Anđelko Đuričić (

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: Анђелко Ђуричић; born 21 November 1980) is a Serbian retired professional

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who played as a

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. He represented

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at the

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Club career

Đuričić started out at Dunav Stari Banovci, before moving to Dinamo Pančevo. He was transferred to

Hajduk Kula FK Hajduk Kula (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Хајдук Кула) was a Serbian football club based in Kula. The club was named after a Hajduk, a much celebrated hero figure in the Serbian epic poetry. On 30 July 2013, just eleven days before start ...

in 2002, spending the following seven seasons at the club. In the summer of 2009, Đuričić moved abroad and signed with Portuguese club União Leiria. He was the team's first-choice goalkeeper in his debut season at the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, missing only four league games. However, Đuričić lost his place on the team to Eduardo Gottardi in the following 2010–11 season, before eventually leaving the club.

International career

Đuričić made his international debut for

in a 0–1 friendly loss against

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on 29 May 2010, coming on as a substitute for

Vladimir Stojković Vladimir Stojković (, ; born 28 July 1983) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Saudi club Al-Fayha as a goalkeeper. During his career he played for the two biggest clubs in his country, Red Star and Partizan, but also represent ...

at half-time and managing to keep a clean sheet in the process. He was subsequently selected by Radomir Antić in the final 23-man squad for the

, as the third-choice goalkeeper behind Stojković and Bojan Isailović.

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