Mirnes Sead Šišić (born 8 August 1981) is a

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Club career

Early career

Šišić began his professional footballing career in

with

NK Rudar Velenje Nogometni klub Rudar Velenje (), commonly referred to as NK Rudar Velenje or simply Rudar Velenje, is a Slovenian football club from Velenje which competes in the Slovenian Second League, the second tier of the Slovenian football league system. ...

in 2001. In 2003, Šišić signed with

Ilisiakos F.C. Ilisiakos Football Club () is an Athens-based football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the ...

in Greece. After one season with Ilisiakos, Šišić's career continued to progress in Greece. Šišić moved on to AEL and then

Levadiakos Levadiakos Football Club (officially romanized: ''Levadeiakos'' ) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, ...

(with a short loan spell at Iraklis, and, after a strong start to the 2007–08 season with Levadiakos, Greece's most successful club,

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

swooped for the Slovenian winger.

Olympiacos

Šišić made his Olympiacos debut in January 2008 in a 2–1 win against one of his former clubs, Iraklis, in

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. In March 2008, Šišić made his first and only appearance in the

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, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 loss to Chelsea at

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in the first knockout stage of the competition. Later that month, Šišić scored his first Olympiacos goal, in a 2–0 win against

Atromitos Atromitos (Greek: Ατρόμητος, "fearless") may refer to: * Atromitos F.C., a football team based in Peristeri, Greece * Atromitos Piraeus, a football team based in Piraeus, Greece * Atromitos Yeroskipou Atromitos Yeroskipou () was a Cy ...

which led to a 2–0 win. In total, Šišić made 12 league appearances and scored two goals for Olympiakos in 2007–08, as the club won the Super League championship.

Red Star Belgrade

In 2007–08, Šišić played under Greek manager

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, and, after Lemonis was sacked in March 2008, Spanish manager

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. In the summer, Segura was replaced by another his countryman

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. Šišić found playing time difficult to come by under Valverde, and by the winter he had not made a league appearance. During the winter transfer period, Šišić and Olympiacos decided to part ways, and the Slovenian signed with

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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 ...

Šišić made his league debut with Red Star in February 2009 in a derby against

Partizan Belgrade Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, lin ...

. In total, Šišić made 12 appearances for Red Star during the second half of the 2008–09 season.

PAS Giannina

In January 2010, Šišić returned to Greece, signing for Super League club

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club (), or with its full name Panipirotikós Athlitikós Síllogos Giánnina (, ''Panepirotic Athletic Club Giannina'') is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in the city of Ioannina, the capita ...

. Šišić made 15 appearances and scored 2 goals for Giannina during the second half of the 2009–10 season.

International career

Soon after being signed by Olympiacos, Šišić was called up to the Slovenia national team. He scored his first goal in only his second capthe only goal in a 1–0 victory against

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. He scored his second from the penalty spot in a friendly loss to Croatia. In 2008 and 2009, made 5 appearances (all) starts in

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matches, helping Slovenia qualify for the

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. He totalled 15 caps and his final international was an October 2012 World Cup qualification match away against

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Honours

Olympiacos *

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: 2007–08 *

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: 2007–08

International goals

References

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Mirnes Šišić
at NZS * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sisic, Mirnes 1981 births Living people Footballers from Celje Men's association football wingers Slovenian men's footballers 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Slovenia men's international footballers NK Rudar Velenje players Ilisiakos F.C. players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Levadiakos F.C. players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Olympiacos F.C. players Red Star Belgrade footballers PAS Giannina F.C. players OFI Crete F.C. players Panetolikos F.C. players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Gamma Ethniki players Football League (Greece) players Super League Greece players Serbian SuperLiga players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia