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Aleksander Rodic

Aleksander Rodic

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Aleksander ("Alex") Rodić (born 26 December 1979 in Kozarska Dubica is a Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north...

n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...

 player.

On transfer deadline day in January 2005, Rodić signed for English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 club Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey, sometimes called 'The Blues', with their fans known as 'The Blue Army'. They play in the Premier League...

, making his debut for Pompey as an 81st minute substitute for Patrik Berger
Patrik Berger
Patrik Berger is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Sparta Prague. He has competed in the premier leagues of the Czech Republic, Germany, and England – where he played for 12 years. He is best remembered for the 7 years he spent at Liverpool...

 in a 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as The Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who will play in the Football League Championship for the 2009–10 season, following relegation from the Premier League. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August...

. However, he failed to hold down a regular place in the team and the following season (2005-06) he was loaned to Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe...

 club Kayserispor
Kayserispor
Kayserispor, is a Turkish sports club based in Kayseri. Founded in 1966, they are currently playing in the Turkish Super League. This team's previous name was Kayseri Erciyesspor before switching names with another club on July 9, 2004.- Early years :...

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Aleksander ("Alex") Rodić (born 26 December 1979 in Kozarska Dubica is a Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north...

n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...

 player.

Career


On transfer deadline day in January 2005, Rodić signed for English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 club Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey, sometimes called 'The Blues', with their fans known as 'The Blue Army'. They play in the Premier League...

, making his debut for Pompey as an 81st minute substitute for Patrik Berger
Patrik Berger
Patrik Berger is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Sparta Prague. He has competed in the premier leagues of the Czech Republic, Germany, and England – where he played for 12 years. He is best remembered for the 7 years he spent at Liverpool...

 in a 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as The Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who will play in the Football League Championship for the 2009–10 season, following relegation from the Premier League. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August...

. However, he failed to hold down a regular place in the team and the following season (2005-06) he was loaned to Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe...

 club Kayserispor
Kayserispor
Kayserispor, is a Turkish sports club based in Kayseri. Founded in 1966, they are currently playing in the Turkish Super League. This team's previous name was Kayseri Erciyesspor before switching names with another club on July 9, 2004.- Early years :...

. However, he was released in the summer of 2006 and signed by Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe. Bulgaria borders five other countries: Romania to the north , Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south...

n club Litex Lovech to partner Milivoje Novakovič
Milivoje Novakovic
Milivoje Novakovič is a Slovenian professional footballer who currently plays for 1. FC Köln and the Slovenian national team.-Club career:...

, another Slovenian international and Litex attacker.Moved to Interblock for 200 000 euros .http://sportal.bg/article/?Keywords=%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%87&submit=%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0&ID=17461http://sportal.bg/article/?Keywords=%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%87&submit=%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0&ID=17690
On 13 March 2009 was loaned out to Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua is a Chinese Super League football club.They play at the 33,060 seat Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai, China and are owned by Zhu Jun , Shanghai SVA Group, SMEG and Huangpu Investment Ltd....

, he will turned back to Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north...

n club Interblock Ljubljana on 1 September 2009.

International


Rodić played as a striker for Slovenian club NK Gorica, helping them to several league titles. His performances for the club earned him caps for the Slovenian national team
Slovenia national football team
The Slovenia national football team is the national football team of Slovenia and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. They played their first match in 1992 after the split of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991...

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