It was in this period, more precisely in 1964, that he begin playing for the Yugoslav U21 team with whom he won the 1968 UEFA European U23 Cup.
In 1966, he moved to Skopje and signed with FK Vardar playing back then in the Yugoslav First League.
In 1975, he moved to Germany and played one season with FC Schalke 04 in the German Bundesliga.
In 1984, he signed with FK Teteks where he played until 1988 before signing with lower league FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov where, despite his already advanced age, he made a record of having 1,084 minutes without conceding a goal.
Mutibarić played ten matches for the Yugoslavia national team.