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Aleksandar Đurić (; born 12 August 1970) is a former Singapore international footballer of Serbian descent.〔 He is currently a fitness coach for S.League club Tampines Rovers. 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 two decades.〔 Đurić 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The biggest accomp. )〕 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. == Early life == Aleksandar Đurić was born in Lipac on the outskirts of Doboj, in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Dobojlija – Najbolji Fudbaler U Singapuru )〕 The childhood supporter of Red Star Belgrade spent his formative years in the youth teams of his hometown club FK Sloga Doboj as a goalkeeper and later, as a midfielder.〔 He also took up kayaking at the age of 12 on the advice of the doctor treating his growth disorder of the chest.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/scott-mcIntyre/blog/1106215/An-amazinf-football-tale )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Duric: I just love football )〕 He became junior kayaking champion of Yugoslavia when he was 15 and by age 17, he was ranked 8th in the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=MH Interview: Aleksandar Duric )〕〔 Đurić was drafted into the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) at the age of 17, and became an officer during his service. With the impending Bosnian War, his father wanted either him or his brother to leave the country in order to preserve the family line.〔 He was instructed to leave his hometown as he was younger and a sportsman. Đurić recalls: "My father fought in this war, my brother for almost five years and my mother was killed in 1993 by the Muslim army. They bombed our village and it hit my home directly. A really big bomb and my mother died instantly () So many people like me lost mothers and fathers in this bloody civil war but for me I hold no grudges. I don’t look at race, I look at people by their hearts and here in Singapore I adopted a Muslim child."〔 With just 300 Deutsche Marks on him, Đurić left for Serbia where he played football in the second division for one season and then Sweden, where he trained with AIK Solna and was offered refugee status which he rejected.〔 The breakup of Yugoslavia left him stranded in Hungary without a recognised passport. He wandered through the cafes and restaurants of Szeged before a family offered him accommodation and a trial at local club Szeged LC in the second tier of the Hungarian football league.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aleksandar Đurić」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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