Darko Božović (

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: Дарко Божовић; born 9 August 1978) is a Montenegrin retired

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, who played as a

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Club career

On 28 October 2006, while playing for

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, Božović scored an equalizer in their home

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fixture against

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. Firstly, on the 0–1 result, he defended a penalty by

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in the 88th minute, and then, in the fourth minute of injury time, he scored a header from a corner kick for the final 1–1. In June 2007, Božović moved to Partizan, playing regularly for the team in the first six months. However, he lost his place in the starting eleven in the second half of the 2007–08 season to his fellow countryman

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, who arrived at the club in the 2008 winter transfer window. In the summer of 2010, Božović was released by the club after receiving very little playing time in the previous two years. In August 2013, Božović joined

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side Happy Valley. On 5 January 2014, he was one of the seven players and coaching staff arrested by the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) for allegations with

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. On 6 January 2014, the homes of Božović and five other Happy Valley players were raided by the ICAC as the officials stepped up their investigation into alleged match-fixing. Božović was later released without charge, although his teammates

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and

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were jailed for 12 months for match-fixing in 2014. On 26 March 2014, Božović and other Happy Valley players went to the Hong Kong Labour Department to make claims against Happy Valley for unpaid and outstanding wages worth around 100,000

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s. After leaving Happy Valley in Hong Kong, Božović returned to

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and joined Superlige-side

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in July 2014.

International career

Božović made his debut for

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in a September 2007

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against

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and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was another friendly, a month later against

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Honours

Bežanija *

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: 2005–06 Partizan *

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: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

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: 2007–08, 2008–09

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bozovic, Darko 1978 births Living people Footballers from Podgorica Men's association football goalkeepers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Montenegrin men's footballers Montenegro men's international footballers FK Teleoptik players FK Srem Jakovo players OFK Mladenovac players FK Timok players FK Srem players FK Bežanija players FK Partizan players GFK Sloboda Užice players Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. players Happy Valley AA players FK Voždovac players Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players Serbian SuperLiga players Persian Gulf Pro League players Serbian First League players Hong Kong First Division League players Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Iran Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Association football goalkeeping coaches Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria