Mladen Zizovic, Radnicki 1923 Coach, Dies During Serbian Football Match

The head of nan Serbian top-flight squad Radnicki 1923, Mladen Zizovic, has died astatine nan property of 44 aft collapsing during a lucifer connected Monday.

Zizovic was taken sick midway done nan first half of his team’s SuperLiga fixture astatine Mladost Lucani, pinch nan crippled halted successful nan 22nd minute. The lucifer resumed erstwhile he was taken to infirmary aft receiving emergency aesculapian assistance, but was abandoned 20 minutes later erstwhile news was relayed that he had died.

Television footage showed players and unit reacting successful daze upon proceeding of Zizovic’s death. The erstwhile Bosnia and Herzegovina world had joined Radnicki successful October aft a number of stints managing sides successful nan erstwhile Yugoslavia and a short play pinch nan Saudi squad Al-Kholood. He guided nan Bosnian nine Borac Banja Luka to their first Conference League knockout necktie past season.

“With nan deepest sorrow, we pass nan public, fans and sports friends that our caput coach, Mladen Zizovic, passed distant during past night’s lucifer betwixt Mladost and Radnicki 1923 successful Lucani,” a connection from Radnicki said.

“Our nine has mislaid not only a awesome master but supra each a bully person, a friend, and a sports worker who, pinch his knowledge, energy, and nobility, near a heavy people successful nan hearts of each who knew him. Football Club Radnicki 1923 extends its sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and everyone who shared a emotion for shot pinch him. Rest successful peace, Mladen.”

Borac paid tribute to their erstwhile manager, who had besides represented nan nine during a successful playing profession arsenic an attacking midfielder. “You near america astatine 44, but your representation will unrecorded for ever successful each infinitesimal spent astatine our City Stadium – first arsenic a player, past arsenic a coach who achieved nan top European occurrence successful our history,” portion of their connection said.

“We’ll ever retrieve that you gave Borac and Banja Luka nan champion of yourself and that together we wrote stories that will unrecorded for ever. Life is sadistic and takes nan champion excessively soon, but you will unrecorded done america arsenic we support telling nan communicative of Mladen Zizovic – nan man, nan coach, nan father, nan son, and nan friend.”

The Mladost manager, Nenad Lalatovic, told section media that he had attempted to thief Zizovic earlier Zizovic mislaid consciousness. “I still can’t judge really life tin move upside down successful a second,” he said. “Mladen was an exceptional man, a friend, and a professional. The shot world has mislaid a awesome quality being.”

Zizovic won his 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina caps successful 2008 while playing for Zrijnski Mostar, who were later among nan clubs he managed.