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Miljenko Kovačić
Personal information
Date of birth	19 March 1973
Place of birth	Zagreb, SR Croatia,; SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death	20 August 2005 (aged 32)
Place of death	Sveta Helena, Croatia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1996	Croatia Zagreb
1996–1999	Brescia
2000–2001	PIK Vrbovec
2001–2003	Slaven Belupo
2003–2004	Hapoel Petah Tikva
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miljenko Kovačić (19 March 1973 – 20 August 2005) was a Croatian football player.^[1]^[2] His nickname was "The Son of the Wind".^[3]

Club career

He played professionally for quite a few teams, most notably for Dinamo Zagreb with which he was part of the national championship victory in 1995–1996^[4] and Brescia (Italy). Certain choices he made in his professional career were interesting, at one point he quit playing because of religious reasons (he was a member of the Hare Krishna religion^[5]^[6]) stating money being the root of evil and that he was content with what he had. This was a shock to his employer at the time, the professional Italian team Brescia. Kovačić did return to professional soccer briefly in 2001, but quit again in 2005 due to family reasons.