Aleksandar Tirnanić
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 July 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Krnjevo, Kingdom of Serbia | ||
| Date of death | 13 December 1992 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1927–1937 | BSK Belgrade | ||
| 1937–1941 | BASK | ||
| 1941–1942 | Jedinstvo Belgrade | ||
| 1942–1943 | Sloga Belgrade | ||
| National team | |||
| 1929–1940 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 51 | (15) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1953–1960 | Yugoslavia | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Тирке Тирнанић; 15 July 1910 – 13 December 1992) was a Serbian football (soccer) player and manager.
Born in the central Serbian village of Krnjevo, Tirnanić was still in infancy when his working-class family moved to the capital Belgrade. He barely remembered his father, a metal factory worker who died in 1914 as part of Serbian Army World War I effort.
Raised by a single mother, young Tirnanić quickly developed a love for football, which he played endlessly at Bara Venecija pitches on the Sava River's right bank. He got spotted there by coach Radenko Mitrović who brought the talented youngster to SK Jugoslavija youth setup. However, Tirnanić soon moved to arch crosstown rival BSK youth squad where he quickly developed into a notable right winger. Realizing his potential, he completely immersed himself in football and abandoned school.
He made his first team senior debut as a 17-year-old, quickly marking himself out as an able and temperamental player, and forming a midfield partnership with Moša Marjanović.
Tirnanić spent most of his senior club career with BSK Beograd for which he appeared in 500 matches. During his career with BSK Tirnanić had great rivals Leo Lemešić (1924-1940) and Ljubo Benčić (1921-1935) who played for Hajduk Split. Additionally, he earned 50 caps and scored 12 goals for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national team from 1929 to 1940. In 1937 he moved to BASK where he played until 1941 when he joined Jedinstvo Belgrade. He later joined another club in the Serbian League, Belgrade based Sloga.
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