Miroslav Brozović

Miroslav Brozović

Personal information
Full name	Miroslav Brozović
Date of birth	26 August 1917(1917-08-26)
Place of birth	Mostar, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	5 October 2006(2006-10-05) (aged 89)
Place of death	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1933-1935	JŠK Mostar
1935-1945	Gradjanski Zagreb
1946-1948	FK Partizan
1948-1953	FK Sarajevo
National team
1940-1948	Yugoslavia	17	(0)
1940-1944	Croatia	17	(0)
Teams managed
1956-1958	FK Željezničar Sarajevo
Honours Men's Football Competitor for Yugoslavia Olympic Games Silver 1948 London Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Miroslav "Meho" Brozović (26 August 1917 in Mostar – 5 October 2006 in Mostar) was a Croatian footballer who played international football for the Yugoslavian national team, as well as the national team fielded by Nazi-puppet Independent State of Croatia during World War II.^{[citation needed]}

He 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.

From 1948 to 1954 he played for FK Sarajevo. He later managed the club as well. He won a silver medal for Yugoslavia in football at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Brozović died in Mostar (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) in 2006, aged 89.

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