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Miroslav "Meho" Brozović (26 August 1917 – 5 October 2006) was a Bosnian Croat professional footballer and football manager who played international football for the Yugoslavia national team, as well as the national team fielded by the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. He played as a defender.[2]

Miroslav Brozović

Brozović (left) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Miroslav Brozović
Date of birth	(1917-08-26)26 August 1917[1]
Place of birth	Mostar, Austria-Hungary[1]
Date of death	5 October 2006(2006-10-05) (aged 89)[1]
Place of death	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1933–1934	JŠK Mostar
1934–1935	Zrinjski Mostar
1935–1945	Građanski Zagreb	131	(17)
1946–1948	Partizan	36	(2)
1948–1953	Sarajevo	55	(2)
National team
1940	Yugoslavia	2	(0)
1941–1944	Independent State of Croatia	15	(0)
1940–1948	Yugoslavia	17	(0)
Teams managed
1948–1956	Sarajevo
1956–1958	Željezničar
1959–1961	Sarajevo
1963	Borac Banja Luka
1966–1967	Sarajevo
	Sloga Doboj
	Rudar Kakanj
Honours Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1948 London Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Brozović began his career with local sides JŠK and Zrinjski Mostar before moving to Građanski Zagreb in 1935. With Građanski, he won the Yugoslav First League in seasons 1936–37 and 1939–40 and Yugoslav Cup in 1938 and 1940.

The Communist authorities disbanded Građanski Zagreb, forcing Brozović to move to the newly formed army club Partizan, with whom he won the league title in the 1946–47 season. He also won the Yugoslav Cup in 1947.

From 1948 to 1953, Brozović played for Sarajevo. In the 1948–49 season, he as a player-manager, won the Yugoslav Second League with Sarajevo. He became a club legend at the club. He ended his playing career at Sarajevo in 1953.

International career

Brozović debuted for the Yugoslavia 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. ^{[citation needed]}

Brozović won a silver medal for Yugoslavia in football at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[3] He played four matches and scored no goals.[1]

His final international for Yugoslavia was an August 1948 Balkan Cup match against Poland.[4]

Managerial career

Brozović started managing Sarajevo in 1948 as a player-manager. He won the Yugoslav Second League in the 1948–49 season. After ending his playing career in 1953, he became a full-time manager. Brozović left Sarajevo in 1956, after eight years, and was immediately named manager of Sarajevo's fierce city rival Željezničar. Brozović promoted the club to the Yugoslav First League in 1957. He managed Željezničar until 1958.

In 1959, he once again became the manager of his favorite, Sarajevo. He stayed at the club until 1961. In 1963, he was manager of Borac Banja Luka. Five years later, in 1966, for a third time in his career, Brozović became the manager of Sarajevo. As the manager, he won the club's historic, first ever Yugoslav Championship in the 1966–67 league season. After the end of the season, he left Sarajevo in summer of 1967.

After Sarajevo, he also managed Sloga Doboj and Rudar Kakanj.

Death

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

Honours

Player

Građanski Zagreb

• Yugoslav First League: 1936–37, 1939–40
• Yugoslav Cup: 1937–38, 1940

Partizan

• Yugoslav First League: 1946–47
• Yugoslav Cup: 1947

Sarajevo

• Yugoslav Second League: 1948–49

Yugoslavia

• Summer Olympics Runners-up: 1948

Manager

Sarajevo

• Yugoslav First League: 1966–67
• Yugoslav Second League: 1948–49

Željezničar

• Yugoslav Second League: 1956–57 (zone II A)

References

External links

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

На других языках

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- [en] Miroslav Brozović

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[fr] Miroslav Brozović

Miroslav Brozović (26 août 1917 à Mostar – 5 octobre 2006 dans la même ville) était un footballeur yougoslave, croate et bosnien.

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[it] Miroslav Brozović

Miroslav Brozović (Mostar, 26 agosto 1917 – Mostar, 5 ottobre 2006) è stato un calciatore jugoslavo, croato tra il 1940 ed il 1944 e di nuovo a partire dal 1991, di ruolo difensore.

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[ru] Брозович, Мирослав

Мирослав «Мехо» Брозович (хорв. Miroslav Brozović, 26 августа 1917, Мостар, Австро-Венгрия — 5 октября 2006, Мостар, Босния и Герцеговина) — югославский футболист хорватского происхождения, призёр Олимпийских игр. В 1948 году на Олимпийских играх в Лондоне завоевал серебряную медаль в составе сборной Югославии по футболу.

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