🔗 Share this article Athletes weeping as coach dies during fixture The coach had just assumed leadership of FK Radnicki 1923 last month Team members dropped to their knees in tears as they discovered of their manager's death throughout a contest in Serbia's top flight Team manager Mladen Zizovic collapsed and underwent emergency care beside the field before being rushed to a healthcare center during his team's match at Mladost Lucani on Monday The professional game continued but was halted moments before the interval when news of Zizovic's death reached the ground Recordings of the contest showed players and officials from each team in distress at the tragic information The former Bosnian representative player, forty-four, was just named leader of his team on late October "The team has lost not only a outstanding specialist but above all a wonderful human being, a confidant, and a competitor who, with his expertise, enthusiasm and character has created lasting memories on the souls of all who knew him" The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Association said its "sports circle has been deprived of an additional genuine soccer expert" with his death "Throughout his extensive athletic journey, Zizovic was part of numerous clubs in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, most notably HSK Zrinjski Mostar, another team and a third organization, and he furthermore played in the uniform of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team" "Upon completing his athletic journey, he dedicated himself to coaching, leading clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina and surrounding countries" "The unexpected demise constitutes a great loss for Bosnian-Herzegovinian football" "The dedication for soccer and the legacy you left will stay in our memories for all time" Prominent teams also paid tribute, including Red Star Belgrade, who conveyed their "most sincere sympathies"