Aleksandar Đurić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Aleksandar Đurić

footballer

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1970

Place of Birth: Doboj, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Singapore

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Aleksandar Đurić

  • Aleksandar Ðuric (Serbian Cyrillic: ?????????? ?????; born 12 August 1970) is a former professional footballer.
  • He is currently a Principal for Sport Singapore and ActiveSG Football Academy and has played in the Singapore Cosmopolitan Football League, a top amateur football league in Singapore for SCC First prior to his retirement from professional football.
  • He was noted for being a prolific striker with strong physical presence.
  • His professional approach to his fitness and a disciplined lifestyle contributed to extending a career spanning over three decades.Ðuric was junior kayaking champion of Yugoslavia when he was 15 and was ranked 8th in the world at 17.
  • He represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the C-1 500m canoeing event the 1992 Summer Olympics.
  • After the Olympics, he returned to Hungary to resume his football career.
  • In 1999, he signed for Tanjong Pagar United in the S.League where he was converted to a striker for the first time in his career.
  • He won trophies with subsequent clubs Home United, Geylang United, Singapore Armed Forces and Tampines Rovers.
  • He won eight league titles and three Singapore Cups in 16 seasons, amassing three Player of the Year and four top scorer awards on the way to becoming the league's all-time top scorer. At international level, he debuted for Singapore at the age of 37 years in 2007.
  • He became the first foreign-born player to start a match as captain in May 2008.
  • He was in the Singapore squad for the AFF Championship in 2008, 2010 and 2012, the latter of which Singapore won.
  • He retired from international football in December 2012 with a record of 24 goals in 53 matches.In 2013, he assumed his new duties as full-time fitness coach at his club Tampines Rovers.
  • He retired from his playing career at the age of 44 in November 2014.

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