2026/27 ALM season". Perth Glory. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Glory set for more fizz as cult hero 'Cola' re-signs". The West Australian. 22 May 2026. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  15. ↑ Stefan Colakovski at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  16. ↑ "Player statistics for Stefan Colakovski". GameDay. SportsTG. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  17. ↑ "Player statistics for Stefan Colakovski (2016–2017)". GameDay. SportsTG. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  18. ↑ Morgan, Gareth (6 May 2024). "Taggart and Lowry claim top honours at glittering MGP Awards event". Perth Glory. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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