Aleksandar Đurić
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 August 1970 | ||
| Place of birth |
Doboj, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tampines Rovers | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992 | Sloga Doboj | ? | (?) |
| 1993 | Szeged LC | ? | (?) |
| 1994–1995 | South Melbourne | 12 | (11) |
| 1995 | Port Melbourne Sharks | 22 | (12) |
| 1995–1996 | South Melbourne | 5 | (5) |
| 1996–1997 | Gippsland Falcons | 15 | (8) |
| 1997 | Locomotive Shanshan | ? | (?) |
| 1997–1998 | West Adelaide | 35 | (20) |
| 1998 | Heidelberg United | 8 | (5) |
| 1998–1999 | Adelaide Sharks | 27 | (13) |
| 1999 | Tanjong Pagar United | 16 | (15) |
| 1999–2000 | Marconi Stallions | 15 | (13) |
| 2000 | Sydney Olympic | 3 | (2) |
| 2000 | Home United | 10 | (11) |
| 2001–2004 | Geylang United | 126 | (148) |
| 2005–2009 | Singapore Armed Forces | 129 | (157) |
| 2010– | Tampines Rovers | 99 | (58) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007– | Singapore | 49 | (26) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 9, 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 28, 2012 | |||
Aleksandar Đurić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Ђурић; born 12 August 1970) is a Bosnian-born Singaporean professional association football player who plays as a striker for the Tampines Rovers in the S. League and for the Singapore national football team.
Olympics
Đurić competed for Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona in the C-1 500 m event, but was eliminated in the repechages.[1]
Career
Đurić was born in Lipac in the outskirts of Doboj.[2]
Initially he played as a goalkeeper in his home-town club FK Sloga Doboj.[3] Afterwords he spent a period in Pančevo in Serbia, Ystad in Sweden and Szeged in Hungary, before coming to Australia.
He debuted for the Singapore national team on the 9 November 2007, against Tajikistan in the first leg of the second round of the AFC 2010 World Cup qualifiers, making an immediate impact as he scored both goals in a 2-0 victory. He continued his fine form in the international stage, bagging goals in the game against Lebanon as well.
During the international friendly against Bahrain, due to the absences of captain Indra Sahdan and vice-captain Lionel Lewis, Đurić captained the Singapore national team for the first time, possibly making him the first ever non-Singapore-born player to start a game as a captain.
From 2005 to 2009, Đurić had his most successful period with SAFFC, scoring 157 goals in just 129 appearances. This made him one of the few players to score more than 100 goals in the S-League.
Aleksandar Đurić's fine performance in the 2007 S.League season won him several awards, and he was named the NTUC-Income Player of the Year, in the 2007 S-League Awards Night.
Đurić, known as the goal-machine, bagged more awards in 2008, retaining the Player of the Year and Top Scorer awards, but missed out on the rest of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 after suffering a fibula injury against Cambodia.
He scored his first goal in Asia’s premier club competition, AFC Champions League against Suwon Samsung Bluewings on 19 May 2009.
In September 2009, Đuric reportedly agreed to join Sriwijaya FC of the Indonesian Super League for a reported US$110,000 a season contract. However, a month later, he told the press that he declined the offer in the end because Sriwijaya tried to change the terms of the contract which was mutually agreed upon a month earlier.
Đurić was then signed by Tampines Rovers FC for the 2010 S-League Season. He scored 20 league goals in his first season there and his club eventually finished second-placed.
International goals
- Scores and results list Singapore's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 November 2007 | Kallang, Singapore |  Tajikistan |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 9 November 2007 | Kallang, Singapore | Tajikistan |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 24 January 2008 | Muscat, Oman |  Kuwait |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 4. | 26 March 2008 | Kallang, Singapore |  Lebanon |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5. | 2 June 2008 | Kallang, Singapore |  Uzbekistan |
1–1 | 3–7 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6. | 29 November 2008 | Petaling Jaya, Malaysia |  Malaysia |
1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 7. | 29 November 2008 | Petaling Jaya, Malaysia | Malaysia |
2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 8. | 22 October 2009 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |  Turkmenistan |
1–0 | 4–2 | 2009 Ho Chi Minh City Int'l Football Cup |
| 9. | 22 October 2009 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Turkmenistan |
2–1 | 4–2 | 2009 Ho Chi Minh City Int'l Football Cup |
| 10. | 24 October 2009 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |  Vietnam |
1–1 | 2–2 | 2009 Ho Chi Minh City Int'l Football Cup |
| 11. | 4 November 2009 | Kallang, Singapore |  Indonesia |
1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 12. | 4 November 2009 | Kallang, Singapore | Indonesia |
3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 13. | 18 November 2009 | Bangkok, Thailand |  Thailand |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 14. | 2 November 2010 | Hanoi, Vietnam |  North Korea |
1–0 | 1–2 | VFF Cup |
| 15. | 2 December 2010 | Hanoi, Vietnam |  Philippines |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 16. | 5 December 2010 | Hanoi, Vietnam |  Myanmar |
1–1 | 2–1 | 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup |
| 17. | 7 June 2011 | Kallang, Singapore |  Maldives |
4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 18. | 18 July 2011 | Kallang, Singapore |  Chinese Taipei |
1–0 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 19. | 18 July 2011 | Kallang, Singapore | Chinese Taipei |
2–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 20. | 23 July 2011 | Kallang, Singapore | Malaysia |
1–1 | 5–3 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 21. | 23 July 2011 | Kallang, Singaopre | Malaysia |
5–3 | 5–3 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 22. | 2 September 2011 | Kunming, China |  China |
1–0 | 1–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 23. | 7 October 2011 | Kallang, Singapore | Philippines |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 24. | 15 August 2012 | Jalan Besar, Singapore |  Hong Kong |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 25. | 15 August 2012 | Jalan Besar, Singapore | Hong Kong |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 26. | 19 November 2012 | Jurong West, Singapore |  Pakistan |
4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 27. | 25 November 2012 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Malaysia |
3–0 | 3–0 | 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup |
Honours
Club
- Home United
- Singapore Cup: 2000
- Geylang United
- S.League: 2001
- Singapore Armed Forces
- S.League: 2006,2007,2008,2009
- Singapore Cup: 2007,2008
- Tampines Rovers
- S.League: 2011,2012
Country
AFF Suzuki cup: 2012
Individual
- S.League People's Choice Award: 2007
- NTUC-Income Player of the Year: 2007,2008
- RHB Top Scorer Award: 2007,2008
References
- ^ http://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/najbolji-golgeter-na-svijetu-zapravo-je-bosanski-kajakas/120505094
- ^ Dobojlije u dijaspori: Aleksandar Đurić interview at tipura.com
- ^ Dobojlije u dijaspori: Aleksandar Đurić interview at tipura.com
External links
- Aleksandar Đurić at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from Doboj
- Singaporean footballers
- Singapore international footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers
- Association football forwards
- Bosnia and Herzegovina canoeists
- Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic canoeists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Marconi Stallions FC players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Singapore Armed Forces FC players
- South Melbourne FC players
- Port Melbourne Sharks players
- Sydney Olympic FC players
- West Adelaide SC players
- Geylang United FC players
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Expatriate footballers in Singapore