A year later, he joined Spanish team Algeciras BM and became the first Macedonian handballer to play in the ASOBAL league.

However, due to family reasons, he returned to Macedonia in 2007 and signed a one-year contract with RK Metalurg Skopje, where he became one of the best players.

In a match against Bulgaria in the pre-qualification rounds for the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship, Ristovski scored his first goal for the senior Macedonia national team, the third in his career.

One of his most notable moments as a goalkeeper was a penalty save in the last second of a match against Portugal, leading Macedonia into the playoffs of the 2009 World Championship in Croatia.

he was part of the Macedonia national team in the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship and made up to 29th saves per game.