Mladen Žižović
Bosnian association football player and manager (1980–2025)
Mladen Žižović (Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Жижовић; 27 December 1980 – 3 November 2025) was a Bosnian professional football manager and player who played as an attacking midfielder. His playing career led him to domestic success with various clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania.
After retiring, Žižović then went onto manage mostly in Southeast Europe. He most notably lead Borac Banja Luka to the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League round of 16.
Club career
Born on 27 December 1980 in Rogatica, SFR Yugoslavia, modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Žižović started playing football from an early age. He began his senior career in 1997, playing for hometown club Mladost Rogatica. Žižović moved to Radnik Bijeljina the following year where over four seasons and 75 league games, he scored 17 goals, winning the First League of the Republika Srpska in his second year with the club.
Žižović then joined Rudar Ugljevik in 2002, where he would again have a lengthy stint, before signing with Zrinjski Mostar, where he had his greatest output, winning the Bosnian Cup in the 2007–08 season and the Bosnian Premier League in the following season over five years with the Mostar side. In 2010, Žižović moved briefly to the Albanian capital to play for KF Tirana, where he again earned silverware after winning the 2010–11 Albanian Cup. After coming back to Bosnia and Herzegovina, he returned to Zrinjski, and then moved to Borac Banja Luka, playing for the club until 2014.
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