Alex Gogic reveals dad's Rangers encounter with Paul Gascoigne that made playing in Scotland his DESTINY

A roar would go up from behind the goal at the Olympic Stadium in Athens.

But the notorious Gate 7 Ultras weren’t celebrating a winning goal or a last-gasp victory for their beloved Olympiacos. It was half-time and a little kid was firing balls into the back of the net for fun. There wasn’t even a goalie. But every time the boy scored, they cheered.The reason for their delight? The child in question was Alex Gogic, son of the club’s star striker Sinisa. The guy who was banging goals in for them in the Champions League.

For young Alex – who was only six or seven – the response he got from Olympiacos supporters was the start of his love affair with the game. A romance that continues in Paisley to this day. Given Gogic’s upbringing, it’s really no surprise that he plays in the Premiership with such passion and desire. His Serbian-born dad was obsessed with the game, even in his army days before the break-up of Yugoslavia. Eventually, Sinisa left his homeland for Cyprus where he made a home before moving to Greece.

And the influence he had on his son was always going to lead Alex into football. Even now, when they speak every day, there’s only one topic on the agenda. And maybe it was written in the stars that Gogic would end up in Scotland.

Growing up, his dad told him about the night he played against Rangers at Ibrox for previous club Anorthosis Famagusta in a crucial
Champions League qualifier. It was Paul Gascoigne’s first competitive game for Walter Smith’s side, who eventually won the tie.

Gogic junior was only a baby in 1995 but, as he grew older, he learned all about Gazza. Incredibly, 22 years later, he was on the same pitch in Govan taking on Rangers for Hamilton Accies. And he has been a regular visitor