Zoran Tošić
Serbian association football player
Zoran Tošić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Тошић, pronounced [zǒran tǒʃitɕ, - tôː-]; born 28 April 1987) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a winger. He built a reputation as a free-kick specialist and a tricky dribbler.
Tošić began his career with two local clubs, Radnički Zrenjanin and Proleter Zrenjanin, before making his senior debut with Mladost Lukićevo. He joined Budućnost Banatski Dvor, which later merged with Proleter to form Banat Zrenjanin. One year later, Tošić signed for Serbian giants Partizan, for whom he played for two years before a high profile move to Manchester United of England. Struggling to break into the Red Devils first team, he was sent on a six-month loan to German club 1. FC Köln in January 2010 before transferring to Russian club CSKA Moscow the same year in summer.
A full international footballer between 2007 and 2016, Tošić has earned 76 appearances for Serbia. He was part of their teams at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 World Cup.
Club career
Early career
Born in Zrenjanin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, Tošić begin his career in Radnički and Proleter Zrenjanin, but left the latter because he was thought to be "physically weak".
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