Leo Mikić (born 6 May 1997) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

SV Ried SV Ried is an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. After being relegated from Austrian Football Bundesli ...

Career

Born in Požega, Mikic played with the youth team of

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, and after spells with several other clubs, started his senior career at

NK Slavija Pleternica NK Slavija Pleternica is a Croatian football club based in the town of Pleternica near Požega in Slavonia. Slavija is currently playing in Treća HNL The Druga nogometna liga ( eng, Second football league), commonly Druga NL or 2. NL) is ...

in the

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. He joined Austrian club

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in the fifth-tier

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in 2018, after being scouted by a player he played against. From March until the end of the season, Mikic scored 10 goals in 13 appearances. After scoring 28 goals in 30 league matches across the 2018–19 season as Kapfenberg won their division, he signed for 2. Liga club

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on a one-year contract with an option to extend in summer 2019. After 2 years at Kapfenburg, in which he scored 9 goals in 44 matches, he joined

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club

in summer 2021. He scored 5 goals in 29 matches in his debut season in the division.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mikic, Leo 1997 births Living people People from Požega, Croatia Association football wingers Association football forwards Croatian footballers FC Lustenau players Kapfenberger SV players SV Ried players Second Football League (Croatia) players Austrian 2. Landesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria