Miroslav Bošković (; 3 January 1947 – 17 August 2023) was a Serbian

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who played as a defender. He was capped six times for the Yugoslavia national team.

Club career

Nicknamed "Galeb", he began his career playing in NK Zadar from where he moved to

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. In 1973, he signed with

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

and two years later he moved to France to play with

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. He also worked two years as sports correspondent from France for

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before returning to Yugoslavia and finishing his career playing with FK Sinđelić Beograd.

International career

Bošković made his debut for

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in a June 1968

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against

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, coming on as a 67th-minute substitute for Miroslav Pavlović, and earned a total of 6 caps (no goals). His final international was a July 1972 friendly against

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Death

Miroslav Bošković died on 17 August 2023, at the age of 76.Одлазак легендарног фудбалера: Преминуо Мирослав Бошковић

Honours

Hajduk Split *

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: 1966–67

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* * 1947 births 2023 deaths Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers NK Zadar players HNK Hajduk Split players FK Partizan players Angers SCO players FK Sinđelić Beograd players Yugoslav First League players Ligue 1 players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub