Aleksandar Šušnjar

Aleksandar Šušnjar (Serbian: Александар Шушњар, born 19 August 1995) is an Australian international footballer who plays as a defender for Macarthur FC in the A-League.

Aleksandar Šušnjar
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Šušnjar
Date of birth (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995
Place of birth Perth, Australia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Macarthur FC
Number 15
Youth career
2015 Perth Glory
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Ekranas 30 (5)
2015 Perth 4 (1)
2016 Lietava Jonava 14 (1)
2016–2017 Gaz Metan Mediaș 18 (0)
2017 Teplice 27 (0)
2018–2019 Mladá Boleslav 9 (0)
2018 → Žilina (loan) 12 (0)
2018 → Žilina II (loan) 1 (0)
2019 Busan IPark 29 (0)
2020– Macarthur FC 1 (0)
National team‡
2011 Serbia U17 1 (0)
2018– Australia U23 3 (0)
2018– Australia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 April 2018

Club career

Born in Perth, Šušnjar made his senior debut in Europe, playing with Lithuanian side Ekranas in A Lyga seasons 2013 and 2014. Then he returned to Australia and played with Perth SC in the 2015 National Premier Leagues. Next he signed with Lietava Jonava playing with them in the 2016 A Lyga. Romanian Liga I club Gaz Metan Mediaș signed him and Šušnjar played with them until the winter-break when he moved to Czech Republic and joined FK Teplice. A year later, another Czech First League signed him, Mladá Boleslav.[2] On 24 July 2018, he joined MŠK Žilina on a six-month loan deal.[3] Susnjar then moved to Busan IPark in South Korea's K League on 28 February 2019.[4]

In October 2020, Šušnjar joined A-League expansion club Macarthur FC.[5]

International career

Šušnjar initially represented Serbia, having made one appearance in 2011 for the Serbian U-17 side. However, by January 2018, he already called the attention of the Australian FA and made a debut for the Australian U23 team.[6]

He received his first senior call up when he was selected in Bert van Marwijk's first Socceroos squad for the March 2018 friendlies.[7] He made the debut for the Australian national team in a friendly game against Norway played on 23 March 2018.[2]

Personal life

In addition to his native English, Šušnjar can also speak Serbian, Lithuanian, Czech and can get by in Romanian.[8] He has been often confused[9][10][11] with same named Serbian footballer, who previously played with Donji Srem in the Serbian First League,[12][13] along with older brother, Milan.[14][15]

References
  1. "A. Susnjar". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. Aleksandar Šušnjar at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "Šošoni posilňujú defenzívu, prichádza stopér Aleksandar Susnjar" (in Slovak). MŠK Žilina. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. "부산, 호주 국가대표 출신 DF 수신야르 영입" (in Korean). Star News. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. "Bulls Secure Socceroo Susnjar". Macarthur FC. 7 October 2020.
  6. Aleksandar Šušnjar at Soccerway
  7. https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/bert-van-marwijk-confirms-preliminary-caltex-socceroos-squad-march-matches
  8. McCullough, Ian. "Socceroos bolter Aleksandar Susnjar undaunted as sacrifices pay off". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  9. Аустралија са четири Србина, Шушњар добио позив. Dnevnik (in Serbian). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  10. "Preko Donjeg Srema do reprezentacije Australije". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  11. Аустралија са "српским коренима", Шушњар добио позив. Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  12. "Susnjar, Aleksandar". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  13. ""FUDBAL" 33/16 - page 2453" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 9 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  14. "Susnjar, Milan". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  15. "Legenda Radničkog, Dragomir Šušnjar i jedna lepa fudbalska priča…". kafanskiselektor.com (in Serbian). 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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