Saša Ćirić or Saša Ḱiriḱ (; born 11 January 1968) is a retired Macedonian

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player.

Club career

Ćirić started his career at Sloga Umin Dol. Via Metalurg Skopje he moved to Pelister. From the Bulgarian side

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(for which he played in 1994) he signed for

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again and went to

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. German Bundesliga side 1. FC Nürnberg bought him in 1997 for a fee of one million Swiss francs. In 1999,

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signed him for four million Marks. Although Ćirić wanted to stay Nürnberg had to sell him after being relegated for financial reasons. In 2000, he signed at

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. In 2003, Ćirić joined ''The Club'' once again and retired in 2006 at Offenbacher Kickers.

International career

He made his senior debut for

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in an April 1995

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against

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and has earned a total of 26 caps, scoring 8 goals. His final international was an April 2004 friendly match against

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Personal life

After retiring as a player, he became chairman of Macedonian second tier team FK Cementarnica 55.

References

External links

Saša Ćirić
at eintracht-archiv.de *
Saša Ćirić
at MacedonianFootball.com * 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Kumanovo Macedonian people of Serbian descent Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Macedonian men's footballers North Macedonia men's international footballers FK Metalurg Skopje players FK Pelister players FK Vardar players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Aarau players 1. FC Nürnberg players Tennis Borussia Berlin players Eintracht Frankfurt players Kickers Offenbach players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Macedonian First Football League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Swiss Super League players 2. Bundesliga players Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Macedonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{NorthMacedonia-footy-bio-stub