Jovo Mišeljić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јово Мишељић; 15 October 1967 – 17 May 2023) was a Bosnian footballer who played as a forward.

Jovo Mišeljić
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-10-15)15 October 1967
Place of birth Trebinje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death 17 May 2023(2023-05-17) (aged 55)
Place of death Niš, Serbia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Leotar 48 (10)
1992–1994 Radnički Niš 82 (14)
1995 Badajoz 21 (1)
1995–1997 Aris Limassol 49 (11)
1997–1998 Apollon Limassol 24 (5)
1998 Aris Limassol 14 (3)
1999–2000 Athinaikos 34 (3)
2000–2001 Proleter Zrenjanin 48 (7)
2001–2003 Radnički Niš 15 (3)
2003Leotar (loan) 30 (4)
2003–2004 OFK Niš
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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After starting to play with his home city club FK Leotar still in the Yugoslav Second League, with the beginning of the war he moved to Serbia where he played three solid seasons with FK Radnički Niš. In 1995, after a short spell in Spain with CD Badajoz, he moved to Cyprus to play with Aris Limassol FC where he played three seasons and then transferring to Apollon Limassol FC. Afterwards he moved to Greece to play for one season with Athinaikos F.C. In 2000, he returned to Serbia and signed with FK Proleter Zrenjanin, but shortly after one season returned to Radnički Niš. He also played a half season as a loaned player with his first club, FK Leotar, before finishing in a lower league OFK Niš.

Personal life and death

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Mišeljić resided in Cyprus where he occasionally played non-league football, as well as coached smaller category teams and the youth teams of Aris Limassol.

Mišeljić died on 17 May 2023, at the age of 55.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Preminuo čuveni bivši igrač i trener Radničkog iz Niša". Telegraf. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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