1. Aleksander Cisak was born on 19 May 1989 and is a retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
23 Facts About Alex Cisak
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Alex Cisak was born in Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland and moved to Hobart, Tasmania, Australia at the age of two.
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Alex Cisak played for South Hobart in 2004 before signing for English club Leicester City in their youth system as a scholar in 2005.
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Alex Cisak signed his first professional contract with Leicester on 5 May 2007, signing a one-year deal alongside Andy King, Max Gradel, Carl Pentney and Eric Odhiambo.
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Alex Cisak joined Oxford United on loan on 25 September 2007, as a replacement for Chris Tardif.
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On 8 June 2009 Alex Cisak signed a six-month contract extension at Leicester keeping him at the club until December 2009.
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Alex Cisak won the ESPN PFA Fans' League Two Player of the Month Award for March 2011.
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On 6 July 2011, Alex Cisak signed a two-year contract at Oldham Athletic.
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Oldham agreed a compensation package with Accrington because, though Alex Cisak was out of contract, they were entitled to some recompense as he was under the age of 24.
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Since then, Alex Cisak established himself in the first team and made 43 appearances in the first team.
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Alex Cisak spoke of his disappointment in Oldham's handling of the saga shortly after having been recalled from his loan at Portsmouth.
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Alex Cisak finished his second season with Oldham Athletic as very much the second-choice goalkeeper with Dean Bouzanis established as first-choice goalkeeper for the club, with Alex Cisak making only 11 appearances for the club by the end of the season.
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On 22 November 2012, Alex Cisak joined fellow League One club Portsmouth on a one-month loan, along with Jake Jervis.
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Alex Cisak was recalled by Burnley when the loan expired, having made 10 appearances for York.
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Alex Cisak signed for League One club Leyton Orient on 2 February 2015 on a one-month loan.
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On 27 July 2015, Alex Cisak signed for Leyton Orient permanently on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
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On 27 July 2017, Alex Cisak signed a two-year contract with Sydney FC in the A-League.
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Alex Cisak made his competitive debut for Sydney in a win over Rockdale City Suns in the 2018 FFA Cup, coming on as a late substitute after Andrew Redmayne suffered an injury.
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Alex Cisak was eligible to play for either Poland or Australia due to holding dual citizenship.
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In July 2008, Alex Cisak was listed in a group of Australian footballers aged between 16 and 22 known as "the lost boys", including Paul Giannou, Andreas Govas, Robert Stambolziev and Dean Bouzanis, who were likely to play for or had played for national teams of the country of their heritage.
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On 21 July 2009, Alex Cisak was again called into the Australia U20 squad by manager Jan Versleijen for the match against Argentina U20.
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Alex Cisak has since gone on to make an additional three appearances for the Under 20s and was named in the squad for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.
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On 19 August 2015, Alex Cisak was named in a 23-man squad for Australia ahead of two 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Bangladesh and Tajikistan.