Miodrag "Minda" Jovanović (; 17 January 1922 – 14 December 2009) was a Yugoslav

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er.

International career

On the national level, Jovanović made his debut for

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in a September

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game against

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and earned a total of 25 caps (no goals). He was part of the Yugoslav squad at the

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and the

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. His final international was a November 1950

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against

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* * * 1922 births 2009 deaths Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers 1950 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Red Star Belgrade footballers OFK Beograd players FK Partizan players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav football managers Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. managers Hapoel Haifa F.C. managers NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) managers FC Besa Peja managers Yugoslav expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Israel Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Israel {{Serbia-footy-midfielder-stub