Alex Gogic follows in his father’s footsteps with Cyprus debut
Hibs midfielder Alex Gogic followed in his father’s footsteps on Wednesday night after making his debut for Cyprus.
Siniša Gogić won 37 caps for his country in a long and distinguished career.
Hibernian Player warm up for the new season at Hibernian Training centre
PHOTO Alan Rennie
The 26-year-old midfielder started the match for Johan Walem’s side in a home friendly against the Czech Republic.
He had previously been selected for the squad but missed out after a false positive test for coronavirus.
Tomáš Holeš opened the scoring for the Czech’s in the 13th minute., then in the 32nd minute Loizou levelled the score after a Tomáš Koubek and Filip Novák misunderstanding.
Vladimír Darida gave the visitor’s the lead from the penalty spoty two-minutes before the break.
The 26-year-old was replaced at half time by Charalambos “Charis” Kyriakou.
After the final whistle Gogic tweeted : “Grateful to have made my debut for @Cyprus.”