Aleksandar Sarić

Aleksandar Sarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Сарић; born 27 January 1974) is Serbian football coach and former player. A former goalkeeper, he was goalkeeper coach of the Serbian U20 team which became world champion on New Zealand 2015.

Aleksandar Sarić
Sarić in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-01-27) 27 January 1974
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Panathinaikos Chicago (head coach)
Youth career
1986–1991 Red Star Belgrade
1991–1993 Spartak Subotica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Beograd
1995–1996 Obilić 12 (0)
1996–1997 Carl Zeiss Jena 14 (0)
1997–1999 União Madeira 62 (0)
1999–2000 Hapoel Jerusalem 38 (0)
2000–2001 Maccabi Petah Tikva 11 (0)
2001–2002 Železnik 2 (0)
2003 Politehnica Timișoara 7 (0)
2003–2004 Austria Lustenau 31 (0)
2005–2006 Varzim 6 (0)
2006–2007 SC-ESV Parndorf 12 (0)
2007–2008 Austria Kärnten 0 (0)
2008–2009 Dunajská Streda 0 (0)
2009–2011 Čukarički
International career
Yugoslavia U17
FR Yugoslavia U21
Managerial career
2023– Panathinaikos Chicago
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

In an 18-year professional career, Sarić played for clubs in Serbia, Germany, Portugal, Israel, Romania, Austria and Slovakia. He played top division football with FK Beograd, FK Obilić, Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. – where he was voted the best goalkeeper in the Israeli Premier League – Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C., FK Železnik, FC Politehnica Timișoara, SK Austria Kärnten, FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda and FK Čukarički.

After he finished his career as an active player in 2010 Serbian SuperLiga, at the age of 37, he worked as a coach for FK Beograd and the national Serbian youth teams (U-15, U-17, and U-19). He is the owner and founder of the "B1" goalkeeper school in Belgrade.[1]

Coaching career

As a goalkeeper coach Saric has worked in the senior teams of SC Varzim, FC Austria Lustenau, FC Dunajska Streda, FC Beograd, FC Arema Malang, Chicago Fire SC and in Serbian National youth teams U15, U16, U17, U18, U19 and U20

In 2015 with Serbian U20 national team Saric become a World champion at New Zealand as a GK coach and assistant in the staff. Since 2015 he has worked as an assistant and GK coach in MLS league for Chicago Fire.

Half finalist of U20 European championship in Hungary as a goalkeeper coach and member of the staff of Serbian squad In Hungary as a member of the staff and GK coach on European championship

Education

References
  1. "B1" (in Serbian). b1.rs. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
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