Aleks Vrteski

Football player infobox


playername= Aleks Vrteski
fullname = Aleksandar Vrteski
dateofbirth = birth date and age|df=yes|1988|9|28
cityofbirth = Karratha
countryofbirth = Australia
height = height|m=1.94
currentclub = FK Pobeda
clubnumber =
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 2004
youthclubs = Sorrento
years = 2005
2005
2006
2006
2006-2007
2007-present
clubs = Sorrento
Stirling Lions
Wanneroo
AIS
Perth Glory
FK Pobeda
caps(goals) = 40 (0)
20 (0)
03 (0)
10 (0)
08 (0)
04 (0)
nationalyears = 2005

nationalteam = Australia U-17
Australia U-20
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 16 August 2007
ntupdate =

Aleksandar Vrteski (sometimes spelt Alex) (born 28 September 1988 in Karratha, Western Australia) is a Macedonian Australian football (soccer) player. He plays as a goalkeeper for FK Pobeda in the Republic of Macedonia.

Club career

Having been involved with Perth Glory's former youth development scheme, Future Glory, in the past, Vrteski was invited by technical manager, Mich d'Avray, to train with the first team as part of the Pathway to Glory initiative midway through 2005. Vrteski was signed from the Australian Institute of Sport and was the youngest player in the A-League for the 2006-07 season.

In October 2006, Aleks became the club's first choice goalkeeper for the 06/07 season for the first few rounds but was replaced by Jason Petkovic. Petkovic suffered a season (and possibly career) ending injury in Round Nine and Vrteski was a starter for a few more games until the club signed Tommi Tomich who replaced Vrteski in the starting line-up. Vrteski is currently playing for FK Pobeda in Macedonia.

International career

Vrteski has played for Australia at U-17 and U-20 levels. The 17-year-old made his debut for the Young Socceroos, keeping a clean sheet in a 4-0 win over Sri Lanka in Colombo to seal the U-20s' place in the Asian Youth Championships.

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