Srećko Mitrović (born 17 February 1984) is an Australian

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player of

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descent, who last played for

Geelong SC Geelong Soccer Club is an Australian soccer club based in Geelong, Australia founded in 1958 by Geelong's Macedonian Australian community. In 2019, Geelong SC obtained National Premier Leagues Victoria status after being crowned 2018 champions ...

in the

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Career

Born in

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SR Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

, when part of

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, Srećko Mitrović started his playing career at

Marconi Stallions Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales. The club has been crowned Australian champion four times. The Stallions are the soccer team of Club Marconi, a social ...

in 2000, at the age of 16. In 2001, while he was only 17, Mitrović was bought by the Italian

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club

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

. In 2002, he signed a five-year deal with Italian

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club

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. After three years playing for

. he was shortly on loan in

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Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

. In 2006 Mitrović moved to Romanian

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by signing a contract with Poli Iaşi. In 2009, he went back to Australia, and for six months he was playing for

Sutherland Sharks Sutherland Sharks Football Club is an Australian Association football club based in the suburb of Sutherland in Sydney New South Wales. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. The club's home games are played at Seymour ...

, before he moved to

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in the Indian

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. In October, 2010 Mitrović signed a contract with Indonesian team

PSM Makassar Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar ( 'Football Association of Makassar'; abbreviated as PSM) is an Indonesian professional football club based in Makassar, South Sulawesi that competes in Liga 1. PSM was founded in 1915 as , making it the oldest ...

, he moved to Deltras in 2012. In the summer of 2017, he returned to Europe and signed with Serbian third-tier side

FK Cement Beočin Fudbalski klub Cement Beočin ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Цемент Беочин, lit=Cement Beočin Football Club) is a football club based in Beočin, Serbia. History FK Cement Beočin was founded in 1913 by the employees of a B ...

.Srecko Mitrovic
at srbijafudbal.com In 2019, Mitrović returned to Australia, signing for Victorian club

in the

Honours

;Sutherland Sharks *

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References

1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Zenica Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Australian people of Serbian descent Australian soccer players Australian expatriate soccer players Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players Liga I players Expatriate footballers in Romania Australian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in India Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Association football midfielders East Bengal Club players Australian expatriate sportspeople in India Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Deltras F.C. players PSM Makassar players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Australia FK Cement Beočin players {{Australia-footy-midfielder-stub