Srećko Mitrović (born 17 February 1984) is an Australian former professional

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player who played as a

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Career

Born in

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, when part of

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, Srećko Mitrović started his playing career at

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in 2000, at the age of 16. In 2001, while he was only 17, Mitrović was bought by the Italian

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club

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. In 2002, he signed a five-year deal with Italian

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club Ascoli. After three years playing for Ascoli. he was shortly on loan in Morro d'Oro in

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. In 2006 Mitrović moved to Romanian

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by signing a contract with Poli Iaşi. In 2009, he went back to Australia, and for six months he was playing for

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, before he moved to

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in the Indian

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. In October 2010 Mitrović signed a contract with Indonesian team PSM Makassar, he moved to Deltras in 2012. In the summer of 2017, he returned to Europe and signed with Serbian third-tier side FK Cement Beočin.Srecko Mitrovic
at srbijafudbal.com In 2019, Mitrović returned to Australia, signing for Victorian club Geelong SC in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2.

Honours

Sutherland Sharks * NSW Premier League:

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 ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitrovic, Srecko 1984 births Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Australia Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Australian people of Serbian descent Australian men's soccer players Footballers from Zenica Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players East Bengal Club players Deltras F.C. players PSM Makassar players FK Cement Beočin players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Australian expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate men's footballers in India Australian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia 21st-century Australian sportsmen