- Mirko Hrgović
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Mirko Hrgović 
Personal information Full name Mirko Hrgović Date of birth 5 February 1979 Place of birth Sinj, SFR Yugoslavia Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Left Winger
Left Wingback
Central MidfielderClub information Current club RNK Split Youth career NK Junak Sinj Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1997–1999 NK Junak Sinj 1999–2000 Hajduk Split 2 (0) 2000–2001 NK Posušje ? (?) 2001 Gamba Osaka 4 (0) 2001–2003 NK Široki Brijeg 35 (15) 2003–2006 VfL Wolfsburg 23 (0) 2006–2008 Hajduk Split 62 (6) 2008 JEF United Chiba 7 (0) 2008–2009 NK Dinamo Zagreb 19 (1) 2009 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 7 (0) 2010 NK Široki Brijeg 12 (0) 2010–2011 Kavala 23 (0) 2011– Split 0 (0) National team‡ 2003–2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29 (3) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 27, 2008.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 27, 2008Mirko Hrgović (born 5 February 1979, Sinj, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatia-born Bosnian football player who most recently played for Greek club AO Kavala.
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Career
NK Široki Brijeg
Hrgović, who is an ethnic Croatian, decided to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina after his games went unnoticed in Croatia. Hrgović decided to take Bosnia and Herzegovina nationality while playing for the Herzegovinian club NK Široki Brijeg and take up the call by Blaž Slišković. Hrgović has played for NK Posušje and NK Široki Brijeg in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gamba Osaka and JEF United in J-League, VfL Wolfsburg in German Bundesliga, Hajduk Split, Dinamo Zagreb in 1.HNL and NK Solin-one of the best Croatian second division clubs, there he played on beginning of his senior career.
NK Dinamo Zagreb
On 18 July 2008, Hrgović signed a 3-year contract. His move, albeit not directly from Hajduk to Dinamo, has stirred quite a controversy among both Hajduk and Dinamo fans. While Hajduk fans tend to see the move as a treason to their beloved club, Dinamo fans cannot forgive the physical altercation between Hrgovic and a couple of them that occurred seven months earlier during the national futsal competition. Graffiti against Hrgović and death threats (including a puppet of him being hanged by the Dinamo stadium fence) have been registered.[1]
Greuther Fürth
On July 17, 2009, he signed a two year contract with SpVgg Greuther Fürth[2] and was released on 25 November 2009.[3][4][5]
NK Široki Brijeg
After his releasing in November 2009 by SpVgg Greuther Fürth,[6] signed in March 2010 an contract with his former club NK Široki Brijeg.[7]
International career
He started his career with the Bosnian national team in 2003. He played as a standard player during Blaz Sliskovic's reign as national coach. After Sliskovic's resignation in 2006, he played under new coach Fuad Muzurovic and later on for Meho Kodro. When Miroslav Blazevic became coach, he was dropped for several games because he was not playing well for his club. His move to Greuther Furth proved to be a good move as he was called back to represent Bosnia in the last World Cup 2010 qualifiers against Estonia and Spain.
Club career statistics
Club performance League Season Club League Apps Goals Croatia League 1999/00 Hajduk Split Prva HNL 0 0 2000/01 2 0 Japan League 2001 Gamba Osaka J. League 1 4 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina League 2001/02 Široki Brijeg Premier League 0 0 2002/03 35 15 Germany League 2003/04 Wolfsburg Bundesliga 16 0 2004/05 7 0 Croatia League 2005/06 Hajduk Split Prva HNL 13 4 2006/07 30 0 2007/08 19 2 Japan League 2008 JEF United Ichihara Chiba J. League 1 7 0 Croatia League 2008/09 Dinamo Zagreb Prva HNL 25 2 Germany League 2009/10 Greuther Fürth 2. Bundesliga 7 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina League 2009/10 Široki Brijeg Premier League 12 0 Country Croatia 89 8 Japan 11 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47 15 Germany 30 0 Total 177 23 International career statistics
Bosnia and Herzegovina national team Year Apps Goals 2003 7 0 2004 4 0 2005 2 0 2006 8 2 2007 6 1 2008 1 0 2009 1 0 Total 29 3 References
- ^ http://sportskenovosti.hr/index.php?cmd=show_clanak&clanak_id=2768
- ^ Hrgović i službeno u Fürthu
- ^ Fürth trennt sich von Hrgovic
- ^ Mirko Hrgović *
- ^ SpVgg beendet Zusammenarbeit mit Hrgovic
- ^ Greuther Fürth raskinuo ugovor s Hrgovićem
- ^ Hrgovic zu Siroki Brijeg
- ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=958
External links
- Mirko Hrgović – FIFA competition record
- Mirko Hrgović statistics and biography at FootballDatabase.com
- Mirko Hrgović at National-Football-Teams.com
Awards Preceded by
NoneHeart of Hajduk Award
2007Succeeded by
Drago GabrićCategories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina international footballers
- People from Sinj
- Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- NK Široki Brijeg players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- Gamba Osaka players
- JEF United Ichihara Chiba players
- J. League Division 1 players
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Prva HNL players
- NK Posušje players
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