Where did Nemanja Mitrovic go? The former national team player made his move to Austrian lower league football relatively early in his career
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At one point, he was considered one of the best defenders in the Prva liga Telemach, and among those talented enough to be part of the Slovenian national team. Nemanja Mitrović wore the national team jersey five times, and interestingly, twice (both times in matches against San Marino) he even found the back of the net. However, memories of the golden years of his career are beginning to fade, even though he’s only 31 years old, and as a defender, he could still play at the highest level for some time. Nevertheless, Nemanja Mitrović has chosen a different path for various reasons (not to forget that his career in recent years has been plagued by numerous injuries).
The former player of Ljubljana’s Olimpija, who in his younger years developed at Milan’s Inter, Sassuolo, and Bologna, and also played abroad in Poland as a member of Jagiellonia, this summer bid farewell to Maribor and crossed the northern border, joining numerous compatriots in Austria’s lower-league football. Nemanja Mitrović signed for Wildon, a team that, in the previous season, dramatically secured promotion to the Austrian third division with a goal by Robert Pušaver, another former Maribor player, in injury time of the final match.
Nemanja Mitrović is not the only one
Wildon has earned seven points from its first six league matches of the new season, suggesting that a battle for survival may lie ahead, and Nemanja Mitrović has played in all six games. Additionally, he has recorded two cup appearances. The experienced defender is not the only Slovenian playing for Wildon. When the team recently won 3-0 against Ried’s second team, former Slovenian youth international Miha Kancilija celebrated a hat-trick, and alongside the already mentioned Robert Pušaver, Denis Perger and Gal Zorko are also in the locker room.
In any case, Nemanja Mitrović has relatively early in his career ventured into the always interesting world of Austrian lower-league football. Whether his summer signing with a club located just 50 kilometers from Ljudski vrt signals the end of his career at the top level will certainly be interesting to watch.
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Author: editorial Football Planet