Aleksandar Tirnanić
| Aleksandar Tirnanić | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | July 15, 1910 | |
| place of birth | Krnjevo, Kingdom of Serbia | |
| date of death | December 13, 1992 | |
| Place of death | Belgrade , Yugoslavia | |
| position | midfield player | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| SK Yugoslavija | ||
| -1927 | BSK Belgrade | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1927– | BSK Belgrade | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1929-1940 | Yugoslavia | 50 (12) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić (born July 15, 1910 in Krnjevo near Smederevo , Kingdom of Serbia , † December 13, 1992 in Belgrade , Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ) was a Yugoslav football player and football coach. He played at BSK and internationally for the Yugoslav team , which he later coached.
Life
youth
Aleksandar Tirnanić was born in 1910 in the central Serbian village of Krnjevo and came as a toddler with his parents to Belgrade, the capital of what was then the Kingdom of Serbia . The father, a metal worker, died in 1914 in the First World War .
Aleksandar, now raised by his mother alone, discovered his love for football at an early age. He played for a long time on the streets of the Bara Venecija district before being brought to the youth team of SK Jugoslavija by coach Radenko Mitrović . However, Tirnanić soon moved to rival BSK, where he developed into a talented winger. He dropped out of school after realizing he had athletic potential and from then on focused entirely on football.
Professional career
At the age of 17 Tirnanić made his debut in the first division team of the BSK. He quickly made a name for himself as a capable and spirited player and formed a midfield duo with Blagoje Marjanović .
His entire following career in professional football spent Tirnanić at BSK, where he played 500 games and won the Yugoslav championship five times. He also played 50 times for the Yugoslav national team , for which he scored twelve goals and took part in the 1930 World Cup.
Further life
After the end of his playing career, Tirnanić became a coach. He coached the Yugoslav national team at the World Championships in 1954 and 1958 and at the Olympic Games in 1948 and 1952 .
He died in 1992 at the age of 82.
successes
As a player
- 5 × Yugoslav champions (1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1939 each with BSK Belgrade)
- World Cup semi-finals 1930 (with Yugoslavia)
As a trainer
- 2 × silver medal at the Summer Olympic Games in football (1948, 1952 with Yugoslavia)
See also
- Yugoslavia at the 1930 World Cup
- Yugoslavia at the 1954 World Cup
- Yugoslavia at the 1958 World Cup
- Soccer at the 1948 Olympics
- Football at the 1952 Olympics
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tirnanić, Aleksandar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tirnanić, Tirke (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krnjevo near Smederevo |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1992 |
| Place of death | Belgrade |