He was very much loved by Red Star fans, especially after his brother, Milko, joined bitter rivals FK Partizan.

He made his senior debut for Yugoslavia in a December 1982 European Championship qualification match against Wales and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals.

[1] Gjurovski commenced his coaching career at his former club Servette FC as an assistant, and remained in that position for several seasons, in which they won a Swiss title and finished up runner up in another 2.

Gjurovski was appointed as Red Star Belgrade head coach in March 2007 after Dušan Bajević walked out on the club.

Just months after his sacking as head coach of Red Star Belgrade, Gjurovski was targeted for the assistant's role at J1 League underachiever Nagoya Grampus.

On 26 November 2013 Gjurovski was appointed as a head coach of the North Macedonia national football team,[2] but was sacked due to poor results on 7 April 2015.