Aleksandar Kocić (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Александар Коцић; born 18 March 1969) is a Serbian former
football goalkeeper
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.
Playing career
Club career
Kocić played in many teams such as
Vlasina
Vlasina is a mountainous region of southeastern Serbia. It is a border area to Bulgaria, a region of the Rhodopian Serbia, with old rocks and mountains. Its most prominent landforms are eponymous Vlasina River and Vlasina Lake. It corresponds t ...
,
Dubočica,
Vojvodina
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,
Levante,
Perugia
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The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and pa ...
,
Empoli,
Red Star Belgrade
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...
and
Ethnikos Achna.
International career
He was capped 22 times with the
FR Yugoslavian national team.
Kocić was set to be a participant at the
2000 UEFA European Championship
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The finals tournament was ...
but broke a toe while showering after the last practice prior to the tournament.
His replacement was
FK Obilić goalkeeper
Milorad Korać
Milorad Korać (; born 10 March 1969) is a Serbian football goalkeeping manager and former player (goalkeeper).
Playing career Club career
Korać played for several clubs, including Sloboda Užice, Bečej, Obilić, Erzurumspor and Kocaelispor ...
.
Coaching career
Kocić coached
Srem
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from 2009–2010 and
ČSK Čelarevo from 2011–2012.
Serbia national football team
Kocić served as the goalkeeping coach of the Serbian national team from 2012 to 2015, having worked with
Siniša Mihajlović
Siniša Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Синиша Михајловић, ; 20 February 1969 – 16 December 2022) was a Serbian professional football player and manager.
During his career as a footballer, he played as a defender or midfielder. He won ...
(19 matches),
Radovan Ćurčić (9 matches),
Dick Advocaat
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Advocaat was successful as a football player and as a coach, including three stint ...
(4 matches) and
Ljubinko Drulović (4 matches).
Tianjin Teda
As
Dragomir Okuka became the head coach of
Tianjin Teda
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in 2016, Kocić was invited to join his coaching team as a goalkeeper coach. They showed up together in the welcome ceremony held by the club. Unfortunately, the staff left Tianjin Teda after 22 matches that didn't satisfy the club.
Changchun Yatai
When
Lee Jang-soo began his second season in Changchun as the head coach,
Changchun Yatai hired Kocić as the goalkeeper coach. His predecessor was
Yang Jingdong, who is now the vice president of Changchun Yatai.
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1969 births
Living people
Yugoslav footballers
Serbian footballers
Serbia and Montenegro international footballers
Association football goalkeepers
FK Vojvodina players
A.C. Perugia Calcio players
Levante UD footballers
Ethnikos Achna FC players
Empoli F.C. players
Red Star Belgrade footballers
Serie A players
Serie B players
Cypriot First Division players
Serbian expatriate footballers
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate footballers
Serbia and Montenegro footballers
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
People from Vlasotince
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus