Miodrag Džudović

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| name = Miodrag Džudović

| image = MiodragDzudovic.jpg

| caption = Džudović playing with Spartak Nalchik in 2009

| fullname =

| height = 1.97 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|9|6}}

| birth_place = Plav, SFR Yugoslavia

| currentclub =

| position = Centre back

| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1999–2003 |clubs1 = Jezero Plav |caps1 = 48 |goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2003 |clubs2 = Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje |caps2 = 14 |goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2003 |clubs3 = OFK Beograd |caps3 = 1 |goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2004–2005 |clubs4 = Volyn Lutsk |caps4 = 38 |goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2006–2013 |clubs5 = Spartak Nalchik |caps5 = 185 |goals5 = 6

| years6 = 2014 |clubs6 = Irtysh Pavlodar |caps6 = 26 |goals6 = 1

| totalcaps = 312 |totalgoals = 14

| nationalyears1 = 2008–2013 |nationalteam1 = Montenegro |nationalcaps1 = 26 |nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 2015–2019

| managerclubs1 = Montenegro (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2018

| managerclubs2 = Budućnost Podgorica (caretaker){{cite web|url=https://cg-fudbal.com/buducnost-rijesila-pitanje-trenera/|title=Budućnost riješila pitanje trenera!|work=cg-fudbal.com|date=8 May 2018|accessdate=12 August 2022|first=|last=|language=serbian}}

| manageryears3 = 2019

| managerclubs3 = Montenegro (caretaker)

| manageryears4 = 2022–2023

| managerclubs4 = Budućnost Podgorica{{cite web|url=https://cg-fudbal.com/dzudovic-ne-obecavam-trofeje/|title=Džudović: Ne obećavam trofeje|work=cg-fudbal.com|date=11 August 2022|accessdate=12 August 2022|first=|last=|language=serbian}}

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Miodrag Džudović ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Миодраг Џудовић}}; born 6 September 1979) is a Montenegrin football manager and former player who played as a defender.

After retiring in 2014, he went into coaching. He worked as an assistant of the Montenegro national team, caretaker manager of Budućnost Podgorica in 2018, and as a caretaker manager of the Montenegro national team in 2019. In August 2022. he become manager of Budućnost Podgorica.

Playing career

=Club career=

Džudović began his football career in 1999 by joining his first club, Jezero Plav which is a Montenegrin club. They rose to third level in 2001, and a year later and the Second League of FR Yugoslavia. In 2003, Džudović joined another Montenegrin club FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje but just making 14 appearances and scoring 2, he left to join Serbian club OFK Beograd in First League of FR Yugoslavia, but made only one appearance and helped the club qualify for the Intertoto Cup, the first time the club qualified for a European Cup in 30 years.

In 2004, Džudović left OFK Beograd to join a Ukrainian side Volyn Lutsk and signing a three-year contract with the team. Džudović made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League was held 27 March 2004 in a victory for the "Volyn" match against Karpaty Lviv. In Spring 2005 in a match against Dynamo Kyiv, Džudović received a serious injury that gave rise to early termination of the contract.{{cite news|script-title=ru:Кабардинец балканский|url=http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/prosport/106728.html|publisher=Sports.Ru|language=Russian|date=24 August 2010|accessdate=29 April 2012}} In less than three seasons in the "Volyn" Miodrag spent 44 games in which scoring one goal.

