Darko Božović
Darko Božović (Cyrillic: Дарко Божовић; born 9
Darko Božović
August 1978) is a Montenegrin retired footballer, who
played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
On 28 October 2006, while playing for Bežanija,
Božović scored an equalizer in their home league
fixture against Voždovac. Firstly, on the 0–1 result, he
defended a penalty by Miloš Kolaković in the 88th
minute, and then, in the fourth minute of injury time,
he scored a header from a corner kick for the final 1–
1.[1]
In June 2007, Božović moved to Partizan, playing
regularly for the team in the first six months. However,
he lost his place in the starting eleven in the second
half of the 2007–08 season to his fellow countryman Božović with Happy Valley in 2013
Mladen Božović, who arrived at the club in the 2008 Personal information
winter transfer window. In the summer of 2010, Full name Darko Božović
Božović was released by the club after receiving very Date of birth 9 August 1978
little playing time in the previous two years. Place of birth Titograd, SR Montenegro,
Yugoslavia
In August 2013, Božović joined Hong Kong First Height 1.89 m (6 ft 21⁄2 in)
Division side Happy Valley. On 5 January 2014, he Position(s) Goalkeeper
was one of the seven players and coaching staff
Team information
arrested by the Hong Kong Independent Commission
Current team Bulgaria (goalkeeping coach)
Against Corruption (ICAC) for allegations with match-
fixing.[2][3] On 6 January 2014, the homes of Božović Senior career*
and five other Happy Valley players were raided by the Years Team Apps (Gls)
ICAC as the officials stepped up their investigation 1996–1997 Teleoptik 3 (0)
into alleged match-fixing.[4] Božović was later 1997–2000 Srem Jakovo 56 (0)
released without charge, although his teammates 2000–2002 Mladenovac 63 (0)
Hinson Leung and Saša Mus were jailed for 12 months 2002–2004 Timok 49 (0)
for match-fixing in 2014.[5][6] On 26 March 2014, 2004–2005 Srem 55 (0)
Božović and other Happy Valley players went to the 2005–2007 Bežanija 68 (1)
Hong Kong Labour Department to make claims against 2007–2010 Partizan 24 (0)
Happy Valley for unpaid and outstanding wages worth 2011–2012 Sloboda Užice 41 (0)
around 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.[7] 2012 Zob Ahan 7 (0)
2013 Bežanija 15 (0)
After leaving Happy Valley in Hong Kong, Božović 2013–2014 Happy Valley 8 (0)
returned to Serbia and joined Superlige-side FK 2014–2015 Voždovac 2 (0)
Voždovac in July 2014.[8] Total 391 (1)
International career
2007 Montenegro 2 (0)
International career Managerial career
2022– Bulgaria (goalkeeping coach)
Božović made his debut for Montenegro in a
2023– Teleoptik (goalkeeping coach)
September 2007 friendly match against Sweden and
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His
second and final international was another friendly, a
month later against Estonia.[9]
Honours
Bežanija
Serbian First League: 2005–06
Partizan
Serbian SuperLiga: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Serbian Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09
References
1. "Podvig golmana Bežanije Božovića" (http://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2006
&mm=10&dd=29&nav_id=217572) (in Serbian). B92. 29 October 2006. Retrieved
20 December 2010.
2. "Happy Valley in match-fixing probe" (https://web.archive.org/web/20140107021747/http://w
ww.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=141182&sid=41259093&con_t
ype=3&d_str=20140106&fc=1). The Standard. 6 January 2014. Archived from the original (h
ttp://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=141182&sid=41259093&
con_type=3&d_str=20140106&fc=1) on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
3. "Hong Kong football club backers face tough financial screening in wake of match-fixing
probe" (http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1398908/icac-probes-alleged-match-fi
xing-hkfa-vows-step-checks-club-backers). South China Morning Post. 6 January 2014.
Retrieved 7 January 2014.
4. "Homes raided in football-fix probe" (https://web.archive.org/web/20140107070800/http://ww
w.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=141223&sid=41262559&con_type
=1&d_str=20140107&fc=2). The Standard. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original (htt
p://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=141223&sid=41262559&co
n_type=1&d_str=20140107&fc=2) on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
5. "Croatian soccer player Sasa Mus jailed for match-fixing" (http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-
kong/article/1662969/croatian-soccer-player-sasa-mus-jailed-match-fixing). South China
Morning Post. 16 December 2014.
6. "Decision on case concerning Sasa Mus" (https://www.hkfa.com/news_details/13052). Hong
Kong Football Association. 30 June 2015.
7. "愉園十球員追十萬欠薪" (http://www.metrohk.com.hk/?cmd=detail&id=230219) (in Chinese).
Metro. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
8. "Darko Božović najavljuje pojačanja Voždovca: Valjda će i nama da krene" (http://www.mozz
artsport.com/vesti/darko-bozovic-najavljuje-pojacanja-vozdovca-valjda-ce-i-nama-da-krene/
83649) (in Bosnian). Mozzart Sport. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
9. "Player Database" (https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=2475). eu-football.info. Retrieved
2 August 2020.
External links
Darko Božović (https://int.soccerway.com/players/darko-bozovic/45527/) at Soccerway
Darko Božović (https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/23418.html) at National-
Football-Teams.com
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