Željko Polak (

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: Жељко Полак; born 9 March 1976) is a retired Bosnian-Herzegovinian

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Club career

After playing in

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n clubs such as FK Mačva Šabac,

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, FK Palilulac Beograd and

FK Radnički Beograd FK Radnički Beograd (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Раднички Београд) is a Serbian football club based in New Belgrade. The club is often referred to as FK Radnički Novi Beograd, although the club is officially named simply as FK Radni ...

, in 2000, he moved to

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to play in

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. After not getting many chances to play, he returned and played in Serbian SuperLiga and

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with Radnički Beograd,

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and FK Mladost Lučani.

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at Zerodic 1976 births Living people Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Men's association football forwards Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers FK Mačva Šabac players FK Rad players FK Milicionar players FK Palilulac Beograd players FK Radnički Beograd players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players FK Bežanija players FK Mladost Lučani players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players Regionalliga players Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian First League players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany Place of birth missing (living people) {{Serbia-footy-forward-stub