Ante Miročević (born 6 August 1952) is a former Montenegrin

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who played as a

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. He earned six caps for

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. He was the first player playing in a club from Montenegro to earn a cap for the Yugoslavia national team.

Club career

He became the first foreign player to sign for

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in 1980; however, his spell at the club was not a success despite being the club's record signing at the time. He did score Wednesday's only goal in the 2–1 defeat to

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in the 1983 FA Cup Semi-Final at

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International career

Miročević made his debut for

in a November 1978 Balkan Cup match against

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and has earned a total of 6 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was an April 1980

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against

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* * 1952 births Living people Footballers from Podgorica Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics FK Budućnost Podgorica players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Yugoslav First League players English Football League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in England {{Montenegro-footy-bio-stub