Saša Ćirić or Saša Ḱiriḱ ( mk, Сашa Ќириќ; born 11 January 1968) is a retired Macedonian
football
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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
CSKA Sofia (for which he played in 1994) he signed for
FK Vardar
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again and went to
FC Aarau. German Bundesliga side
1. FC Nürnberg
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bought him in 1997 for a fee of one million Swiss francs.
In 1999,
Tennis Borussia Berlin 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
Eintracht Frankfurt.
In 2003, Ćirić joined ''The Club'' once again and retired in 2006 at
Offenbacher Kickers.
International career
He made his senior debut for
Macedonia
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in an April 1995
friendly match against
Bulgaria and has earned a total of 26 caps, scoring 8 goals. His final international was an April 2004 friendly match against
Croatia.
Personal life
After retiring as a player, he became chairman of Macedonian second tier team
FK Cementarnica 55
FK Cementarnica 55 ( mk, ФК Цементарница 55) is a football club from Skopje, North Macedonia. They were recently competed in the Macedonian Third League (North Division).
History
The club was founded as FK FCU after the name of fou ...
.
References
External links
Saša Ćirićat eintracht-archiv.de
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Saša Ćirićat MacedonianFootball.com
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1968 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kumanovo
Macedonian people of Serbian descent
Association football forwards
Yugoslav footballers
Macedonian footballers
North Macedonia 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 footballers
Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
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