Mirko Kokotović
Personal information
Full name Miroslav Kokotović
Date of birth (1913-04-15)15 April 1913
Place of birth Lukavac, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 15 November 1988(1988-11-15) (aged 75)
Place of death Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
1926–1929 NK Maksimir
1929 HŠK Građanski
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1945 HŠK Građanski 222 (52)
1945–1948 Dinamo Zagreb 51 (5)
International career
1931–1939 Kingdom of Yugoslavia 23 (4)
1940 Banovina of Croatia 3 (0)
1941–1944 Independent State of Croatia 12 (2)
Managerial career
1947 Dinamo Zagreb
Lokomotiva Zagreb
Varteks
HNK Segesta
Kozara Slavonski Brod
1958–1959 Odred Ljubljana
1959–1962 Borac Banja Luka
1962–1964 Fenerbahçe
1964–1965 AEK Athens
1964–1965 Diagoras
1966–1967 Velež Mostar
1969–1970 Austria Klagenfurt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mirko Kokotović (Croatian pronunciation: [mǐːrko kokǒːtoʋitɕ];[1][2] 15 April 1913 – 15 November 1988) was a Bosnian/Croatian footballer who played international football for both the Croatian and Royal Yugoslavian national teams.

Club career

He became national champion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia with Građanski Zagreb in 1937 and 1940.

International career

His international career in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia lasted from 1931 to 1939 during which he was capped 23 times, scoring four goals. During World War II, he played four matches for the Banovina of Croatia's national team, which represented the Croatian statelet within the kingdom. With the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia, a puppet state of Nazi Germany, and its respective national team, he was capped 12 times, scoring 2 goals.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "mȋr". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Mírko
  2. ↑ "kȍkōš". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Kokótović
  3. ↑ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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