Aleksandar Đurić

Football player infobox
playername= Aleksandar Durić


fullname = Aleksander Duric
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|df=yes|1970|08|12
cityofbirth = SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
countryofbirth = Yugoslavia
weight =
height = height|m=1.92
currentclub = Singapore Armed Forces FC
clubnumber =
position = Utility, Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1992
1993
1994-1995
1995
1995-1996
1996-1997
1997
1997-1998
1998
1998-1999
1999
1999-2000
2000
2000
2001-2004
2005-
clubs = Sloga FC
Szeged LC
South Melbourne FC
Port Melbourne Sharks
South Melbourne FC
Gippsland Falcons
Locomotiv Beijing
West Adelaide SC
Heidelberg United
Adelaide Sharks
Tanjong Pagar United
Marconi Stallions
Sydney Olympic
Home United FC
Geylang United FC
Singapore Armed Forces FC
caps(goals) = ? (?)
? (?)
? (?)
? (?)
5 (0)
15 (4)
? (?)
8 (3)
? (?)
27 (5)
16 (11)
15 (2)
3 (0)
? (?)
? (?)
? (88)
nationalyears = 2007 -
nationalteam = Singapore
nationalcaps(goals) = 12 (5)
pcupdate =
ntupdate = November 10, 2007

Aleksander Đurić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Ђурић) (born August 12, 1970, in the SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a professional football player who currently plays as a striker for the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC) in Singapore's S.League, and for the Singapore national football team.

Career

Duric was born to Serbian parents in Bosnia-Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia. He represented Bosnia-Herzegovina in canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Duric hitchhiked through four countries to get to the 1992 Summer Olympics. Once in Barcelona, he and the nine other members of the then newly independent Bosnia-Herzegovina had to borrow equipment from the Spanish and Italian Olympics committees. They themselves couldn't even take photos of their experience because "we couldn't afford cameras," laughs Duric now. Despite the hardships though, they persevered simply for the right to represent a nation that had been devastated by war.

Duric made his debut 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, Duric 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.

Aleksandar Duric'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.

As of May 2008, halfway into the S.League 2008 season, he is currently leading the top-scorer chart.

Personal life

His family moved to Australia and he became an Australian citizen after he granted an Australian citizenship. In 2007, he changed his nationality to Singaporean after living in Singapore for eight years. He could have also played for Serbia or Bosnia, his countries of origin.