Marko Mitrović

Marko Mitrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Mитpoвић; born July 8, 1978) is a Serbian football coach. A versatile midfielder, he could operate as a holding midfielder or a box to box player and spent most of his professional career in Serbia where he represented eight clubs. Other than in his own country, Mitrović also played professionally in Hungary, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan. He is currently the assistant manager for Reading F.C. in the English Championship.

This article is about the Serbian football coach. For the Swedish footballer, see Marko Mitrović (footballer born 1992).
Marko Mitrović
Personal information
Full name Marko Mitrović
Date of birth (1978-07-08) July 8, 1978
Place of birth Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1999 Red Star Belgrade 2 (0)
Voždovac (loan) 14 (5)
Radnički Belgrade (loan) 15 (2)
Milicionar (loan) 40 (5)
1999–2000 Zemun 2 (0)
2000–2001 Radnički Kragujevac 11 (1)
2001–2002 Vasas 10 (0)
2002–2005 Budućnost B. Dvor 85 (3)
2005–2006 Olimpik Baku 24[1] (1)
2006–2008 Banat 43 (1)
2008 Atyrau 15 (1)
2008–2009 Megasport Almaty
2009 Lokomotiv Astana 26 (0)
2010 Smederevo
National team
1993–1994 Yugoslavia U17
1994-1996 Yugoslavia U19
Teams managed
2011–2012 Banat Zrenjanin - assistant coach
2012–2013 FK Napredak Kruševac - assistant coach
2012-2015 Serbia U20 - assistant coach
2013–2015 Red Star Belgrade U15 - Head Coach
2014-2016 Serbia U15 - Head Coach
2016–2019 Chicago Fire FC - assistant coach
2020– Reading F.C. - assistant coach
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 21, 2016

Playing career

Club

Mitrovic was a member of FC Red Star Academy for nine years (1987 to 1996). He signed his first professional multi-year contract with FC Red Star.

He made his professional debut for FC Red Star (FK Crvena Zvezda) on April 6, 1996 vs FK Novi Sad in a second game of the Semifinals of Yugoslavian Cup at the age of 17.

The next three seasons he spent on loan at FK Buducnost Valjevo, FK Radnicki Beograd and FK Milicionar. With FK Milicionar he got promoted in season 1997/98 to the Super League.

After leaving Red Star in summer 1999 he played for FK Zemun for 6 months. His next station was FK Radnicki Kragujevac where he spent the 2000/01 season before he moved to FC Vasas Budapest, in the Hungarian Premier League, where he spent the 2001/02season.

In 2002/03 he was signed by FK Buducnost Banatski Dvor (later named FK Banat Zrenjanin). The club won the League One in his first year and got promoted to the Serbian Super League. In 2003/04 they played the Cup Final vs Red Star. They lost (0-1), but club qualified for UEFA Cup.

In summer 2005 he moved to FC Olympic Baku, Azerbaijan Premier League, where he spent one year, from 2005-2006.

In July 2006 he came back to FC Banat for another 18 months.

In January 2008 he signed for FC Atyrau Kazakhstan. After 6 months he got transferred to FC Megasport. They were members of the Kazakhstan Premier League. At the end of 2008, they merged with Alma-Ata to form Lokomotiv Astana ( today known as FC Astana). In December 2009 he left the club based on the league’s new rules that foreigners older than 30 years old cannot be signed by Kazakhstan Premier League Clubs.

Spring 2010 he spent with FC Smederevo playing in Serbian Super League before he announced retirement from a professional playing career.

International

Mitrovic was part of Yugoslavia National Teams (U15, U17, U19 and U21) from 1993 to 1997. He made more than 40 Appearances for the youth Yugoslavian National Teams.

After retiring as a player, Mitrovic start his coach career.

Coaching career

Mitrović earned the UEFA PRO Coaching License.

2011

In summer 2011 he started his coaching career with his former club FK Banat Zrenjanin as an Assistant Coach under Milan Budisavljevic in Serbian First Division.

2012

In January 2012 he joined FK Napredak Kruševac as an Assistant Coach under former Red Star Belgrade Head Coach Aleksandar Kristić.

2012-2015

In summer 2012 he joined Veljko Paunovic as First Assistant Coach for Serbia U-18, U-19, and U-20 National Teams. Under his involvement the Serbian National Team had the following accomplishments:

Some players were promoted to Serbia National Team like Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Nemanja Maksimovic, Marko Grujic, Luka Jovic, Andrija Zivkovic, Milos Veljkovic, Predrag Rajkovic, Mijat Gacinovic.

2013-2014

In Summer 2013 he was in charge for Red Star Belgrade Youth Academy U-15 and U-16 Team. He won the First place in the season 2013/14 in Serbian U-15 League.

Players like Luka Ilic (FC Manchester City), Dejan Joveljic (FC Eintracht Frankfurt), Aleksa Terzic (FC Fiorentina), Vladan Djekic (FC Internazionale Milan) and others were part of that generation and Marko Mitrovic had an important role in their selection and development.

2014-2015

From December 2014 to December 2015 he was the Head Coach of Serbia U-15 National Team.

Some players were promoted to Serbia National Team like Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (FC Lazio), Nemanja Maksimovic (FC Getafe), Marko Grujic (FC Hertha Berlin), Luka Jovic (FC Real Madrid), Andrija Zivkovic (FC Benfica), Milos Veljkovic (FC Werder Berlin), Predrag Rajkovic (FC Reims), Mijat Gacinovic (FC Eintracht Frankfurt).

2016-2019

In January 2016 he was signed by Chicago Fire Soccer Club (MLS) as an Assistant Coach with Veljko Paunovic as a Head Coach. He spent 4 years with the Chicago Fire,[3] from January 2016 to November 2019.

In August 2017, he was Assistant Coach for MLS ALL Star Team vs FC Real Madrid.[4]

During his time with the Chicago Fire[5] he had a chance to work with many national team players such as: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Nicolas Gaitan (Argentina), Aleksandar Katai (Serbia), Nemanja Nikolic (Hungary), David Accam (Ghana), Dax Mccarty (USA), Djordje Mihailovic (USA), Przemyslaw Frankowski (Poland), Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica), Nicolas Hasler (Liechtenstein), Cristian Martinez (Panama), Razvan Cocis (Romania).

Personal life

He is married and with his wife Marija have three children Mitar, Matija and Mia.

He is fluent in four languages: English, Spanish, Serbian and Russian.

He is very passionate about mathematics. In 1997 he graduated from the Mathematical Grammar School in Belgrade.

Honors

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). pfl.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-09-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "FIFA U20 World Cup".
  3. "Modern Soccer Coach".
  4. "MLS ALL Star Team Assistant Coach".
  5. "Assistant coach-Chicago Fire".

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External sources
  1. Mitrovic, Marko. "World Champions U21". fss.com.
  2. Mitrovic, Marko. "Red Star U15/16". crvenazvezdafk.com/en.
  3. Mitrovic, Marko. "Vasas". www.vasasfc.hu.
  4. Mitrovic, Marko. "Serbia U21-World Champion - New Zealand". rts.rs.
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