Aleksa Purić ( sr-Cyrl, Алекса Пурић; born 7 July 2003) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a

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for Spanish club

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Club career

Born in

Šabac Šabac ( sr-Cyrl, Шабац, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the Mačva District in western Serbia. The traditional centre of the fertile Mačva region, Šabac is located on the right banks of the river ...

, Purić was a youth product of

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

, after joining the club from Školi fudbala Savacium. On 16 October 2020, he signed his first professional contract with the club. In 2021, Purić moved out on loan to third division side

FK Teleoptik FK Teleoptik () is a football club based in Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League Belgrade, the third tier of the national league system. History The club was founded by the manufacturing company of the same name in 1952. Th ...

. Upon returning in July 2023, he left Partizan and moved to

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

side

Doxa Katokopias FC Doxa Katokopias FC () is a Cypriot professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word) ...

on 17 July. Purić made his professional debut on 21 August 2023, coming on as a late substitute for compatriot

Nikola Trujić Nikola Trujić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Трујић; born 14 April 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Krasava Ypsonas. Club career After coming through the youth system of Partizan, Trujić made his senior d ...

in a 1–0 home loss to

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. He scored his first goal the following 19 April, netting the winner in a 1–0 home success over

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, and finished the season with 31 appearances. On 4 July 2024, Purić signed for Spanish

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side

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. He was a first-choice as the club suffering relegation, scoring once in 39 appearances overall. On 17 July 2025, Purić joined

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on a four-year contract, being initially assigned to the reserves in

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International career

In August 2021, Purić received a call-up from the Serbia national under-19 team.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Puric, Aleksa 2003 births Living people Footballers from Šabac Men's association football central defenders Serbian men's footballers FK Partizan players FK Teleoptik players Doxa Katokopias FC players Racing de Ferrol footballers Atlético Madrid B players Cypriot First Division players Segunda División players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Spain 21st-century Serbian sportsmen