Aleksandar Đurić

Who is Aleksandar Đurić?

Aleksandar Đurić is a Singaporean professional footballer of Serbian descent. He is a player-coach for S.League club Tampines Rovers and was a member of the Singapore national team. He is 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. 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.