He was scouted by Notts County manager Jimmy Sirrel, who signed him for a club record £200,000 in 1979 and would later regard Avramović as one of his best players.

In 1984, he returned to Yugoslavia with OFK Belgrade where he played his final season, helping them to the Second League East Division title before retiring as a player at the age of 35.

Avramović began his playing career with Yugoslav Second League club FK Borac Čačak in 1969 after discontinuing his law studies two years into university.

Avramović was scouted by Notts County manager Jimmy Sirrel, who claimed he had found "a goalie who would keep them in the Second Division" and persuaded his chairman Jack Dunnet to pay a club record £200,000 for his transfer.

[9] At the beginning of the Avramović's career at Notts County, there was a social function at which he went around and bought all his new teammates a drink as a friendly gesture.

The next time that same reporter went to Meadow Lane, Sirrel physically caught hold of him and had him thrown off the premises and banned from the ground.

In the first season of the club's return to the top flight after 54 years, Avramović played in all 42 league games as they defeated Arsenal 2–1 in October and beat defending champions Aston Villa 1–0.

He returned to Yugoslavia with OFK Belgrade in 1984, winning the Yugoslav Second League East Division title in his only season with the club before retiring at the age of 35.

The results included a 4–0 loss to traditional rivals Malaysia at the former National Stadium and Singapore exited the competition on an inferior goal difference at the group stage.

[20] The Lions started their 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifying campaign with two defeats to Avramović's former team, Kuwait in September.

They finished bottom of Group 3 with a win and five losses, including two narrow defeats to 2000 AFC Asian Cup winners Japan and a 7–0 trashing by Oman in Muscat on 9 June.

[24] Despite a record of four wins in eighteen matches, the FAS gave their assurance that Avramović would not be sacked even if he failed to meet the target of reaching the tournament final.

[25] Avramović 2004 AFF Championship squad included naturalised players Daniel Bennett, Agu Casmir and Itimi Dickson.

[31] As part of their preparations, Singapore entered the inaugural AFF U-23 Youth Championship held in September, finishing runners-up behind Thailand.

Although the under-23 squad contained nine players that won the 2004 Tiger Cup, they failed to progress beyond the group stage of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.

Although Singapore lost only to an injury time goal to China and drew the return fixture at home, their 4–2 defeat to Iraq in October confirmed their absence at the 2007 Games.

Following an appeal by the FAS, the SNOC gave the green light for Singapore's participation in the under-23 football competition at the 2006 AFC Asian Games in November.

[34] Although the Young Lions were boosted by the addition of naturalised players Shi Jiayi and Itimi Dickson, they failed to clear the first hurdle, ending up third in their group after draws with Syria and Indonesia, and a loss to Iraq.

[36] Thailand were leading 1–0 in Bangkok before a Khairul Amri scorcher won the tie 3–2 on aggregate and gave Singapore back-to-back tournament wins.

The Lions won the first match 4–0[nb 4] and were awarded a 3–0 walkover win in the home leg after Palestine failed to turn up for the fixture.

[nb 5] On 1 November, Avramović called up striker Aleksandar Đurić,[43] who was not on the FAS's Foreign Sports Talent Scheme[44] and had gained Singaporean citizenship in September for non-footballing reasons.

[45][46] Đurić made his international debut at the age of 37 years and 89 days against Tajikistan in the first leg of the second round of the World Cup qualifiers on 9 November, contributing with an immediate impact by scoring both goals in a 2–0 victory.

[47] Hours prior to kick-off in the same match, national team captain Aide Iskandar announced his immediate retirement from international football.

[48] Aide had been suspended from the national team and missed a friendly against UAE and the World Cup qualifier against Palestine after he was banned for insulting a domestic league referee in August.

The World Cup third qualifying round draw grouped Singapore with Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, with fixtures starting in February 2008.

Defending champions Singapore started the 2008 AFF Championship[nb 3] with a perfect record in the group stage, registering wins over Cambodia, Myanmar and co-hosts Indonesia.

Singapore were held to a shock 1–1 draw with the Philippines in their Group B opener[54] and needed an injury-time goal to defeat Myanmar 2–1 in the next match.

[55] Co-hosts and defending champions Vietnam's solitary goal in the third match meant that Singapore failed to progress to the knockout stages since 2002.

[63] In October 2012, it was reported that Avramović and the FAS had come to a mutual agreement that his contract would not be extended, regardless of the team's performance at the 2012 AFF Championship.

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