Saša Cilinšek (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, t ...

: Саша Цилиншек; born 28 January 1982) is a Serbian football player.

Personal life

Born in

Vrdnik Vrdnik ( sr-Cyrl, Врдник; ) is a village located in the municipality of Irig, northern Serbia, in the Vojvodina province of Serbia. It is located at southern slopes of Fruška Gora, at the border of the national park. As of 2011 census, it ...

Almanah 2002-2003 (pag. 43)
at FK Vojvodina official website (

SR Serbia , life_span = 1944–1992 , status = Constituent state of Yugoslavia , p1 = Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia , flag_p1 = Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg , p2 ...

, SFR Yugoslavia), he is the older brother Zoran Cilinšek. Saša started his career in local FK Rudar Vrdnik where he played between 1989 and 1995 when he moved to the youth team of

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second l ...

. In 1998, he became senior and he made his debut in the

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Прва савезна лига / Prva savezna liga) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of Yu ...

. At national team level, he played for all youth selection including FR Yugoslavia U-21.

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