Miroslav Žitnjak (born 15 September 1967) is a Croatian retired goalkeeper. He has worked at the

Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...

football academy since 2004.

Club career

After playing with NK Osijek in the Yugoslav First League, he moved to

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in 1992 and played in the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva H ...

with them and afterwards again Osijek until the winter break of the 1995–96 season when he moved abroad, signing with Portuguese

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side U.D. Leiria which he represented until 2000.

International career

He represented Yugoslav U-21 team until 1990, and afterwards played one match for the Croatia national team in July 1992 against

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* 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Đakovo Footballers from Osijek Men's association football goalkeepers Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's under-21 international footballers Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's international footballers NK Osijek players NK Zagreb players U.D. Leiria players Yugoslav First League players Croatian Football League players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Croatian football managers NK Osijek managers {{Croatia-footy-goalkeeper-stub