Aleksandar Bratić (, born 4 April 1972) is a retired Bosnian-Herzegovinian

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player.

Career

Bratić was born in

Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of the Trebišnjica river in the region of East Her ...

, then Yugoslavia now

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

, and started to play with local side

FK Leotar FK Leotar ( sr-cyrl, ФК Леотар), commonly known as Leotar Trebinje or simply Leotar, is a professional football club based in the city of Trebinje that is situated in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1925 and named after the mou ...

playing with them in the

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

between 1988 and 1992. Due to the start of the

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, Bratić moved to Serbia and joined Hajduk Kula playing in the

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro () was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed as the First League of FR Yugoslavia following the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992, ef ...

. During the 1990s, he would represent several other clubs in Serbia, namely

FK Rad FK Rad () is a football club based in Banjica, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system. Founded in 1958, the club spent a total of 30 seasons in the top flight between 1987 and 2 ...

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

and the former European Champions

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

. He left Yugoslavia in January 2000 for Iraklis. In summer 2000, he moved to

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and joined

Servette FC Servette FC is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Geneva, founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity, and named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was created on ...

playing with them for almost an entire decade. He last played for Grand-Lancy FC in the 2009–10 Swiss 1. Liga.Aleksandar Bratić
at zerozero.pt

National team

He was a member of the Yugoslav U-18 national team, and after the break-up of Yugoslavia he became a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team having made one appearance for them.

Personal life

Bratić is of

Bosnian Serb The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби Босне и Херцеговине, Srbi Bosne i Hercegovine), often referred to as Bosnian Serbs ( sr-cyrl, босански Срби, bosanski Srbi) or Herzegovinian Serbs ( sr-cyrl, � ...

origin.

Honours

;Red Star * Cup of FR Yugoslavia: 1997 ;Servette *

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: 2001

References

External links

Football.ch
1972 births Living people Footballers from Trebinje Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland FK Leotar players FK Hajduk Kula players FK Rad players Red Star Belgrade footballers OFK Beograd players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Servette FC players Swiss Super League players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Men's association football defenders Grand-Lancy FC players CS Chênois players {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-defender-stub