Mirko Medić (

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: Мирко Медић; born November 23, 1980) is a Serbian former

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who played as a defender. Most recently, he was

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for

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in the

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Club career

Serbia

Medić began his career in the

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with

FK Železničar Lajkovac FK Železničar Lajkovac (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Железничар Лајковац) is a football club based in Lajkovac, Serbia. History The club was formed in 1927 by the initiative of a group of important citizens of Lajkovac and was init ...

. In 2001, he played in the

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with

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Canada

In 2006, he ventured abroad to play in the interprovincial

with the reactivated

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. Medić was selected to the league all-star roster against

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in his debut season. He aided the expansion side in securing a postseason berth by clinching the International Division title. He also played in the

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final against the

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which the Serbs were defeated. Medić re-signed with the White Eagles the following season and was named to the all-star team for the second consecutive time. The Serbs also managed to successfully defend their divisional title. The club would ultimately reach the championship final where the western Toronto side was defeated by

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in a two-game series. The 2008 season marked his third year with the organization and he once again aided the club in securing a playoff berth by finishing second in the division. For the third consecutive season, the Serbs reached the championship final where they successfully defeated

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in a penalty shootout. In 2009, he was honored by the league with Defender of the Year honors. The club produced another successful season where they clinched their fourth divisional title. Medić made his fourth consecutive championship final appearance where the Serbs lost their championship to Trois-Rivières in penalties. He re-signed with the White Eagles for the 2010 season. During the 2010 season, he was part of the

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side that played an international friendly against

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on July 21, 2010. Medić re-signed with Serbia for his sixth season in 2011. He assisted the club in securing a postseason by finishing fifth in the First Division. After seven seasons with the White Eagles, he departed from the organization in 2013 to play with league rivals Brampton City United. In his debut season with Brampton, the club was eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs by

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. Following a brief stint in Brampton, he returned to the White Eagles in 2014. In his final season with the Serbs, he helped the club clinch the top-division title in 2015. He contributed a goal in the semifinal match of the postseason where Waterloo eliminated the Serbs from the competition. In the winter of 2017, he played

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in the Arena Premier League with Serbia AC.

Managerial career

After his retirement, he was appointed head coach along with

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for Serbia in 2016. In his first season as manager, he led the team to their second championship by defeating Hamilton City. In 2021, he was named the head coach for league rivals

. In his debut season with Scarborough, he led the team to the ProSound Cup final but was defeated by

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in a penalty shootout. He also successfully led Scarborough to a CSL Championship by defeating Vorkuta in the playoffs. Medić re-signed with Scarborough for the 2022 season. He led Scarborough to an undefeated streak of 17 matches which stemmed from the previous season. Under his helm, the club secured a playoff berth by finishing third in the standings. In the preliminary round of the postseason, the eastern Toronto side defeated BGH City. Further success was followed in the second round where Scarborough reached the championship final for the sixth consecutive time as they defeated

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. In the championship match, the rebranded Vorkuta known as FC Continentals defeated Scarborough.

Honours

Player

;Serbian White Eagles *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

International Division:

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Individual *

Defender of the Year:

Manager

;Serbian White Eagles *

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

;Scarborough SC *

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

runner-up:

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Medic, Mirko 1980 births Living people Footballers from Valjevo Men's association football defenders Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers FK Budućnost Valjevo players FK Železničar Lajkovac players FK Mladost Lučani players Serbian White Eagles FC players Brampton City United FC players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Serbian football managers Serbian White Eagles FC coaches Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) coaches Serbian expatriate football managers Expatriate soccer coaches in Canada 21st-century Serbian sportsmen