Predrag Mijatović

Predrag Mijatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Мијатовић; born 19 January 1969) is a Montenegrin football administrator and former player who played as a striker.

[4] In later interviews, Mijatović said a deteriorating political and security situation in Yugoslavia was a factor in his decision not to join the Croatian club Hajduk.

[6] Former Yugoslavia teammate Davor Šuker, as well as Clarence Seedorf and Roberto Carlos, also joined Real Madrid in the summer 1996 transfer window.

On 26 July 1999, Mijatović scored the opening goal in Fiorentina's 4–0 victory over Aston Villa in the Gotham Cup finals in New York City, a pre-season exhibition tournament.

[13] Mijatović made his senior debut for Yugoslavia national football team in an August 1989 friendly match against Finland.

Mijatović was the top scorer for the FR Yugoslavia national football team during the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Mijatović was one of the key players for FR Yugoslavia in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, appearing in all four of his team's games and scoring a goal in a 2–2 draw against Germany in the group stage.

[15] Mijatović played for FR Yugoslavia at UEFA Euro 2000, appearing in all games as the team exited in the quarter-finals following a 6–1 loss to the Netherlands.

In 2006, Mijatović became Real Madrid's director of football, serving in the position for three seasons under the leadership of Ramón Calderón as club president.

[18] During this time, Mijatovic signed important players in Real Madrid's history such as Fabio Cannavaro, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Marcelo, Gonzalo Higuaín and Pepe.

[19] Through his friendship with Anzhi Makhachkala general manager German Chistyakov, Mijatović was reportedly part of the three-man delegation (the other two were Anzhi's transfer man German Tkachenko and Serbian player agent Vlado Lemić) the Russian club deployed to Milan on 9 August 2011 for initial negotiations with Internazionale (represented by sporting director Marco Branca and vice-president Rinaldo Ghelfi) over the transfer of striker Samuel Eto'o.

On 3 June 2009, the official website of Real Madrid stated that Mijatović's son Andrej, aged 15, died after a long illness, and offered its "deepest sympathies on behalf of the entire club and its members".

Mijatović on a 2006 stamp of Montenegro