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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ante Miročević | ||
| Date of birth | (1952-08-06) 6 August 1952 (age 72) | ||
| Place of birth |
Titograd, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1980 | Budućnost Titograd | 141 | (26) |
| 1980–1983 | Sheffield Wednesday | 70 | (7) |
| 1983–1984 | Budućnost Titograd | 12 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1978–1980 | Yugoslavia | 6 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ante Miročević (born 6 August 1952) is a former Montenegrin footballer who played as a midfielder. He earned six caps for Yugoslavia. He was the first player playing in a club from Montenegro to earn a cap for the Yugoslavia national team.
Club career
He became the first foreign player to sign for Sheffield Wednesday in 1980; however, his spell at the club was not a success despite being the club's record signing at the time. He did score Wednesday's only goal in the 2–1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion in the 1983 FA Cup Semi-Final at Highbury.
International career
Miročević made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1978 Balkan Cup match against Greece and has earned a total of 6 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was an April 1980 friendly match against Poland.
References
- "Ante Mirocevic "I'd drink 10, 20 a night and then train the next day"". Owls Talk. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
External links
- Ante Miročević at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ante Miročević at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
| Yugoslavia football squad – 1980 Summer Olympics – fourth place | ||
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Podgorica
- Men's association football midfielders
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Yugoslavia men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia
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- FK Budućnost Podgorica players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Yugoslav First League players
- English Football League players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
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- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in England
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