Radmilo Mihajlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радмило Михајловић; born 19 November 1964) is a Bosnian retired footballer[1] and Yugoslavia national football team player.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Radmilo Mihajlović | ||
Date of birth | (1964-11-19) 19 November 1964 (age 57) | ||
Place of birth |
Foča, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–1983 | Sutjeska Foča | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1988 | Željezničar Sarajevo | 119 | (67) |
1988–1989 | Dinamo Zagreb | 26 | (9) |
1989–1990 | Bayern Munich | 34 | (4) |
1991–1993 | Schalke 04 | 58 | (12) |
1993–1994 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | (0) |
1997 | Pohang Steelers | 3 | (0) |
1997–1998 | APOP Paphos | 14 | (5) |
Total | 264 | (97) | |
National team | |||
1986–1989 | Yugoslavia | 6 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He started playing football at FK Sutjeska Foča and was spotted there as a talented forward.
In the 1983–84 season, he left for FK Željezničar Sarajevo. He played more than 100 league games and scored more than 50 league goals before he left the club in 1988. He was the top goalscorer in the Yugoslav First League 1986–87 Yugoslav First League season with 23 goals.
With Željezničar, he reached the semi-finals of the 1984–85 UEFA Cup. He left the club in 1988.
After leaving Željezničar, Mihajlović tried to engineer a move to Red Star Belgrade, the team that he and his family supported since childhood,[2][3] though he ended up at Dinamo Zagreb where he arrived on initiative by head coach Ćiro Blažević.
He played for one season with the Zagreb club and was promoted to club captain by next head coach Josip Skoblar, becoming the first Serb, although a Bosnian Serb, to become captain of Dinamo Zagreb.[3]
In 1989, he moved to West Germany to play for FC Bayern Munich. He scored four goals in 34 league matches for the club.
While at Bayern, he won the 1989–90 Bundesliga and the 1990 DFL-Supercup.
During the 1990–91 winter transfer window, he moved to FC Schalke 04 of the 2. Bundesliga where he collected 58 league appearances and scored twelve goals.
With Schalke, he won the 2. Bundesliga in the 1990–91 season.
In his later career, Mihajlović played for Eintracht Frankfurt before taking a three year break from active football.
After getting back to playing in 1997, he played for South Korean club Pohang Steelers with whom he won the 1996–97 AFC Champions League and also played for Cypriot side AEP Paphos FC where he definitely finished his career in 1998 at the age of 34.
Mihajlović made his debut for Yugoslavia in an October 1986 European Championship qualification match against Turkey and has earned a total of 6 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a December 1989 friendly match away against England.[4]
International appearances and goals | ||||||
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# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Goal | Competition |
1. | 29 October 1986 | Split, Yugoslavia | ![]() | 4–0 | 0 | UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying |
2. | 29 August 1987 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | ![]() | 0–1 | 0 | Friendly |
3. | 4 June 1988 | Bremen, West Germany | ![]() | 1–1 | 0 | |
4. | 24 August 1988 | Lucerne, Switzerland | ![]() | 2–0 | 1 | |
5. | 5 April 1989 | Athens, Greece | ![]() | 4–1 | 0 | |
6. | 13 December 1989 | London, UK, United Kingdom | ![]() | 1–2 | 0 |
After retiring from playing, Mihajlović worked as a player agent. He then spent some time as FK Rad's sporting director.
Mihajlović's son, Stefan Mihajlović, is also a professional footballer.[5]
Bayern Munich
Schalke 04
Pohang Steelers
Performance
Yugoslav First League top scorers | |
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Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1923–1940) |
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SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992) |
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