Saša Tešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Тешић; 7 March 1969 – 15 January 2020) was a Serbian footballer.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Saša Tešić | ||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 15 January 2020 (aged 50)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1988 | Radnički Vršac | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1995 | Radnički Vršac | ||
| 1995 | Borac Čačak | ||
| 1995–1998 | Bor | ||
| 1998–1999 | Priština | ||
| 2009–2010 | Vršac United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editRadnički Vršac
editTešić's first professional club was Radnički Vršac. He played 10 years for club from Vršac where he live most of his life. His coach was Ilija Radak.
Borac Čačak
editIn First League of FR Yugoslavia team Borac Čačak Tešić didn't got opportunities to play, and he decided to join FK Bor soon.
Bor
editThe best moments in his career Tešić made in FK Bor. He played very good for this team from 1995 to 1998. With this famous club in Eastern Serbia, Tešić made promotion to Second League, and they were very close to get this club back to top league in Serbia, but did not succeed.
Priština
editIn FK Priština, Tešić played the last season, 1998-99 that the club spent in the top league in the First League of FR Yugoslavia. Despite being a centre back, Tešić was the top scorer of the club. He even made a hat-trick in a win against Mogren.
Vršac United
editAfter 10-years break, Tešić decided in 2009 to accept his friends appeals to help local club, to get promotion to one league system up.
Personal life
editTešić was married to Tatjana. His son Danilo (born 2001), also trained football in the same club Vršac United.
Honours and awards
edit- Bor
- Gold Badge of the Bor Municipality: 1997
References
editExternal links
edit- Saša Tešić Saša interview for the magazine of famous people from Bor Municipality