Miroslav Polak (; born 8 February 1958) is a Serbian
football
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manager and former player.
Born in
Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...
,
SR Serbia, then Yugoslav capital, Miroslav "Mirko" Polak initially played in the youth team of
FK Čukarički. He then played with Yugoslav giants
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...
between 1976 and 1978. Then he moved to
FK Rad playing with them in the
Yugoslav First and
Second leagues until 1986 when he moved abroad to Sweden joining
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association, ...
. After one season in Sweden and one in Greece paying with
Panionios
Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'') ...
, he moves to Austria where he plays with
SV Salzburg
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between 1988 and 1990. In 1990, he joins another Austrian side, FC Puch where he becomes player-manager. That was the end of his playing career and the start of a long career as a coach in Austria.
Nowadays he is the Coach of the Bavarian club
SB Chiemgau Traunstein
SB or Sb may refer to:
Places
* Saint Pierre and Miquelon (FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code SB)
* Santa Barbara, California, US
* San Bernardino, California, US
* Solomon Islands (ISO 3166 country code SB)
* South Burlington, Vermont
* Sibiu Coun ...
, playing in
Landesliga Bayern
References
Living people
1958 births
Footballers from Belgrade
Yugoslav men's footballers
Serbian men's footballers
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Serbian football managers
Men's association football midfielders
Yugoslav First League players
Super League Greece players
FK Partizan players
FK Rad players
Malmö FF players
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Panionios F.C. players
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Serbian expatriate football managers
FC Red Bull Salzburg managers
Expatriate football managers in Austria
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