Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 November 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Varaždin, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1999 | Varteks | 207 | (52) |
1999–2000 | Dinamo Zagreb | 9 | (5) |
2000–2003 | Varteks | 51 | (11) |
2003–2005 | Standard Liège | 33 | (2) |
2005–2007 | Slaven Belupo | 48 | (12) |
2007–2010 | Varteks | 83 | (27) |
Varteks total | 341 | (90) | |
National team‡ | |||
1993 | Croatia U21 | 1 | (0) |
1999 | Croatia B | 1 | (0) |
1994–2003 | Croatia | 8 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 February 2003 |
Miljenko Mumlek (born 21 November 1972 in Varaždin) is a retired Croatian football midfielder.
Born in Varaždin, Mumlek started his professional career in his hometown with Varteks Varaždin in early 1992 and went on to establish himself as one of the club's key players during the 1990s. In the 1998-99 season, he was an important part of the Varteks team that reached the quarter-finals of the now-defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, appearing in all of the six matches played by the team in the competition that season, as well as scoring three goals in the two matches against SC Heerenveen in the second round of the competition. After grabbing a 5-4 aggregate win against the Dutch side in the extra time of the second leg at home in Varaždin, Varteks faced RCD Mallorca in the quarter-finals, losing the return leg 3-1 after a goalless draw at home in the first leg.
In the summer of 1999, Mumlek left Varteks for Dinamo Zagreb (then known as Croatia Zagreb) and went on to make four appearances for the club in the UEFA Champions League group stage, appearing in both home and away fixtures against Manchester United and Olympique de Marseille before Dinamo were knocked out of the competition after finishing 4th out of 4 teams in their group, one point behind the 3rd-place Sturm Graz. Mumlek made just nine appearances for Dinamo in the Croatian First League and went on to return to Varteks in January 2000, staying with the club until August 2003, when he moved to Belgian side Standard Liège, which was the only time during his career that he had played his club football outside Croatia.