Almir Gegić

Almir Gegić
Personal information
Birth name	Almir Gegić
Date of birth	30 October 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Novi Pazar, SR Serbia,; SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1998	Novi Pazar
1998–2000	Vicenza
2000–2001	Antalyaspor
2001–2002	1. FC Košice
2002–2004	Matador Púchov
2005–2007	Tatran Prešov
2007	İstanbulspor
2007–2011	Chiasso
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2014

Almir Gegić (Serbian Cyrillic: Алмир Гегић; born 30 October 1979) is a Serbian-Turkish former footballer. He holds Serbian and Turkish passports.

Career

He debuted for the first team of FK Novi Pazar when he was 17, by the time the team was led by Milonja Kaličanin. In the following season he becomes a regular in the starting line-up. He was spotted by players agent Aleksandar Seničanin in one league game in which he scored a direct goal from a corner. Ever since, his career boosted and he will later play in Italy, Turkey, Slovakia and Switzerland.^[1] When he was 18 he went to Italy to trials with Torino F.C., however because of the limit of foreigners he didn't stayed at the team. He further had trials with Brescia Calcio and A.C. Chievo Verona before he signed with Serie A side Vicenza Calcio. He spent all the time on the bench and as Vicenza were struggling to avoid relegation, coach Colombo didn't wanted to take riscs and Gegić ended up not debuting in the Serie A. Vincenza ended up relegated. In the next season Gegić made 6 appearances in the Serie B, but he wanted to play more and decided it was time to move.^[1]

He moved to Turkey and joined Antalyaspor. He made his debut in the European cups by playing with Antalyaspor against Werder Bremen in the 2000–01 UEFA Cup. He spends half a season with Antalyaspor and returns to Vicenza. While training with Vicenza, he receives a financially same offer from a Slovakian club Matador Púchov which had been acquired b one Italian businessman. He will spend the following 5 seasons in Slovakia.^[1]

While playing in Turkey with İstanbulspor in January 2007, he choose his shirt name as Almir Senan. He played two Turkish Super League games for Antalyaspor. In the 2007-08 season, he joined Chiasso and played 22 league matches, he followed the team to play at 1. Liga.

After a year on the run, he surrendered himself to Italian authorities in Milan in 2012 as part of the Calcio scommesse scandal.^[2] He confirmed links between the scandal and a Singaporean syndicate,^[3] which authorities later tied to Dan Tan.^[4]

Besides his playing career, he also opened 2 football schools in Novi Pazar, Legionar and later, Nacional.^[1]

Honours

Slovak Cup: 2003

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ima još Adema Ljajića u koje valja ulagati by Prvoslav Lešević, at Danas, 8-1-2009, retrieved 3-12-2014 (in Serbian)
^ Barranguet, Emmanuel. "Gattuso under investigation over match-fixing". AFP (Paris), 17 Dec 2013. Accessed 18 Dec 2013.
^ Associated Press. "Serb arrested in Italy for soccer match-fixing Archived 17 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine". 27 Nov 2012. Accessed 18 Dec 2013.
^ Ng, Ellen. "Suspected match-fixer Suljic arrested in Milan". Associated Press, 21 Feb 2013. Accessed 18 Dec 2013.

External links

[danas-1] Ima još Adema Ljajića u koje valja ulagati by Prvoslav Lešević, at Danas, 8-1-2009, retrieved 3-12-2014 (in Serbian)

[emmy-2] Barranguet, Emmanuel. "Gattuso under investigation over match-fixing". AFP (Paris), 17 Dec 2013. Accessed 18 Dec 2013.

[3] Associated Press. "Serb arrested in Italy for soccer match-fixing Archived 17 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine". 27 Nov 2012. Accessed 18 Dec 2013.

[4] Ng, Ellen. "Suspected match-fixer Suljic arrested in Milan". Associated Press, 21 Feb 2013. Accessed 18 Dec 2013.

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