Aleksandar Sarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Сарић; born 27 January 1974) is a goalkeeper coach of the Serbian U20 team who become World Champion on New Zealand 2015 and a retired Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Contents

• 1 Club career
• 2 Coaching career
• 3 Education
• 4 References
• 5 External links

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.

Coaching career

As a goalkeeper coach Saric has worked in those senior teams:

• 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 *istant in the staff. Since 2015 he has worked as an *istant 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 squadIn Hungary as a member of the staff and GK coach on European championship

Education

Master manager of training technology Alfa University Belgrade

Bachelor of sport science, Trainer in Football, University of Sport Belgrade

UEFA A licence

Spanish football federation Goalkeeper coach licence

Austrian Goalkeeper coach licence

References

External links

• Official blog
• Aleksandar Sarić at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Aleksandar Sarić at ForaDeJogo
• U20 World Champion 2015 at New Zealand as a goalkeeper coach and member of the staff of Serbian squad.