Aleks Vrteski

Aleks Vrteski
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandar Vrteski
Date of birth	28 September 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Karratha, Australia
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Future Glory
	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2007	Perth Glory
2007–2009	FK Pobeda
2009–2010	Perth Glory
2010–2011	Solo FC
2011–2012	Jakarta FC 1928
2012	→ Newcastle Jets (loan)
2013–2014	Stirling Lions
2015	Inglewood United
2016	Gwelup Croatia
International career‡
2005	Australia U17
2007	Australia U20
2009	Macedonia U21
Managerial career
2017	Gwelup Croatia
2018–2021	Balga SC
2021–	Robina City
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:47, 19 November 2010 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:30, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Aleksandar "Aleks" Vrteski (Macedonian: Александар Вртески; born 28 September 1988) is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Stirling Lions. Born in Australia, he represented Australia internationally before switching to represent Macedonia.

Club career

Having been involved with Perth Glory's former youth development scheme, Future Glory, in the past, Vrteski was invited by technical manager, Mich d'Avray, to train with the first team as part of the Pathway to Glory initiative midway through 2005. Vrteski was signed from the Australian Institute of Sport and was the youngest player in the A-League for the 2006-07 season.

In October 2006, Aleks became the club's first-choice goalkeeper for the 06/07 season for the first few rounds but was replaced by Jason Petkovic. Petkovic suffered a season- (and possibly career-) ending injury in Round Nine and Vrteski was a starter for a few more games until the club signed Tommi Tomich, who replaced Vrteski in the starting line-up. Vrteski made a move overseas to play for Macedonian club FK Pobeda in 2007 and returned to Australia to sign for Perth Glory for the second time in his career in 2009, where he played as a backup to Tando Velaphi.^[1]^[2]

Aleks Vrteski has signed with Solo FC in Liga Primer Indonesia. On 22 November 2012 it was announced that the player had been loaned to Newcastle Jets as an injury replacement.^[3]

A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 8 March 2010)

Club	Season	League		Finals		Asia		Total
Club	Season	Apps	CS	Apps	CS	Apps	CS	Apps	CS
Perth Glory	2006–07	9	1	-	-	-	-	9	1
	2007–08	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
	2009–10	3	0	-	-	-	-	3	0
Total		12	1	-	-	-	-	12	1

International career

Vrteski has played for Australia at U-17 and U-20 levels. The 17-year-old made his debut for the Young Socceroos, keeping a clean sheet in a 4–0 win over Sri Lanka in Colombo to seal the U-20s' place in the Asian Youth Championships.

As a member of Macedonia U-21 team he played for the friendly match against Croatia U-21 on 11 February 2009.^[4]

References

^ Perth Glory regain promising goalkeeper Aleks Vrteski
^ Glory add Vrteski to the ranks
^ "Vrteski in as cover for injured goalkeepers - Newcastle Jets FC 2011". Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
^ "Aussie Vrteski represents Macedonia". Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2009.

External links

Perth Glory profile
Macedonian Football (in English)

[1] Perth Glory regain promising goalkeeper Aleks Vrteski

[2] Glory add Vrteski to the ranks

[3] "Vrteski in as cover for injured goalkeepers - Newcastle Jets FC 2011". Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.

[4] "Aussie Vrteski represents Macedonia". Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2009.

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