| Miodrag Knežević | |
| Full Name: | Miodrag Knežević |
| Birth Date: | 22 August 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Aleksandrovac, Yugoslavia |
| Death Place: | Niš, Serbia |
| Height: | 1.81 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthyears1: | 1957–1960 |
| Youthclubs1: | Napredak Aleksinac |
| Years1: | 1960–1971 |
| Clubs1: | Radnički Niš |
| Caps1: | 291 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 1971–1972 |
| Clubs2: | Partizan |
| Caps2: | 14 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1974 |
| Clubs3: | Radnički Niš |
| Caps3: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 308 |
| Totalgoals: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1966–1967 |
| Nationalteam1: | Yugoslavia |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Miodrag Knežević (; 22 August 1940 – 25 June 2022) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]
Born in Gornji Stupanj, a village near Aleksandrovac, Knežević went to school in Aleksinac and began playing football at local club Napredak.[2] He joined Yugoslav Second League side Radnički Niš in 1960, helping them win promotion to the Yugoslav First League in 1962.[3] Over the next nine seasons, Knežević established himself as the team's undisputed first-choice goalkeeper, making over 250 appearances and scoring one goal in the top flight.
In 1971, Knežević was close to signing with Rapid Wien, but instead moved to Partizan.[4] He spent one season with the club before hanging up his boots. In March 1974, Knežević briefly came out of retirement and made three league appearances for Radnički Niš in the remainder of the 1973–74 season.[5]
At international level, Knežević was capped twice for Yugoslavia between 1966 and 1967.[6]
| Season | League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | |||
| Radnički Niš | 1960–61[7] | Yugoslav Second League | 14 | 0 | |
| 1961–62[8] | Yugoslav Second League | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1962–63 | Yugoslav First League | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1963–64 | Yugoslav First League | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1964–65 | Yugoslav First League | 28 | 0 | ||
| 1965–66 | Yugoslav First League | 30 | 1 | ||
| 1966–67 | Yugoslav First League | 30 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | Yugoslav First League | 28 | 0 | ||
| 1968–69 | Yugoslav First League | 34 | 0 | ||
| 1969–70 | Yugoslav First League | 34 | 0 | ||
| 1970–71 | Yugoslav First League | 34 | 0 | ||
| Total | 291 | 1 | |||
| Partizan | 1971–72 | Yugoslav First League | 14 | 0 | |
| Radnički Niš | 1973–74 | Yugoslav First League | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 308 | 1 | |||
| Yugoslavia | 1966 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1967 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|