In 2006, Džudović joined a Russian club Spartak Nalchik, signing a contract with a local club. Miodrag debut in the Russian Premier League took place on 18 March 2006 in the first round match against the CSKA Moscow which they lost 1–0.{{cite news|script-title=ru:Протокол матча "Спартак" (Нальчик) — "ЦСКА" 0:1|url=http://rus.rfpl.org/reports/id2340|language=Russian|accessdate=29 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120713123107/http://rus.rfpl.org/reports/id2340|archivedate=13 July 2012}} On 26 March 2006, Džudović scored his first goal for the club and scored in the Premier League against Spartak Moscow in a 2–2 draw.{{cite news|script-title=ru:Протокол матча "Спартак" (Нальчик) — "Спартак" (Москва) 2:2|url=http://rus.rfpl.org/reports/id2350|language=Russian|accessdate=29 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120713155437/http://rus.rfpl.org/reports/id2350|archivedate=13 July 2012}}{{cite news|script-title=ru:Спартаковский футбол|url=http://www.sports.ru/football/5185704.html|publisher=Sports.Ru|language=Russian|date=10 July 2008|accessdate=29 April 2012}} He is Spartak's captain as of 2007. In Opening match of league 2010, Džudović made his 100th appearance for the club against Anzhi Makhachkala which had Džudović t-shirt on the back.

In November 2014, Džudović left FC Irtysh Pavlodar after one season with them.{{cite web|script-title=ru:Миодраг Джудович покинул Иртыш|url=http://www.fcirtysh.kz/rus/news/363|website=fcirtysh.kz/|publisher=FC Irtysh Pavlodar|accessdate=23 January 2015|language=Russian|date=12 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123161429/http://www.fcirtysh.kz/rus/news/363|archivedate=23 January 2015}}

=International career=

His good performance in Russia led Montenegro manager Zoran Filipović called up Džudović into the squad. He scored his first goal for national team on his debut against Macedonia on 19 November 2008 and played 90 minutes in the game.

Džudović made headlines when Wayne Rooney kicked him during a Euro 2012 qualifier that resulted in a three-game ban (the entire group stage of Euro 2012) for the Manchester United and England national team striker. At first, it was known that Rooney would miss at least one match in the opening round of the first phase at UEFA Euro 2012. After the game with Montenegro, Rooney sent a personal letter to UEFA in which he apologised and expressed regret for the tackle on Džudović which earned him the red card.{{cite news|title=What "silly" Rooney did was indefensible admits Capello|url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Wayne-Rooney-sent-off-in-England-s-crucial-Euro-2012-qualifier-in-Montenegro-article809273.html|publisher=Mirror Football|date=7 October 2011|accessdate=29 April 2012}}{{cite news|title=Wayne Rooney red card against Montenegro ridiculed by England goalkeeper Joe Hart as a 'pathetic sending-off'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/8815048/Wayne-Rooney-red-card-against-Montenegro-ridiculed-by-England-goalkeeper-Joe-Hart-as-a-pathetic-sending-off.html|work=The Telegraph|date=8 October 2011|accessdate=29 April 2012}} Džudović also wrote to UEFA and pleaded for Rooney's ban to be reduced.{{cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/118553.html |author=ESPN.co.uk |title=Dzudovic writes to UEFA to defend Rooney |accessdate=2019-07-04 |date=2011-10-29 |language=English}}

He earned a total of 26 caps, scoring one goal{{cite web |title=Montenegro - Record International Players |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/monteg-recintlp.html |website=RSSSF |accessdate=25 October 2020}} and his final international was a September 2013 FIFA World Cup qualification match away against Poland.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=24722|title=Player Database|website=eu-football.info|accessdate=2020-08-31}}

Personal life

Džudović is married and has four children His sons are Branko and Vukašin{{cite news|script-title=ru:У Миодрага Джудовича Родился Сын |url=http://www.rusfootball.info/pliga/1146104108-u-miodraga-dzhudovicha-rodilsya-syn.html|publisher=Russian Football|language=Russian|date=9 January 2010| accessdate=29 April 2012}} and his daughters are Petra and Tatjana.{{cite news|script-title=ru:Поздравляем Миодрага Джудовича с рождением дочери!|url=http://spartak.crpodemo.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=461:2011-03-14-07-45-57&catid=1:clubnews&Itemid=179|publisher=Spartak.crpodemo.ru|language=Russian|date=14 March 2011|accessdate=29 April 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120316195000/http://spartak.crpodemo.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=461:2011-03-14-07-45-57&catid=1:clubnews&Itemid=179|archive-date=16 March 2012|url-status=dead}}