Miroslav Polak (; born 8 February 1958) is a Serbian
football
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manager and former player.
Playing career
Born in
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
,
SR Serbia
The Socialist Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Социјалистичка Република Србија, Socijalistička Republika Srbija), previously known as the People's Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / " ...
, then Yugoslav capital, Miroslav "Mirko" Polak initially played in the youth team of
FK Čukarički
Fudbalski klub Čukarički () is a Serbian professional football club from Belgrade, more precisely from the Čukarica municipality, that currently plays in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of Serbian football.
Founded in 1926, the club spe ...
. He then played with Yugoslav giants
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 ...
between 1976 and 1978. Then he moved to
FK Rad
FK Rad () is a football club based in Banjica, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system.
Founded in 1958, the club spent a total of 30 seasons in the top flight between 1987 and 2 ...
playing with them in the
Yugoslav First and
Second leagues until 1986 when he moved abroad to Sweden joining
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...
. After one season in Sweden and one in Greece paying with
Panionios
Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), ...
, he moves to Austria where he plays with
SV Salzburg between 1988 and 1990.
Managerial career
In 1990, he joins another Austrian side, FC Puch where he becomes player-manager. That was the end of his playing career and the start of a long career as a coach in Austria.
Nowadays he is the Coach of the Bavarian club
SB Chiemgau Traunstein, playing in
Landesliga Bayern
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References
External links
Miroslav Polakat
ÖFB
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1958 births
Living people
Footballers from Belgrade
Men's association football midfielders
Yugoslav men's footballers
FK Partizan players
FK Rad players
Malmö FF players
Panionios F.C. players
FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Yugoslav First League players
Super League Greece players
Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Serbia and Montenegro football managers
FC Red Bull Salzburg managers
Serbian football managers
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Austria
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Serbian expatriate football managers
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate football managers in Germany
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
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