Milorad Peković ( sr-cyr, Милорад Пековић; born 5 August 1977) is a Montenegrin manager of
Greuther Fürth and former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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. 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
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,
SFR Yugoslavia
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(now
Montenegro
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), he grew up in
Serbia
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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
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where he had already been playing between 1994 and 1999. His most successful spell was with
1. FSV Mainz 05
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, with whom he spent five seasons. In 2010, he joined
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
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, with whom he played for two seasons including one in the
Bundesliga
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. In May 2013 he signed for
FC Hansa Rostock
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before returning to former club
Eintracht Trier
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a year later.
International career
Peković made his debut for
Montenegro
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in a September 2007
friendly match
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against
Sweden
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and has earned a total of 34 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an August 2013 friendly against
Belarus
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.
Honours
Player
Partizan
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FR Yugoslavia Cup
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: 2001
Greuther Fürth
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2. Bundesliga:
2011–12
Manager
Dečić
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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, ...
:
2023–24[https://fscg.me/takmicenja/meridianbet-1-cfl/ Football Association of Montenegro]
References
External links
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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
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