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Milorad Peković ( sr-cyr, Милорад Пековић; born 5 August 1977) is a Montenegrin manager of Greuther Fürth and former professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a
midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...
. He spent most of his club career in Germany and represented the Montenegro national team at international level.


Club career

Born in
Nikšić Nikšić (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Никшић, ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 32,046 (2023 census) located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot of Trebjesa ...
,
SR Montenegro The Socialist Republic of Montenegro ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), commonly referred to as Socialist Montenegro or simply Montenegro, was ...
,
SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...
(now
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), he grew up in
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where he moved to as a young boy and started playing football within
FK Obilić Fudbalski klub Obilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Обилић) is a Serbian football club based in Vračar, a neighbourhood of Belgrade. It was named after medieval Serbs, Serbian hero Miloš Obilić, a legendary 14th-century ...
's youth ranks in 1987. Significant were the two seasons he played for Serbian giants Partizan having played 54 games for the club and scoring 5 goals. Before finally coming to Germany he spent one season in another Belgrade club, the
OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...
where he had already been playing between 1994 and 1999. His most successful spell was with
1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05 or simply Mainz 05 (), is a German professional sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top tie ...
, with whom he spent five seasons. In 2010, he joined
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth (), commonly known as Greuther Fürth (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. They play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system, following r ...
, with whom he played for two seasons including one in the
Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...
. In May 2013 he signed for
FC Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from ...
before returning to former club
Eintracht Trier SV Eintracht-Trier 05 e. V., commonly known as Eintracht Trier (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club was established on 11 March 1948 through the merger of Westmark 05 Trier ...
a year later.


International career

Peković 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 34 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an August 2013 friendly against
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.


Honours


Player

Partizan *
FR Yugoslavia Cup The Serbia and Montenegro Cup was an association football knockout cup tournament of Serbia and Montenegro played between 1992 and 2006, after which Serbia and Montenegro became separate nations. The competition was the continuation of the old ...
: 2001 Greuther Fürth * 2. Bundesliga: 2011–12


Manager

Dečić *
Montenegrin First League The Montenegrin First League (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ), referred to as the Meridianbet 1. CFL for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional Association football, ...
: 2023–24https://fscg.me/takmicenja/meridianbet-1-cfl/ Football Association of Montenegro


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* * * 1977 births Living people Footballers from Nikšić Men's association football midfielders Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Montenegrin men's footballers Montenegro men's international footballers OFK Beograd players FK Partizan players SV Eintracht Trier 05 players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players FC Hansa Rostock players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players 2. Bundesliga players Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Germany Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany SpVgg Greuther Fürth managers {{Montenegro-footy-bio-stub