Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mihael Mikić | ||
Date of birth | 6 January 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Zagreb, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Right winger / full-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
1987–1993 | NK Bistra | ||
1993–1996 | Inker Zaprešić | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1997 | Inker Zaprešić | 25 | (5) |
1997–2004 | Dinamo Zagreb | 144 | (26) |
2004–2006 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 26 | (0) |
2006 | Rijeka | 14 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Dinamo Zagreb | 46 | (4) |
2009– | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 207 | (7) |
National team‡ | |||
1997–1999 | Croatia U-19 | 12 | (5) |
1999–2001 | Croatia U-21 | 19 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 March 2008 |
Mihael Mikić (ミハエル・ミキッチ, born 6 January 1980) is a Croatian football player who is currently playing for Japanese club Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
He is now most commonly playing as a right winger or right-back, but was known as a quite effective forward in the beginnings of his career.
Mikić was born in Zagreb and started to play football at the club NK Bistra when he was seven years old. At the age of 13, he moved to Inker Zaprešić and started his professional career at the club already at the age of 16. He left Inker after his first professional season and went on to sign with Dinamo Zagreb, where he became a regular by the time he turned 19.
He was still only 18 years old when he went on to make three appearances for Dinamo Zagreb in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the autumn of 1998, starting in two matches and becoming notable for scoring the club's first goal in the UEFA Champions League when he opened the scoring in the 7th minute of Dinamo's fourth group match, against Porto at home in Zagreb. Dinamo won the match 3–1 and went on to win 1–0 against Ajax Amsterdam away and draw 1–1 against Olympiacos at home, but failed to advance to the quarterfinals after finishing second in their group. Mikić appeared in all of Dinamo's three home matches, playing as a striker.
He also played with Dinamo Zagreb in the UEFA Champions League in the following year and made five appearances in six group matches, but was a starting player only once. He scored one goal in Dinamo's final group match, away against Olympique de Marseille, that ended in a 2–2 draw. Dinamo was eliminated from the competition after finishing last out of four teams in their group.