Dragan Miranović (; 18 May 1956 – 19 March 2012) was a Serbian and Montenegrin

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manager and player.

Playing career

Born in

Feketić Feketić ( sr-cyr, Фекетић, , or ) is a village located in the Mali Iđoš municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its po ...

, Miranović started playing football in his hometown, before joining

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's youth system. He later went on to spend 11 seasons with Spartak Subotica, making his

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

debut in the 1986–87 campaign, before going abroad. After his stint at

SV Spittal/Drau Sportverein Spittal/Drau is an Austrian association football club, based in Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia. The club founded in 1921 was promoted to the First League (II) in 1982 and won the championship of the 1983–84 season, however playing ...

in Austria, Miranović moved to Ecuador and played for Valdez in the

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, before retiring from the game.

Managerial career

During his managerial career, Miranović worked at numerous South American clubs, including Olmedo (four times),

Deportivo Quito Sociedad Deportivo Quito is an Ecuadorian club football club based in Quito. For most of its existence, it competed in Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. And currently competes in the Second Category of Pi ...

, El Nacional,

Atlético Junior Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. (), commonly known as Junior de Barranquilla, by its old name Atlético Junior or simply as Junior, is a Colombian professional football team based in Barranquilla, capital of the department of Atlantic ...

and Aucas (each twice), as well as

Barcelona SC Barcelona Sporting Club (), internationally known as Barcelona de Guayaquil, is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of fo ...

Independiente Santa Fe Club Independiente Santa Fe, known simply as Santa Fe, is a Colombian professional Association football, football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio El Campín, El Cam ...

Millonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club, known simply as Millonarios, is a Colombian professional football club based in Bogotá, that competes in the Categoría Primera A, top flight of football in Colombia. It is one of the most successful and iconic clubs i ...

and

Deportivo Cuenca Club Deportivo Cuenca is an Ecuadorian football club based in Cuenca. They currently play in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country, and is one of two clubs from Cuenca to have played in the top-flight (the other being LDU ...

. He also led

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at the

1995 South American U-20 Championship The South American Youth Championship 1995 was held in Cochabamba, La Paz and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It also served as qualification for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. Teams The following teams entered the tournament: * * (host) * * * ...

Death

On 19 March 2012, Miranović died in

Quito Quito (; ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city, capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha Province, P ...

of a heart attack at the age of 55. A number of his former players expressed their sympathy and condolences to the family and friends, including

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and

Claudio Pizarro Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio (; born 3 October 1978) is a Peruvian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He is currently serving as club ambassador for Bayern Muni ...

Managerial statistics

Honours

Spartak Subotica *

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

: 1985–86

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miranovic, Dragan 1956 births 2012 deaths Serbian people of Montenegrin descent Yugoslav men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FK Spartak Subotica players SV Spittal/Drau players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Serbia and Montenegro football managers S.D. Quito managers C.D. El Nacional managers Barcelona S.C. managers C.D. Olmedo managers Independiente Santa Fe managers Atlético Junior managers Millonarios F.C. managers S.D. Aucas managers C.D. Cuenca managers FK Spartak Subotica managers Categoría Primera A managers Serbian SuperLiga managers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Ecuador Expatriate football managers in Peru Expatriate football managers in Bolivia Expatriate football managers in Colombia Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Peru Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Colombia