Radmilo Mihajlović ( sr-cyr, Радмило Михајловић; born 19 November 1964) is a Bosnian former
footballer who played as a
forward.
Club career
Early career
Mihajlović started playing football in hometown club
Sutjeska Foča and was spotted there as a talented forward.
Željezničar
In the 1983–84 season, Mihajlović left for
Željezničar. He played more than 100 league games and scored more than 50 league goals before he left the club in 1988. He was the top goalscorer in the
1986–87 season with 23 goals.
With Željezničar, Mihajlović reached the semi-finals of the
1984–85 UEFA Cup. He left the club in 1988.
Dinamo Zagreb
After leaving Željezničar, Mihajlović tried to engineer a move to
Red Star Belgrade
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, the team that he and his family supported since childhood,
though he ended up at
Dinamo Zagreb where he arrived on initiative by manager
Miroslav Blažević.
Mihajlović played for one season with the
Zagreb
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-based club and was promoted to club captain by next manager
Josip Skoblar, becoming the first
Serb, although a
Bosnian Serb, to become captain of Dinamo Zagreb.
Bayern Munich
In 1989, Mihajlović moved to
West Germany
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to play for
Bayern Munich. He scored four goals in 34 league matches for the club. While at Bayern, he won the
1989–90 Bundesliga and the
1990 DFB-Supercup.
Schalke 04
During the 1990–91 winter transfer window, Mihajlović moved to
Schalke 04 of the
2. Bundesliga where he collected 58 league appearances and scored twelve goals. With Schalke, he won the 2. Bundesliga in the
1990–91 season.
Later career and retirement
In his later career, Mihajlović played for
Eintracht Frankfurt
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before taking a three year break from active football.
After getting back to playing in 1997, he played for South Korean club
Pohang Steelers with whom he won the
1996–97 AFC Champions League. Mihajlović finished his career in 1998, at Cypriot side
APOP Paphos.
International career
Mihajlović made his debut for
Yugoslavia
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in an October 1986
European Championship qualification match against
Turkey
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and has earned a total of 6 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a December 1989
friendly match
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away against
England
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.
Post-playing career
After retiring from playing, Mihajlović worked as a player agent. He then spent some time as
FK Rad's sporting director.
Personal life
Mihajlović's son,
Stefan Mihajlović, is also a professional footballer.
Honours
Player
Bayern Munich
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Bundesliga
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:
1989–90
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DFB-Supercup:
1990
Schalke 04
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2. Bundesliga:
1990–91
Pohang Steelers
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AFC Champions League
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:
1996–97
Individual
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Yugoslav First League top scorer:
1986–87 (23 goals)
References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Foča
Footballers from Foča Region
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Men's association football forwards
Yugoslav men's footballers
Yugoslavia men's international footballers
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
FK Željezničar Sarajevo players
GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
FC Bayern Munich footballers
FC Schalke 04 players
Eintracht Frankfurt players
Pohang Steelers players
AEP Paphos FC players
Yugoslav First League players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
K League 1 players
Cypriot First Division players
Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Association football agents
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany