Mladen Romić

Mladen Romić (23 May 1962 – 19 January 2006) was a former Croatian football player.

Mladen Romić

Personal information
Full name	Mladen Romić
Date of birth	(1962-05-23)23 May 1962
Place of birth	Livno, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death	19 January 2006(2006-01-19) (aged 43)
Place of death	Rijeka, Croatia
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	NK Troglav Livno
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979	NK Troglav Livno
1979–1981	NK Dubrava
1981–1985	NK Zagreb
1985–1988	Mladost Petrinja
1988–1994	NK Rijeka	122	(3)
1994–1995	FC Bremerhaven	25	(0)
1995–1996	NK Zadar	12	(0)
1996–1998	HNK Rijeka	57	(0)
1998–2002	NK Pomorac
National team
1992	Croatia	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

As a player, he spent much of his career, nine seasons in total, with HNK Rijeka. In 1992, he had three caps for the Croatian national team during the tour of Australia. While playing for NK Pomorac in 2002, at the age of 39, he became the oldest player to have played in Prva HNL. Since then, he has been overtaken by Davor Vugrinec and Jakov Surać.[1] Between 2003, and his premature death in 2006, he was sporting director of HNK Rijeka. Rijeka's fans, Armada Rijeka, created a mural near Stadion Kantrida in his honour to commemorate his contribution to the club.[2]