Miroslav Brozović

Miroslav Brozović
Personal information
Full name	Miroslav Brozović
Date of birth	26 August 1917
Place of birth	Mostar, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	5 October 2006 (aged 89)
Place of death	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
1956–1958	FK Željezničar Sarajevo
1948–1969	FK Sarajevo
–	FK Sloga Doboj
–	FK Rudar Kakanj
Men's Football
Representing Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Miroslav "Meho" Brozović (26 August 1917 – 5 October 2006) was a Bosnian Croat footballer who played international football for the Yugoslavian national team, as well as the national team fielded by Axis-puppet Independent State of Croatia during World War II as a defender.

Career

Brozović began his career with local sides JŠK and HŠK Zrinjski Mostar before moving to Građanski Zagreb in 1935. With Građanski he won the Yugoslav championship in 1937 and 1940. He debuted for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's national team in 1940. However, with the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia in 1941 he began playing for the Croatian national team. He suited up for Croatia 17 times during the war before communist Yugoslavia came into existence after the war. The Communist authorities disbanded Građanski Zagreb, forcing Brozović to move to the newly formed army club, FK Partizan, with which he won the Yugoslavian championship and the Yugoslavian cup in 1947.

He won a silver medal for Yugoslavia in football at the 1948 Summer Olympics. From 1948 to 1954 he played for FK Sarajevo. He later managed the club as well.

Death

Brozović died in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006, at the age of 89.

External links

Miroslav Brozović at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
Miroslav Brozović at legends section at fksinfo.com (in Bashkir)

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