Mirko Hrgović (born 5 February 1979) is a
Bosnian football
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coach and former player. He serves as an assistant coach at
HNK Šibenik
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. Hrgović most notably played for
Croatian rivals Hajduk Split
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and
Dinamo Zagreb
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as well as
VfL Wolfsburg
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of German
Bundesliga
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among others.
Club career
NK Široki Brijeg
Hrgović, who is an ethnic
Croatian, decided to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina after his games went unnoticed in Croatia. Hrgović decided to take Bosnia and Herzegovina nationality while playing for the Bosnian-Herzegovinian club
NK Široki Brijeg
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Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of ...
and take up the call by
Blaž Slišković
Blaž "Baka" Slišković (; born 30 May 1959) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the most successful Bosnian football managers.
As a player, Slišković was capped 26 times for Yugoslavia in th ...
. Hrgović has played for
NK Posušje
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...
and
NK Široki Brijeg
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Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of ...
in the
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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,
Gamba Osaka
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and
JEF United Chiba
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in
J1 League
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,
VfL Wolfsburg
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in
German Bundesliga
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,
Hajduk Split
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,
Dinamo Zagreb
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in
1.HNL.
NK Dinamo Zagreb
On 18 July 2008, Hrgović signed a three-year contract. His move, albeit not directly from Hajduk to Dinamo, has stirred quite a controversy among both Hajduk and Dinamo fans. While Hajduk fans tend to see the move as a treason to their beloved club, Dinamo fans cannot forgive the physical altercation between Hrgović and a couple of them that occurred seven months earlier during the national futsal competition. Graffiti against Hrgović and death threats (including a puppet of him being hanged by the Dinamo stadium fence) have been registered.
Greuther Fürth
On 17 July 2009, he signed a two-year contract with
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
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and was released on 25 November 2009.
NK Široki Brijeg
After his release in November 2009 by
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
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, Hrgović signed in March 2010 a contract with his former club
NK Široki Brijeg
Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg ( en, Široki Brijeg Football Club) is a professional association football club from the city of Široki Brijeg, that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of ...
.
International career
He made his debut for
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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in a February 2003
friendly match
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away against
Wales
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and has earned a total of 29 caps, scoring 2 goals. He played as a standard player during
Blaž Slišković
Blaž "Baka" Slišković (; born 30 May 1959) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the most successful Bosnian football managers.
As a player, Slišković was capped 26 times for Yugoslavia in th ...
's reign as national coach. After Slišković's resignation in 2006, he played under new coach
Fuad Muzurović
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Playing career
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and later on for
Meho Kodro
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He spent most of his 16-year senior career in Spain, mostly with Real Sociedad (four seasons) and Tenerife (three) ...
. When
Miroslav Blažević
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became coach, he was dropped for several games because he was not playing well for his club. His move to Greuther Fürth proved to be a good one as he was called back to represent Bosnia in the last World Cup 2010 qualifiers against Estonia and Spain. His final international was an October 2009
FIFA World Cup qualification
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match against
Spain
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Career statistics
Club
National team
International goals
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References
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1979 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Sinj
Men's association football midfielders
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's international footballers
NK Junak Sinj players
HNK Hajduk Split players
HŠK Posušje players
Gamba Osaka players
NK Široki Brijeg players
VfL Wolfsburg players
JEF United Chiba players
GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
Kavala F.C. players
RNK Split players
NK Zadar players
First Football League (Croatia) players
Croatian Football League players
J1 League players
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Super League Greece players
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Greece