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Mirko Hrgović

Personal information
Full name	Mirko Hrgović
Date of birth	(1979-02-05) 5 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Sinj, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m
Playing position	Left winger
Youth career
	NK Junak Sinj
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1999	Junak
1999–2000	Hajduk Split	2	(0)
2000–2001	Posušje
2001	Gamba Osaka	4	(0)
2001–2003	Široki Brijeg	35	(15)
2003–2006	VfL Wolfsburg	23	(0)
2006–2008	Hajduk Split	63	(6)
2008	JEF United	7	(0)
2008–2009	Dinamo Zagreb	25	(2)
2009	Greuther Fürth	7	(0)
2010	Široki Brijeg	13	(0)
2010–2011	Kavala	23	(0)
2011–2013	Split	39	(1)
2013–2015	Zadar	20	(2)
National team‡
2003–2009	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29	(2)
Teams managed
2017–2018	Široki Brijeg (assistant)
2018–2019	Sheriff Tiraspol (assistant)
2022–	Šibenik (assistant)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 July 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2008

Mirko Hrgović (born 5 February 1979) is a Bosnian football coach and former player. He serves as an assistant coach at HNK Šibenik. Hrgović most notably played for Croatian rivals Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb as well as VfL Wolfsburg of German Bundesliga among others.

Club 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 Bosnian-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 Chiba in J1 League, VfL Wolfsburg in German Bundesliga, Hajduk Split, Dinamo Zagreb in 1.HNL.

NK Dinamo Zagreb

On 18 July 2008, Hrgović signed a three-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 Hrgović and a couple of them that occurred seven months earlier during the national futsal competition. Graffiti against Hrgović and death threats have been registered.

Greuther Fürth

On 17 July 2009, he signed a two-year contract with SpVgg Greuther Fürth and was released on 25 November 2009.

NK Široki Brijeg

After his release in November 2009 by SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Hrgović signed in March 2010 a contract with his former club NK Široki Brijeg.

International career

Bosnia-Herzegovina squad during UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying.

He made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a February 2003 friendly match away against Wales and has earned a total of 29 caps, scoring 2 goals. He played as a standard player during Blaž Slišković's reign as national coach. After Slišković's resignation in 2006, he played under new coach Fuad Muzurović and later on for Meho Kodro. When Miroslav Blažević became coach, he was dropped for several games because he was not playing well for his club. His move to Greuther Fürth proved to be a good one as he was called back to represent Bosnia in the last World Cup 2010 qualifiers against Estonia and Spain. His final international was an October 2009 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Spain.

Career statistics

Club

National team

International goals

Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first:

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 September 2006	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali	Malta	2–1	5–2	Euro 2008 qualifier
2.	13 October 2007	Olympic Stadium (Athens), Athens	Greece	1–1	2–3	Euro 2008 qualifier

See also

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