Miljenko Kovačić Football player

Miljenko Kovačić (19 March 1973 – 20 August 2005) was a Croatian soccer player. His nickname was “The Son of the Wind". He played professionally for quite a few teams, most notably for Dinamo Zagreb with which he was part of the national championship victory in 1995–1996 and Brescia (Italy). Certain choices he made in his professional career were interesting, at one point he quit playing because of religious reasons (he was a member of the Hare Krishna religion) stating money being the root of evil and that he was content with what he had. This was a shock to his employer at the time, the professional Italian team Brescia. Kovačić did return to professional soccer briefly in 2001, but quit again in 2005 due to family reasons. He lost his life in a motorcycle accident in 2005.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 19, 1973
Birth place
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Zagreb
Date of deathAugust 20, 2005
Place of death
Sveta Helena
Height (meters)1.81

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Football player

position
Forward (association football)
teams
Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.
GNK Dinamo Zagreb
NK Slaven Belupo
NK Vrbovec
Brescia Calcio

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