Dušan Mitošević

Dušan Mitošević
Душан Митошевић
Personal information
Full name	Dušan Mitošević
Date of birth	(1949-12-17) December 17, 1949
Place of birth	Žitište, FPR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
Years	Team
1967–1970	Mladi Radnik
1970–1975	FK Smederevo	96	(42)
1975–1981	FK Radnički Niš	142	(48)
1981–1982	Nîmes Olympique	18	(3)
1982–1983	FK Radnički Niš	57	(28)
1983–1984	Iraklis Thessaloniki	26	(7)
Teams managed
Years	Team
1986–1988	FK IM Rakovica
1988–1990	FK Smederevo
1990–1991	Jastrebac Niš
1991–1994	FK Rad
1994–1996	Iraklis Thessaloniki
1996–2001	Anorthosis Famagusta
2001–2002	AEK Larnaca
2002–2003	Apollon Limassol
2003–2004	FK Zemun
2004-2006	Panserraikos
2007	APOP Kinyras FC
2008–2009	Anagennisi Karditsa
2009-2010	Ermis Aradippou
2010–2012	Aris Limassol
2012–2013	Pierikos
2013–2014	Ayia Napa

Dušan Mitošević (born 17 December 1949) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

Playing career

Dušan Mitošević was a reputable striker during his playing career. He played for FK Radnički Niš in the Yugoslav First League during the 1975–80 and transferred to Nîmes Olympique, France where he played in 1980–81 season. He returned to FK Radnički Niš for the next two years 1981-83 to participate in the European Competitions where the club reached the third Round and the semi Finals in the UEFA Cup. His goals during these years made him top scorer in clubs’ history. The next season, he was transferred to the Greek side Iraklis Thessaloniki, where he finished his career.

Coaching career

Iraklis Thessaloniki

Dušan Mitošević after eight years of coaching in amateur leagues and as assistant coach in FK Rad, took over Iraklis Thessaloniki, as the first significant assignment in 1994. Mitošević attacking mentality aided the club to achieve a Uefa Cup Qualification and some great records. During his two years management the club achieved a point record (62) in clubs’ pro history, the biggest GD +24 and the most wins 18 and 17 respectively in the last thirty years. The attacking oriented character was evident in the impressive numbers and scoring performances similar to the Athens big three as the team scored in 31 out of 34 home games with a remarkable average of over two goals per home game for these two periods. The team lost only one out of eight games against the city’s rival (P.A.O.K. F.C., Aris F.C.) win three and draw four times. During Mitošević second season 1995/96 Iraklis finished in the fourth place behind the Athens big three with 12 points difference from Aris and 20 points from PAOK.

Anorthosis Famagusta

In 1996 Mitošević was appointed as the manager of the Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta FC. He created one of the most impressive teams in the Cypriot football history. During its dominance they won four championships in a row, three super cups and a cup. The statistics are even more convincing, as they count 98 wins, 20 draws and 12 defeats in five years in official championship games. Scoring an astonishing 2.93 goals per game or 382 goals in 130 championship games. Three years in a row the team scored more than 80 goals in over 26 games. In 1997/98 and 1998/99 held the record of the highest goal scoring and goal difference in the league history. At that time Mitošević coached some of the best players in the Cypriot football history like Ioannis Okkas, Panayiotis Engomitis, Siniša Gogić, Vesko Mihajlović, Slobodan Krčmarević, Vassos Melanarkitis, and many more. He won the Coach of the Year award in Cyprus four times in a row in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000.

AEK Larnaca

In 2001 after five magnificent years in charge of Anorthosis Famagusta FC where he became one of the most successful coaches in the hidtory of the Cypriot football, Mitošević decided to step down from his position and moved to the other big club of the city AEK Larnaca. During his time in AEK he improved every number compared to last years’ performance, and achieved the third best scoring performance, however AEK ended up again in the seventh position.

Apollon Limassol

Apollon Limassol was the next station in his Cypriot career, where under his management many young players and three current national team players (Athos Solomou, Giorgos Merkis and Constantinos Makrides)started their appearances in the first team.

F.K. Zemun

In 2003/04 Mitošević returned to his home country to coach F.C. Zemun at the newly established Serbia and Montenegro top division, where he managed a seventh position in the 16 teams league.

Panserraikos FC

In 2004 Mitosević returned to Greece this time for Panserraikos, where he stayed until 2006.

APOP Kinyras

In June 2007 Mitošević was hired by Apop Kinyras Peyeias in the club's second appearance at the Cypriot top division.

Anagennisi Karditsa

Then came another spell in Greece in Anagennisi Karditsa in 2008/09 season.

