Darko Ljubojević ( sr-cyrl, Дарко Љубојевић; born 8 January 1975) is a Bosnian

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executive and former

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who played as a

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. He is the current team secretary of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Ljubojević was born in

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city in Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is the tr ...

. He formerly played, among others, for

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 ...

in Serbia,

CD Ourense Club Deportivo Ourense, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1952 after the dissolution of old UD Orensana, it played in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games a ...

and

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724. Salvadoran ...

in Spain, Borac Banja Luka and

Laktaši Laktaši ( sr-cyrl, Лакташи) is a city in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 34,966 inhabitants, while the town has a population of 5,879 inhabitants. Geography Physical geogra ...

in Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Zalaegerszegi TE Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet Football Club (), commonly known as Zalaegerszegi TE, Zalaegerszeg or ZTE, is a Hungary, Hungarian professional association football, football club based in Zalaegerszeg. Zalaegerszeg has won one Hungarian League title ...

in Hungary and

Panserraikos Panserraikos Football Club (), the ''All-Serres Football Club'', is a Greece, Greek Association football, football club based in Serres in Central Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos is one of the most important and well-supported clubs in northern G ...

in Greece.

International career

A Serb from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ljubojević represented

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(Serbia and Montenegro) at U-21 level.

Post-playing career

After retiring, Ljubojević became the

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of Borac Banja Luka, a post he held until 26 February 2013, when he resigned. In April 2011, he became the vice-president of the

Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Nogometni/Fudbalski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine (N/FSBiH); Ногометни/Фудбалски Савез Босне и Херцеговине (Н/ФСБиХ), (FSBiH); unified abbreviation N/FS ...

. Currently, Ljubojević is serving as an official within the Bosnian FA.

References

External links

Interview
at Borac B.Luka official website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ljubojevic, Darko 1975 births Living people Footballers from Banja Luka Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Men's association football midfielders Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers FK Borac Banja Luka players Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Budućnost Valjevo players CD Ourense footballers Cádiz CF players Zalaegerszegi TE players Panserraikos F.C. players FK Laktaši players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Segunda División players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Football League (Greece) players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Greece Bosnia and Herzegovina sports executives and administrators