Mladen Romić

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mladen Romić

| fullname = Mladen Romić

| image = Mladen Romic grafit Kantrida 070610 1.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1962|05|23}}

| birth_place = Livno, FPR Yugoslavia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2006|01|19|1962|05|23}}

| death_place = Rijeka, Croatia

| height =

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Troglav Livno

| years1 = 1979

| years2 = 1979–1981

| years3 = 1981–1985

| years4 = 1985–1988

| years5 = 1988–1994

| years6 = 1994–1995

| years7 = 1995–1996

| years8 = 1996–1998

| years9 = 1998–2002

| clubs1 = Troglav Livno

| clubs2 = Dubrava

| clubs3 = NK Zagreb

| clubs4 = Mladost Petrinja

| clubs5 = Rijeka

| clubs6 = FC Bremerhaven

| clubs7 = Zadar

| clubs8 = Rijeka

| clubs9 = Pomorac Kostrena

| caps1 =

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| caps4 =

| caps5 = 122

| caps6 = 25

| caps7 = 12

| caps8 = 57

| caps9 =

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| goals5 = 3

| goals6 = 0

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| goals8 = 0

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| nationalyears1 = 1992

| nationalteam1 = Croatia

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Mladen Romić (23 May 1962 – 19 January 2006) was a Croatian football player.

Club career

As a player, he spent much of his career, nine seasons in total, with HNK Rijeka. While playing for NK Pomorac in 2002, at the age of 39, he became the oldest player to have played in Prva HNL. Since then, he has been overtaken by Davor Vugrinec and Jakov Surać.[http://hrnogomet.com/hnl/najstarijiIgraci.php?stranica=1&sortBy=3&sortOrder=desc Croatian Football Statistics]

International career

He made his debut for Croatia in a July 1992 friendly match away against Australia and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals, all during the tour of Australia. His final international was a week later against the same opposition.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17986|title=Player Database|accessdate=10 December 2022|website=EU-football}}

Post-playing career

Between 2003 and his premature death due to illness in 2006,[https://www.jutarnji.hr/naslovnica/umro-mladen-romic-3371627 Umro Mladen Romić] - Jutarnji {{in lang|hr}} he was sporting director of HNK Rijeka. Rijeka's fans, Armada Rijeka, created a mural near Stadion Kantrida in his honour to commemorate his contribution to the club.Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. {{ISBN|978-953-219-393-0}}, pp. 370-1.

Honours

;Bremerhaven

Verbandsliga Bremen: 1993-94

;NK Zadar

Prva B HNL promotion: 1995-96

;NK Pomorac

Druga HNL promotion: 2000-01
3. HNL - West: 1998-99

;Individual

NK Rijeka player of the season: 1991-92

Statistics

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{{cite news|url=https://hrnogomet.com/hnl/igrac.php?id=192&lang=en&stranica=1|title=Mladen Romić statistics

|publisher=hrnogomet.com|accessdate= 29 October 2018}}

{{cite news|url=http://www.nk-rijeka.hr/|title=HNK Rijeka

|publisher=nk-rijeka.hr |accessdate= 29 October 2018}}

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Season ! Club ! League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \| Yugoslavia ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Yugoslav Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
1988–89	rowspan="3"\|NK Rijeka	rowspan="3"\|Yugoslav First League	30	0	1	0	31	0
1989–90	26	1	3	0	29	1
1990–91	12	0	4	1	16	1
colspan=3 \| Croatia ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Croatian Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
1992	rowspan="3"\|NK Rijeka	rowspan="3"\|Prva HNL	14	1	3	0	17	1
1992–93	28	0	4	0	32	0
1993–94	13	0	1	0	14	0
colspan=3 \| Germany ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| DFB-Pokal ! colspan=2 \| Total
1993–94	rowspan="2"\|FC Bremerhaven	rowspan="1"\|Verbandsliga Bremen	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	0	0
1994–95	rowspan="1"\|Regionalliga Nord	25	0	0	0	25	0
colspan=3 \| Croatia ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Croatian Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
rowspan="2"\|1995–96	rowspan="1"\|NK Zadar	rowspan="1"\|Prva B HNL	12	0	4	0	16	0
rowspan="3"\|HNK Rijeka	rowspan="3"\|Prva HNL	10	0	0	0	10	0
1996–97	26	0	2	0	28	0
1997–98	21	0	1	0	22	0
1998–99	rowspan="4"\|Pomorac Kostena	rowspan="1"\|Treća HNL - West	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	0	0
1999–00	rowspan="2"\|Druga HNL	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	0	0
2000–01	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	0	0
2001–02	rowspan="1"\|Prva HNL	18	0	2	0	20	0
colspan=3\|Rijeka !180\|\|2\|\|19\|\|1\|\|199\|\|3
colspan=3\|Total !235\|\|2\|\|25\|\|1\|\|260\|\|3