Radmilo Mihajlović

Radmilo Mihajlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радмило Михајловић; born 19 November 1964) is a Bosnian former footballer[1] and former Yugoslavia national football team player.

Radmilo Mihajlović
Personal information
Full name Radmilo Mihajlović
Date of birth (1964-11-19) 19 November 1964
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Early career

He started playing football at FK Sutjeska Foča and was spotted there as a talented forward.

Željezničar

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.

Dinamo Zagreb

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]

Bayern Munich

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.

Schalke 04

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.

Later career and retirement

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.

International career

Mihajlović played for the Yugoslav national team from 1986 to 1989, in process making six caps and scoring one goal for the team.

He played in the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying for Yugoslavia.

Post-playing career

After retiring from playing, Mihajlović worked as a player agent. He then spent some time as FK Rad's sporting director.

Personal life

Mihajlović's son, Stefan Mihajlović, is also a professional footballer.[4]

Career statistics

International statistics

Honours

Player

Bayern Munich

Schalke 04

Pohang Steelers

Individual

Performance

References
  1. "Radmilo Mihajlović". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  2. "Da sam igrao protiv Videotona dao bih tri gola, otišli bi na megdan Realu" (in Bosnian). sarajevo-x.com. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  3. "Mihajlović: Zvezda želja, Dinamo sudbina!". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 9 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. НАПАДАЧ НАПУСТИО РАД: Стефан Михајловић у Лихтенштајну. zurnal.rs (in Serbian). 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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