Aleks Vrteski

Aleksander Vrteski

Personal information
Full name	Aleksander Vkteski
Date of birth	(1988-09-28) 28 September 1988 (age 23)
Place of birth	Karratha, Australia
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Persija Jakarta (IPL)
Number	20
Youth career
	Future Glory
	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2007	Perth Glory	9	(0)
2007–2009	FK Pobeda	20	(0)
2009–2010	Perth Glory	4	(0)
2011	Solo FC	??	(0)
2011–	Persija Jakarta (IPL)
National team‡
2005	Australia U-17	4	(0)
2007	Australia U-20	3	(0)
2009	Macedonia U-21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:47, 19 November 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Aleksandar Vrteski (sometimes spelt Aleks) (Macedonian: Александар Вртески) (born 28 September 1988 in Karratha, Western Australia) is a football (soccer) goalkeeper who plays for Solo FC in Liga Primer Indonesia.

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 plays as a backup to Tando Velaphi.^[1][2]

Aleks Vrteski has signed with Solo FC in Liga Primer Indonesia

A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 8 March 2010)

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.^[3]

References

External links

• Perth Glory profile
• Macedonian Football (English)