Aleks Vrteski

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Aleks Vrteski

Full name	Aleksandar Vrteski
Date of birth	September 28, 1988 (1988-09-28) (age 19)
Place of birth	Karratha, Australia
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	FK Pobeda
Youth clubs
2004	Sorrento
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005 2005 2006 2006 2006-2007 2007-present	Sorrento Stirling Lions Wanneroo AIS Perth Glory FK Pobeda	40 (0) 20 (0) 03 (0) 10 (0) 08 (0) 04 (0)
National team
2005	Australia U-17 Australia U-20
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 August 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Aleksandar Vrteski (sometimes spelt Alex) (born September 28, 1988 in Karratha, Western Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He plays as a goalkeeper for FK Pobeda in the Republic of Macedonia.

[edit] 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 amid question marks over Vrteski's perceived lack of speed and aglity. Vrteski is currently playing for FK Pobeda in Macedonia.

[edit] 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.