Miodrag Anđelković (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Анђелковић; born 7 February 1977) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker.

Miodrag Anđelković
Anđelković in 2010
Personal information
Full name Miodrag Anđelković
Date of birth (1977-02-07) 7 February 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Trepča
OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 OFK Beograd 18 (1)
1997 Espanyol 3 (0)
1997 Almería 4 (0)
1997 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2 (0)
1998 Hapoel Petah Tikva 11 (0)
1999–2000 OFK Beograd 27 (11)
2000 Sartid Smederevo 10 (7)
2000–2001 Antalyaspor 18 (3)
2001 Fluminense 14 (3)
2002 Coritiba 0 (0)
2002 OFK Beograd 1 (0)
2002–2003 Widzew Łódź 18 (1)
2003 OFK Beograd 7 (2)
2004 Incheon United 11 (4)
2004 Cerezo Osaka 4 (1)
2005 Irtysh Pavlodar 6 (1)
2005 Metalurh Zaporizhya 10 (2)
2006 Al-Ahli
2007 OFK Beograd 9 (0)
2007 Dalian Shide 16 (2)
2008 Yantai Yiteng 22 (7)
2009 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 5 (0)
2009 Internațional Curtea de Argeș 1 (0)
2010 Brantford Galaxy 19 (10)
2011 Mladenovac 13 (0)
Total 249 (55)
Managerial career
2018 OFK Beograd (caretaker)
2020–2021 OFK Beograd
2022–2023 FK Loznica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

A journeyman, Anđelković represented 21 clubs from 14 different countries in 15 years of his active playing career.

Playing career edit

Born in Kosovska Mitrovica, Anđelković started out at his hometown club Trepča. He joined OFK Beograd as a youngster, making his senior debuts during the 1995–96 season. In the 1997 winter transfer window, Anđelković went abroad to Spain and signed with Espanyol. He made two La Liga appearances, before switching to Segunda División side Almería until the end of the 1996–97 season. Subsequently, Anđelković played for SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Hapoel Petah Tikva, before returning to OFK Beograd in 1999. He scored nine league goals for the side in the 1999–2000 campaign, before switching to Sartid Smederevo in March 2000, netting seven more for a total of 16 goals that season. In June 2000, Anđelković moved abroad again and signed for Turkish side Antalyaspor, alongside Nikola Damjanac.

Over the following decade, Anđelković would go on to play in Brazil (Fluminense and Coritiba), Poland (Widzew Łódź), South Korea (Incheon United), Japan (Cerezo Osaka), Kazakhstan (Irtysh Pavlodar), China (Dalian Shide and Yantai Yiteng), as well as in Romania (Pandurii Târgu Jiu and Internațional Curtea de Argeș).

In 2010, Anđelković went overseas to Canada to sign with Brantford Galaxy of the Canadian Soccer League. He helped them win the CSL Championship against Hamilton Croatia.[1] On 21 July 2010, Anđelković was part of the Toronto FC side in an international friendly against Bolton Wanderers at BMO Field.[2] He lastly played for Mladenovac in his homeland during the 2011–12 season.

Post-playing career edit

In September 2013, Anđelković was appointed as assistant manager to Zlatko Krmpotić at OFK Beograd.[3] He later also served as an assistant to Petar Divić and Žarko Todorović.[4][5] In October 2018, Anđelković acted as OFK Beograd caretaker manager in one Serbian League Belgrade game.[6] In 2020, he was named the manager for OFK Beograd on a full-time basis.[7] On December 7, 2021, he announced his departure from OFK Beograd.[8]

In the summer of 2022, he was named the manager for FK Loznica.[9] He was dismissed from his post on March 15, 2023.[10]

Statistics edit

Club Season League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals
OFK Beograd 1995–96 13 1 0 0
1996–97 5 0 0 0
Espanyol 1996–97 3 0 0 0
Almería 1996–97 4 0 0 0
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1997–98 2 0 1 0
Hapoel Petah Tikva 1998–99 11 0
OFK Beograd 1998–99 4 2 0 0
1999–2000 23 9 0 0
Sartid Smederevo 1999–2000 10 7 0 0
Antalyaspor 2000–01 18 3 2 1
Fluminense 2001 14 3 0 0
Coritiba 2002 0 0 1 0
OFK Beograd 2001–02 1 0 0 0
Widzew Łódź 2002–03 18 1 4 1
OFK Beograd 2003–04 7 2 1 0
Incheon United 2004 11 4
Cerezo Osaka 2004 4 1
Irtysh Pavlodar 2005 6 1
Metalurh Zaporizhya 2005–06 10 2 1 1
Al-Ahli 2006–07
OFK Beograd 2006–07 9 0 0 0
Dalian Shide 2007 16 2 0 0
Yantai Yiteng 2008 22 7
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2008–09 5 0 0 0
Internațional Curtea de Argeș 2009–10 1 0 1 0
Brantford Galaxy 2010 19 10
Mladenovac 2011–12 13 0 0 0
Career total 249 55 11 3

Honours edit

Brantford Galaxy

References edit

  1. ^ "Galaxy shines in CSL title victory". The Hamilton Spectator. 1 November 2010. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Preki May Include Trialists". torontofc.ca. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Zlatko Krmpotić novi šef stručnog štaba" (in Serbian). ofkbeograd.co.rs. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ^ "PETAR DIVIĆ I ZVANIČNO NOVI ŠEF STRUČNOG ŠTABA OFK BEOGRADA" (in Serbian). ofkbeograd.co.rs. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  5. ^ "NOVI ŠEF STRUČNOG ŠTABA JE ŽARKO TODOROVIĆ" (in Serbian). ofkbeograd.co.rs. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  6. ^ "PORAZ NA DORĆOLU" (in Serbian). ofkbeograd.co.rs. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Miodrag Anđelković je novi šef stručnog štaba OFK Beograda". srbijasport.net (in Serbian). 15 October 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  8. ^ "ŠOK I NEVERICA U BEOGRADU: Doneo klubu JESENJU TITULU pa podneo OSTAVKU!". republika (in Serbian). 7 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  9. ^ wp-loznicasport (25 August 2022). "N.Nešković- M. Anđelković :" Čvrstom i muškom igrom do pobede"" [N. Nešković- M. Anđelković: "With a strong and manly game to victory"]. Loznica sport (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  10. ^ "ФК ЛОЗНИЦА – Јањић нови шеф стручног штаба – Lozničke novosti" [FC LOZNICA – Janjić is the new head of the coaching staff]. loznickenovosti.com. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

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