Almir Gegić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Almir Gegić | ||
| Date of birth | 30 October 1979 | ||
| Place of birth |
Novi Pazar, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1998 | Novi Pazar | ||
| 1998–2000 |
Vicenza | 6 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Antalyaspor | 2 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 |
Košice | 33 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 |
Púchov | 57 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Tatran Prešov | 62 | (10) |
| 2007 |
İstanbulspor | 10 | (1) |
| 2007–2011 | Chiasso | 70 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2014 | |||
Almir Gegić (Serbian Cyrillic: Алмир Гегић; born 30 October 1979) is a Serbian-Turkish former footballer. He holds Serbian and Turkish passports.
Career
He debuted for the first team of
Vicenza Calcio. He spent all the time on the bench and as Vicenza were struggling to avoid relegation, coach Colombo didn't wanted to take riscs and Gegić ended up not debuting in the Serie A. Vincenza ended up relegated. In the next season Gegić made 6 appearances in the Serie B, but he wanted to play more and decided it was time to move.[1]
He moved to Turkey and joined
Matador Púchov which had been acquired b one Italian businessman. He will spend the following 5 seasons in Slovakia.[1]
While playing in Turkey with
Turkish Super League games for Antalyaspor. In the 2007-08 season, he joined Chiasso and played 22 league matches, he followed the team to play at 1. Liga
.
After a year on the run, he surrendered himself to
Calcio scommesse scandal.[2] He confirmed links between the scandal and a Singaporean syndicate,[3] which authorities later tied to Dan Tan.[4]
Besides his playing career, he also opened 2 football schools in Novi Pazar, Legionar and later, Nacional.[1]
Honours
- Slovak Cup: 2003
References
- ^ a b c d Ima još Adema Ljajića u koje valja ulagati by Prvoslav Lešević, at Danas, 8-1-2009, retrieved 3-12-2014 (in Serbian)
- ^ Barranguet, Emmanuel. "Gattuso under investigation over match-fixing". AFP (Paris), 17 Dec 2013. Accessed 18 Dec 2013.
- ^ Associated Press. "Serb arrested in Italy for soccer match-fixing Archived 17 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine". 27 Nov 2012. Accessed 18 Dec 2013.
- ^ Ng, Ellen. "Suspected match-fixer Suljic arrested in Milan". Associated Press, 21 Feb 2013. Accessed 18 Dec 2013.