Aleksandar Kristić (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Александар Кристић; born 5 October 1970) is a Serbian former international
footballer
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. He won the last edition of the
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
in 1992. He also played twice in Serie A for
Salernitana
Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is
an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recentl ...
, and scored the only goal 30 seconds after entering the game in his debut match, a 4-0 victory against Bologna.
He was capped once for FR Yugoslavia, against
Argentina
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in 1998.
Coaching
After his retirement as a player, he gained experience coaching with
OFK Beograd
OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma, ...
and
FK Hajduk Beograd
FK Hajduk Beograd () is a football club based in Lion, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system.
History
After triumphing in the 1992–93 Belgrade Zone League, the club subsequentl ...
. In 2008, he was appointed as assistant coach to
Zdeněk Zeman at
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 remained in the position at the club after the Czech's departure. He was the head coach of
FK Napredak Kruševac
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The club's nickname is the Čarapani which t ...
.
Kristić was appointed as the head coach of
China League Two
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club
Qingdao Jonoon
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on 14 June 2018.
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090305093740/http://www.zerodic.com/autor/fudbal_1945-1992/igraci/igraci_k.htm
Aleksandar Kristić Statsat Utakmica.rs
*
1970 births
Living people
Footballers from Valjevo
Yugoslav footballers
Serbian footballers
Serbia and Montenegro men's international footballers
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate footballers
Serbia and Montenegro footballers
FK Bor players
Red Star Belgrade footballers
Degerfors IF players
OFK Beograd players
FK Zemun players
Ethnikos Asteras F.C. players
U.S. Salernitana 1919 players
Yugoslav First League players
Serie A players
Allsvenskan players
Expatriate footballers in Sweden
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Men's association football defenders
Men's association football midfielders
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Red Star Belgrade non-playing staff
Red Star Belgrade managers
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate football managers in China
Serbian football managers
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