Miroslav Žitnjak

Miroslav Žitnjak (born 15 September 1967) is a Croatian retired goalkeeper.[1]

Miroslav Žitnjak
Personal information
Full name Miroslav Žitnjak
Date of birth (1967-09-15) 15 September 1967
Place of birth Đakovo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Jedinstvo Đakovo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1992 Osijek 102 (0)
1992–1994 Zagreb 50 (0)
1994–1996 Osijek 61 (0)
1995–1999 União Leiria 93 (3)
1999–2000 Osijek
National team
1988–1990 Yugoslavia U21
1992 Croatia 1 (0)
Teams managed
2006–2007 Osijek
2013 Osijek (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

After playing with NK Osijek in the Yugoslav First League, he moved to NK Zagreb in 1992 and played in the Prva HNL with them and afterwards again Osijek until the winter break of the 1995–96 season when he moved abroad, signing with Portuguese Primeira Liga side U.D. Leiria which he represented until 2000.[2]

He represented Yugoslav U-21 team until 1990, and afterwards played one match for the Croatian national team in 1992.

References

  1. Tempo (1990-08-01). "Prva liga 90/91" (in Serbo-Croatian).
  2. Miroslav Žitnjak at ForadeJogo.net


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