Miodrag Krivokapić ( cnr, Mиoдpaг Kpивoкaпић, born 6 September 1959) is a Montenegrin former

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who played in

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. He played for

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

and represented

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before moving to Scotland in 1988, where he went on to play for a number of clubs, including Dundee United and

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Playing career

Club

Krivokapić joined Dundee United in 1989 for £200,000 from

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, where he had previously won four international caps. He stayed with United until 1993, picking up a

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. Krivokapic had spells with Raith Rovers and Hamilton Academical before retiring.

International

He made his debut for

in a December 1987 European Championship qualification match away against

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and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a September 1988

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against

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Managerial career

He was also reserve team coach at Hamilton winning the Scottish Reserve League in 1997–98. He had a four-game spell as caretaker manager of Motherwell alongside

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in 2001 but was released from the coaching staff when new manager Eric Black was appointed. In June 2008, Krivokapić returned to Scotland when he was appointed by

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to work on youth development.

Personal life

Krivokapić has two sons, Balša and Matija. Balsa played for

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and Matija played for Scottish junior outfit Newmains United.

Honours

Red Star

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

: 1983–84, 1987–88 *

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