On 15 May 1994, in the league's last round, at home against Valencia CF, Đukić missed a penalty kick in the game's last minute (eventual 0–0 draw), as habitual taker Donato had already been replaced and second option Bebeto refused the responsibility since he failed to score one the previous match.

[2][3] As a result, FC Barcelona were crowned champions instead, and the elegant defender left A Coruña at the end of 1996–97 at the age of 31 as his contract was not renewed.

Đukić returned to Segunda División after 12 years for the last season of his career, playing for CD Tenerife[7] and retiring at the age of 38, having appeared in exactly 400 matches in the Spanish league (both major levels combined).

He went on to win 48 caps scoring twice,[8] and represented the newly formed FR Yugoslavia at UEFA Euro 2000 (all the games and minutes for the quarter-finalists).

[14] Đukić earned his coaching license in Spain, and started his new career in July 2006 with Serbia's under-21 team with which he qualified in dramatic fashion for the 2007 UEFA European Championship (3–0 home loss against Sweden, followed by a 5–0 away win).

[20] At the Olympic tournament, Serbia was eliminated in the group stage with only one point won (playing Australia 1-1, Ivory Coast 2-4 and Argentina 0-2).

On 19 August 2008, the Executive Board of the Football Association of Serbia announced that Miroslav Đukić is no longer the manager of Serbia and that Radomir Antić will be appointed in his place, reasoning that Đukić was replaced due to "bad results in friendly matches of the senior national team this year, as well as failure at the Olympic Games in Beijing".

[25] In early June 2013, after leading them to promotion in his first season – via the playoffs – and the 14th position in the second, he replaced Ernesto Valverde at the helm of former club Valencia.

[26] Đukić was relieved of his duties on 16 December 2013, following the team's eighth loss of the season, 3–0 at Atlético Madrid which left it in ninth place.

[32] Under the leadership of Đukić, Partizan managed to pass the group stage of the Europa League in competition with Dynamo Kyiv, Young Boys and Skënderbeu, thus securing a "European spring" after thirteen years.

In March 2018, the usually calm Đukić made headlines after he used profanities at a press conference, saying that he "was born in fucking Štitar and not sunny Valencia" and that he was "a bum like all of you here.

"[41] Despite the fact that he led Partizan to the 3rd round of qualification for the Europa League, Đukić was dismissed on 3 August 2018 and replaced by Zoran Mirković.