Milovan Petar Mirošević Albornoz (; born 20 June 1980) is a Chilean

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and former

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. He spent the majority of his playing career as an

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for Universidad Católica. He is also commonly known as Milo Mirosevic.

Club career

Mirošević began his football career with one of the biggest Chilean football clubs Universidad Católica in 1992. His professional debut at the age of 17 in 1997 occurred in part due to a strike by professional footballers which saw players of the youth squads compete in the Torneo Apertura 1997. Mirošević's debut with Catolica ended in a 4–1 win over rivals

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. in 2000, after two seasons with the reserves team, Mirošević became a regular in Católica's starting eleven. In 2002, under coach

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, Mirosevic was the star of the club's win of the Apertura. After 2002 he was transferred to Racing Club of Argentina where he obtained mixed results. He was then transferred from Racing to

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, winning the

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. In 2008, he returned to Argentina signing with

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. Mirošević finally returned to Universidad Católica in June 2008 as one of the new players brought in for the Clausura Tournament. He holds the current record of scoring in 5 consecutive matches against Universidad de Chile. In his time back with Católica he helped the club capture the league title in 2010 and the

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. On 4 January 2012 Mirošević joined

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club

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on a multi-year deal. However, hs stay in Columbus lasted only one season and he was released by the club on 20 January 2013. Immediately upon his release Mirošević signed with one of his former sides, Universidad Católica.

International career

He represented Chile U17 at the

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and Chile U20 at the

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. In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on 10 February 1998. Chile won by 2–1. Mirosevic received his first opportunity with the Chile national team under Juvenal Olmos' tenure as manager. During these World Cup qualifying games, Mirošević scored twice, once against Argentina and once against Uruguay. During the 2010 World Cup qualifiers,

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called Mirosevic up for the first games against Uruguay and Paraguay, without getting the chance to play. After four years of not being called up by the national team, on 10 November 2011, he was called up by Claudio Borghi to fill in after some suspensions were in effect, getting the chance to play as a substitute during one of the games.

Managerial career

Despite he graduated as a

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, he didn't accept an offer to make an internship at the C.D. Universidad Católica, but he has worked as Promotion Coordinator for the youth players of the same club. In April 2022, he left his job at the Universidad Católica to begin his managerial career as the

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of Patricio Ormazábal of Chile U20.

Personal life

He is the cousin of the deputy

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Titles

; Universidad Católica * Primera División: 2002-A,

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, 2016-C *

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;Beitar Jerusalem * Ligat Ha'al: 2007

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mirosevic, Milovan 1980 births Living people Chilean people of Croatian descent Chilean footballers Footballers from Santiago Chilean expatriate footballers Chile international footballers Chile under-20 international footballers Chile youth international footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Argentinos Juniors footballers Columbus Crew players Unión Española footballers Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Israeli Premier League players Major League Soccer players Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate soccer players in the United States 2004 Copa América players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Israel Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Association football midfielders Chilean football managers People from Santiago