Božo Kovačević (born 24 December 1979) is an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

n former

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er of

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n descent.

Club career

Kovačević came to

Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (), known in English as Austria Vienna, and Austria Wien in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian professional association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the most trophies of any Aust ...

at 15 and started his professional career there at 19, only to be loaned out to Second Division SC Untersiebenbrunn in 2001. He joined

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a year later and made it with them into the national team. In 2007, he moved to

SV Ried SV Ried, commonly known as SV Guntamatic Ried for sponsorship reasons, is an Austrian association football club based in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. The t ...

International career

He made his debut for

in an October 2002 European Championship qualification match against

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. He earned 7 caps, no goals scored. His last international was a September 2006 friendly match against

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External links

Player profile
- SV Ried
Profile
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