Miodrag Ješić

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Miodrag Ješić

Full name	Miodrag Ješić
Date of birth	November 30, 1958
Place of birth	Osečenica, FPR Yugoslavia
Nickname	Ješa
Playing position	Manager
Youth clubs
1974-1976	Partizan Belgrade
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1976-1985 1985-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991	Partizan Belgrade Altay Izmir Trabzonspor Partizan Belgrade	? (0) ? (0) ? (0) ? (0)
National team
?-? 1982-1984	SFR Yugoslavia u-21 SFR Yugoslavia	25 (0) 8 (2)
Teams managed
1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2002 2002-2004 2004 2004-2006 2006-2007	Obilić Belgrade Krajišnik Belgrade FK Vršac Radnički Beograd Mladi Radnik Požarevac Radnički Niš OFK Beograd Partizan Belgrade Club Sportif Sfaxien Altay Izmir Slavia Sofia Pegah Gilan CSKA Sofia Partizan Belgrade
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Miodrag Ješić (Cyrillic: Миодраг Јешић) (born 30 November 1958) is a former Serbian footballer and current football manager.

Born in Osečenica, Ješić played for Partizan Belgrade between 1974 and 1985, taking part in 342 matches and scoring 81 goals.

For the Yugoslavia national football team, he played in 8 games and scored twice.

Between 1985 and 1989 he represented Altay SK, where he recorded 140 matches and 61 goals, and finished his career at Trabzonspor in 1989-90 with 40 matches and 9 goals.

As a manager, he began his career at FK Obilić in 1993, reaching a Yugoslav Cup final, and then managed several other Serbian teams, including OFK Beograd and his native Partizan, who, during his period at the helm, scored 111 goals in a single season, a club record.

Coaching Tunisian side Club Sportif Sfaxien in 2000-01 and winning the Arab Champions League, he was at the helm of Turkish club SK Altay in 2002 and moved to Bulgaria in 2002 to manage Slavia Sofia and then Iranian Pegah Gilan, after which he became the manager of CSKA Sofia. During this period he became a Champion of Bulgaria and recorded a win over FC Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, also eliminating Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Cup. However, poor domestic performance meant Ješić was sacked in 2006.

In May 2006 he became the coach of FK Partizan, Belgrade for the second time in his coaching career. Sometimes naming FK Partizan his 'second home', Ješić often claimed to be truly devoted to the club. However, he was sacked from Partizan in January 2007.