Mladen Zizovic, pictured during his spell in charge of Borac Banja Luka last season.
Mladen Zizovic, pictured during his spell in charge of Borac Banja Luka last season.
Mladen Zizovic, Radnicki 1923 coach, dies during Serbian football match
Bosnian taken ill during first half of Superliga game
TV footage shows players and staff reacting in shock
The manager of the Serbian top-flight team Radnicki 1923, Mladen Zizovic, has died at the age of 44 after collapsing during a match on Monday.
Zizovic was taken ill midway through the first half of his team’s SuperLiga fixture at Mladost Lucani, with the game halted in the 22nd minute. The match resumed when he was taken to hospital after receiving emergency medical assistance, but was abandoned 20 minutes later when news was relayed that he had died.
Television footage showed players and staff reacting in shock upon hearing of Zizovic’s death. The former Bosnia and Herzegovina international had joined Radnicki in October after a number of stints managing sides in the former Yugoslavia and a short period with the Saudi team Al-Kholood. He guided the Bosnian club Borac Banja Luka to their first Conference League knockout tie last season.
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