Ermis Aradippou

In September 2009 the Serbian manager decided to continue his career at another newly appeared club of the top Cypriot division league, Ermis Aradippou, starting the season with 1 point in the first four games. The team played attacking football and enjoyed the most successful season in its history, achieving record points in top division, most goals scored and the Brazilian striker Joeano winning the top scorer award. He was released in August 15, three weeks before the start of the championship due to transfer policy disagreement.

Aris Limassol

The next stop for Mitošević was Aris Limassol in October 2010, where he took over the club from 12th position of the second division league and ended up winning the championship for the first time ever.The same year Aris created the biggest upset in the cup by eliminating the neighbours and the next year's champion Ael Limassol. Mitošević led the club next year to the top division when Aris beat Anorthosis for first time in their history and got the first point ever from Omonoia Nicosia. He got the axe two games before the end of the season.

Ayia Napa

Second time in second division, second championship for Mitošević. The Serbian coach took charge of the club in a difficult period and he managed to lead Ayia Napa in an easy championship playing attacking football and scoring over 2.5 goals per game in average.

Personal

Mitošević holds an associate Degree in Coaching from University of Physical Education in Belgrade and speaks Serbian, Greek and French.

Managerial honours

Cypriot First Division: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Cypriot Second Division: 2011, 2014
Cypriot Cup: 1998
Cypriot Super Cup: 1998, 1999, 2000

Individual honours

Coach of the Year (Cyprus): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

References

External links

Iraklis 1908 F.C. – managers

Markovic (1959–61)
Tomašević (1961–62)
Mrnek (1962–63)
Takač (1963–64)
Čabrić (1964–65)
Milošević (1965–66)
Karapatis (1967–69)
Spajić (1969–72)
Petropoulos (1971–72)
Zahariades (1972–73)
Spajić (1974–75)
Shannon (1975–76)
Ribar (1976–77)
Belis (1977–78)
Karapatis (1978)
Brzeżańczyk (1978–79)
Karapatis (1980)
Batakis (1980–81)
Chachevski (1981–83)
Batakis (1983)
Rausch (1983–85)
Batakis (1985–86)
Alefantos (1986)
Ferner (1986–87)
Archontidis (1987)
Aidiniou/Koudas (1987)
Fanaras (1987)
Alefantos (1987)
Fanaras (1987–88)
Simonsson (1988–90)
Batakis (1990–91)
Libregts (1991–94)
Mitošević (1994–96)
Antoniadis (1996–97)
Panagoulias (1997)
Paraschos (1997–98)
Dojčinovski (1998)
Jingblad (1999)
Anastasiadis (1999–2000)
Kyrastas (2000)
Anastasiadis (2001–02)
Jovanović (2002)
Gerards (2003–04)
Jingblad (2004)
Markarian (2004–05)
Kofidis (2005–07)
Bubenko (2007)
Jovanović (2007–08)
Pedraza (2008)
Katsavakis (2008–09)
Protasov (2009)
Kofidis (2009–10)
Bubenko (2010)
Ouzounidis (2010–11)
Paraschos (2011)
Spirogiannis (2011)
Papadopoulos (2011–2012)
Strantzalis (2012–2013)
Chatzinikolaou (2013)
Gogić (2013)
Hoyos (2013–2014)
Papadopoulos (2014–2016)
Amanatidis (2016–)

Anorthosis Famagusta FC – managers

Zsengellér (1968–70)
Milovanov (1970–71)
Iakovou (1970–72)
Hobot (1972–73)
Petritis (1972–74)
Karras (1974–77)
Patsatsev (1977–80)
Bolni (1980–81)
Dončevski (1981–82)
Ilchev (1982–84)
Cormack (1984–86)
Zatina (1986–87)
Theocharous (1986–87)
Iacovou (1987–88)
Theocharous (1987–88)
Petropoulos (1987–90)
Zaggylos (1989–90)
Fazlagić (1989–90)
Iordănescu (1990–92)
Gutsaev (1992–93)
Theocharous (1992–93)
Söderberg (1992–93)
Alefantos (1992–93)
Mouskallis (1993–95)
Yordanov (1994–95)
Vasilev (1995–96)
Karoulias (1995–96)
Mitošević (1996–01)
Wójcik (2001–02)
Matzourakis (2001–02)
Kostov (2001–02)
Lorens (2003)
Michaelides (2002–04)
Mitošević (2003–04)
Ketsbaia (2003–08)
Nicolaou (2008–09)
Middendorp (2009–10)
Muslin (2009–10)
Nicolaou (2009–10)
Hoyos (2010–11)
Krčmarević (2010–11)
Stoilov (2010–11)
Levy (2011–13)
Christodoulou (2013)
Kassianos (2013)
Costa (2013–14)
Kostenoglou (2014)
Paus (2014–16)
Milinković (2016)
Puche (2016–)

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