Aleksandar Šušnjar

Aleksandar Šušnjar (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Шушњар, born 19 August 1995) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Newcastle Jets in the A-League Men.

Aleksandar Šušnjar

Personal information
Full name	Aleksandar Šušnjar
Date of birth	(1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Perth, Australia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Newcastle Jets
Number	15
Youth career
2015	Perth Glory
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Ekranas	30	(5)
2015	Perth	4	(1)
2016	Lietava Jonava	14	(1)
2016–2017	Gaz Metan Mediaș	18	(0)
2017	Teplice	27	(0)
2018–2019	Mladá Boleslav	9	(0)
2018	→ Žilina (loan)	12	(0)
2018	→ Žilina II (loan)	1	(0)
2019	Busan IPark	29	(0)
2020–2023	Macarthur FC	50	(2)
2023	Novi Pazar	3	(0)
2023–2024	Perth Glory	21	(2)
2024–	Newcastle Jets	7	(0)
International career‡
2011	Serbia U17	1	(0)
2018	Australia U23	3	(0)
2018	Australia	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 April 2018

Club career

Born in Perth, Šušnjar made his senior debut in Europe, playing with Lithuanian side Ekranas in A Lyga seasons 2013 and 2014. Then he returned to Australia and played with Perth SC in the 2015 National Premier Leagues. Next he signed with Lietava Jonava playing with them in the 2016 A Lyga. Romanian Liga I club Gaz Metan Mediaș signed him and Šušnjar played with them until the winter-break when he moved to Czech Republic and joined FK Teplice. A year later, another Czech First League signed him, Mladá Boleslav.^[2] On 24 July 2018, he joined MŠK Žilina on a six-month loan deal.^[3] Susnjar then moved to Busan IPark in South Korea's K League on 28 February 2019.^[4]

In October 2020, Šušnjar joined A-League expansion club Macarthur FC.^[5] In May 2023, he left the club.^[6]

In September 2023, Šušnjar returned to the A-League Men, joining Perth Glory.^[7]

In May 2024, it was announced Šušnjar left Perth Glory to join Newcastle Jets.^[8][9][10]

International career

Šušnjar initially represented Serbia, having made one appearance in 2011 for the Serbian U-17 side. However, by January 2018, he already called the attention of the Australian FA and made a debut for the Australian U23 team.^[11]

He received his first senior call up when he was selected in Bert van Marwijk's first Socceroos squad for the March 2018 friendlies.^[12] He made the debut for the Australian national team in a friendly game against Norway played on 23 March 2018.^[2]

Personal life

In addition to his native English, Šušnjar can also speak Serbian, Lithuanian, Czech and can get by in Romanian.^[13] He has been often confused^[14][15][16] with same named Serbian footballer, who previously played with Donji Srem in the Serbian First League,^[17][18] along with older brother, Milan.^[19][20]