Miodrag Krivokapić (; born 6 September 1959) is a Montenegrin retired

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who played in

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. He played for

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

and represented

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before moving to Scotland in 1988, where he went on to play for a number of clubs, including

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and

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Playing career

Club

Krivokapić joined

in 1989 for £200,000 from

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, where he had previously won four international caps. He stayed with United until 1993, picking up a

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Motherwell Motherwell (, ) is a List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Shires of Scotland, Historically in the p ...

. Krivokapic had spells with Raith Rovers and

Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, who currently compete in . They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilto ...

before retiring.

International

He made his debut for

in a December 1987 European Championship qualification match away against

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and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a September 1988

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against

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Managerial career

He was also reserve team coach at Hamilton winning the Scottish Reserve League in 1997–98. He had a four-game spell as caretaker manager of Motherwell alongside John Philliben in 2001 but was released from the coaching staff when new manager

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was appointed. In June 2008, Krivokapić returned to Scotland when he was appointed by

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to work on youth development.

Personal life

Krivokapić has two sons, Balša and Matija. Balsa played for East Stirlingshire and Matija played for Scottish junior outfit Newmains United.

Honours

Red Star *

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) ...

: 1983–84, 1987–88 *

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: 1984–85

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Miodrag Krivokapić postao trener Seltika
''Blic'', June 20, 2008 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krivokapic, Miodrag 1959 births Living people Footballers from Nikšić Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers FK Sutjeska Nikšić players Red Star Belgrade footballers Dundee United F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Serbia and Montenegro football managers Motherwell F.C. non-playing staff Serbia and Montenegro expatriate football managers Red Star Belgrade non-playing staff Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Scotland