Josip "Mićo" Duvančić (1 October 1935 – 17 April 2023) was a Yugoslav and Croatian

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manager and player.

Playing career

Born in Razvođe, a village near

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, Duvančić spent two seasons with Partizan from 1956 to 1958, making 18 league appearances and scoring two times. He also helped the club win the

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, contributing with two goals in the process. After a stint with

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, Duvančić joined

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 ...

side Sloboda Tuzla in 1960. He helped the club win promotion to the

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in 1962. Before retiring, Duvančić also played abroad for İzmirspor in Turkey.

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Duvančić acted as an assistant to Sloboda Tuzla manager Dušan Varagić and later Munib Saračević. He replaced Saračević as manager in November 1970, managing to save the club from

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and reaching the

final that season. In 1976, Duvančić left the position and took charge of

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, going on to win the

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. In the summer of 1979, Duvančić was appointed as manager of Partizan, finishing the season in 13th place. He subsequently led three more

clubs, namely

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, and Budućnost Titograd. In the 1986–87 season, Duvančić served as manager of

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in Turkey.

Honours

Player

Partizan *

: 1956–57

Manager

Hajduk Split *

: 1976–77

References

External links

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