Darko Churlinov (Macedonian: Дарко Чурлинов; born 11 July 2000) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a winger for 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04, on loan from VfB Stuttgart. He also represents the North Macedonia national team.
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 Rabotnicki 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.
On 8 January 2020, Churlinov moved to VfB Stuttgart.
On 18 August 2021, he joined Schalke 04 on a loan deal until the end of the season.
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