Mirnes Sead Šišić (born 8 August 1981) is a former

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

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Club career

Early career

Šišić began his professional footballing career in

with

NK Rudar Velenje Nogometni klub Rudar Velenje ( en, Rudar Velenje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Rudar Velenje or simply Rudar Velenje, is a Slovenian football club from Velenje which competes in the Slovenian Second League. History The club was fo ...

in 2001. In 2003, Šišić signed with

Ilisiakos F.C. Ilisiakos Football Club ( el, Ηλυσιακός A.O.) is an Athens-based football club that was founded in 1927 by Michalis Xydis, Lambropoulos, Evgenopoulos, Nikolaos Plessas, ''et al.''. They played in Delta Ethiniki until 2003. Ilisiakos spent ...

in Greece. After one season with Ilisiakos, Šišić's career continued to progress in Greece. Šišić moved on to

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and then

Levadiakos Levadiakos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Λεβαδειακός) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, afte ...

(with a short loan spell at

Iraklis Gymnasticos Syllogos Iraklis ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλής, en, Gymnastics Club Heracles), commonly referred to as Iraklis, is a Greek multi-sports club based in Thessaloniki. The club was founded in 1908 as "Mace ...

, and, after a strong start to the 2007–08 season with Levadiakos, Greece's most successful club,

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

swooped for the Slovenian winger.

Olympiacos

Šišić made his Olympiacos debut in January 2008 in a 2–1 win against one of his former clubs, Iraklis, in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

. In March 2008, Šišić made his first and only appearance in the

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, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 loss to

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in the first knockout stage of the competition. Later that month, Šišić scored his first Olympiacos goal, in a 2–0 win against

Atromitos Atromitos (Greek: Ατρόμητος, "fearless") may refer to: * Atromitos F.C., a football team based in Peristeri, Athens, Greece * Atromitos Piraeus, a football team based in Piraeus, Athens, Greece * Atromitos Yeroskipou, a football team curr ...

which led to a 2–0 win. In total, Šišić made 12 league appearances and scored two goals for Olympiakos in 2007–08, as the club won the Super League championship.

Red Star Belgrade

In 2007–08, Šišić played under Greek manager

Takis Lemonis Takis Lemonis ( el, Τάκης Λεμονής; born 13 January 1960) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Playing career Takis Lemonis played for local club Attikos before playing for Olympiakos from 1978 until 1987. He ...

, and, after Lemonis was sacked in March 2008, Spanish manager

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. In the summer, Segura was replaced by another his countryman

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. Šišić found playing time difficult to come by under Valverde, and by the winter he had not made a league appearance. During the winter transfer period, Šišić and Olympiacos decided to part ways, and the Slovenian signed with

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n giants

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 ...

Šišić made his league debut with Red Star in February 2009 in a derby against

Partizan Belgrade Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, link ...

. In total, Šišić made 12 appearances for Red Star during the second half of the 2008–09 season.

PAS Giannina

In January 2010, Šišić returned to Greece, signing for Super League club

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...

. Šišić made 15 appearances and scored 2 goals for Giannina during the second half of the 2009–10 season.

International career

Soon after being signed by Olympiacos, Šišić was called up to the Slovenia national team. He scored his first goal in only his second capthe only goal in a 1–0 victory against

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. He scored his second from the penalty spot in a friendly loss to Croatia. In 2008 and 2009, made 5 appearances (all) starts in

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matches, helping Slovenia qualify for the

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Honours

Olympiacos

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: 2007–08 *

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: 2007–08

International goals

External links

Player profile
at NZS * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sisic, Mirnes 1981 births Living people Footballers from Celje Slovenian footballers Men's association football wingers Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Ilisiakos F.C. players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Olympiacos F.C. players Levadiakos F.C. players PAS Giannina F.C. players Red Star Belgrade footballers Panetolikos F.C. players OFI Crete F.C. players NK Rudar Velenje players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Serbian SuperLiga players Super League Greece players Slovenian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Serbia Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Slovenia men's international footballers

Club career

Early career

Olympiacos

Red Star Belgrade

PAS Giannina

International career

Honours

Olympiacos

International goals

See also

External links