Zoran Mijucić

Zoran Mijucić
Personal information
Full name Zoran Mijucić
Date of birth (1968-12-23)23 December 1968
Place of birth Šid, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death 3 October 2009(2009-10-03) (aged 40)
Place of death Novi Sad, Serbia
Position(s) Left wing
Youth career
Radnički Šid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1992 Vojvodina 109 (20)
Olimpiakos Volos
Cement Beočin
International career
1985–1987 Yugoslavia U20
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Gold medal – first place FIFA U-20 World Cup 1987
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zoran Mijucić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Мијуцић; 23 December 1968 – 3 October 2009) was a Serbian footballer.

Career

Club career

Mijucić was part of the famed Vojvodina squad that won the Yugoslav First League in 1989.[1] Later he played for Cement Beočin.[2]

International career

Mijucić was a member of the highly talented Yugoslavian under-20 team that won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, playing five games in the tournament.[3]

Death and legacy

Mijucić died on 3 October 2009 after a lengthy battle with cancer.[4] The Zoran Mijucić Memorial Tournament, created in 2010, is named in his honour.[5]

Honours

Vojvodina

References

  1. ^ "Yugoslavia – List of Final Tables". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  2. ^ "VREMEPLOV: Bili su prvaci sveta… gde su sada naši "Čileanci"" (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  3. ^ WorldFootball profile
  4. ^ FK Vojvodina (4 October 2009). "Preminuo Zoran Mijucić" (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  5. ^ B92 (4 October 2010). "'Memorijal Zoran Mijucić' u sredu" (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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