Darko Božović

Darko Božović

Božović with Happy Valley in 2013
Personal information
Full nameDarko Božović
Date of birth9 August 1978
Place of birthTitograd, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 12 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Voždovac
Number1
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1997Teleoptik3(0)
1997–2000Srem56(0)
2000–2002Mladenovac63(0)
2002–2004Timok49(0)
2004–2005Srem55(0)
2005–2007Bežanija68(1)
2007–2010Partizan24(0)
2011–2012Sloboda Užice41(0)
2012Zob Ahan7(0)
2013Bežanija15(0)
2013–2014Happy Valley8(0)
2014–Voždovac2(0)
National team
2007Montenegro2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 October 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Darko Božović (Cyrillic: Дарко Божовић; born 9 August 1978) is a Montenegrin football goalkeeper who plays for Voždovac in the Jelen SuperLiga.

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 Mladen Božović, who arrived at the club in the 2008 winter transfer window. In the summer of 2010, Božović was released by the club after receiving very little playing time in the previous two years.

In August 2013, Božović joined Hong Kong First Division side Happy Valley. On 5 January 2014, he was one of the seven players and coaching staff arrested by the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) for allegations with match-fixing.[2][3] On 6 January 2014, the homes of Božović and five other Happy Valley players were raided by the ICAC as the officials stepped up their investigation into alleged match-fixing.[4] On 26 March 2014, Božović and other Happy Valley players went to the Hong Kong Labour Department to make claims against Happy Valley for unpaid and outstanding wages worth around 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.[5]

International career

Božović played two matches for the Montenegrin national team, making both appearances in 2007.

Honours

Bežanija
Partizan

References

  1. "Podvig golmana Bežanije Božovića" (in Serbian). B92. 29 October 2006. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  2. "Happy Valley in match-fixing probe". The Standard. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  3. "Hong Kong football club backers face tough financial screening in wake of match-fixing probe". South China Morning Post. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  4. "Homes raided in football-fix probe". The Standard. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  5. "愉園十球員追十萬欠薪" (in Traditional Chinese). Metro. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

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