Full name Miroslav Polak Name Miroslav Polak Years Team Role Football player | ||
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Date of birth (1958-02-08) February 8, 1958 (age 57) Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Miroslav Polak (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирослав Пoлaк, born 8 February 1958) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
Born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, then Yugoslav capital, Miroslav "Mirko" Polak initially played in the youth team of FK Čukarički. He then played with Yugoslav giants FK Partizan between 1976 and 1978. Then he moved to FK Rad playing with them in the Yugoslav First and Second leagues until 1986 when he moved abroad to Sweden joining Malmö FF. After one season in Sweden and one in Greece paying with Panionios, he moves to Austria where he plays with SV Salzburg between 1988 and 1990. In 1990, he joins another Austrian side, FC Puch where he becomes player-manager. That was the end of his playing career and the start of a long career as a coach in Austria.
