Mirko Jurij (born 4 November 1973) is an Australian retired footballer who played as a defender or midfielder.
Career
Singapore Convicted of attempting to fix a match while with Sembawang Rangers in autumn 2000,Australian charged with Singapore match-fixing The Independent Jurilj failed to make the 22000 Singaporean dollars as his three bets did not come true and was sentenced to five months' jail by DecemberMatch-fixing footballer jailed BBC where he shared a cell with six others, had to serve laundry duty, and became increasingly ill at one point.100 days in Singapore jail The Advertiser (Adelaide). Archived by Singapore Window Despite claiming to not tried to have fixed a match, the Australian was never vindicated and was banned for life from Asian football but not worldwide,Get real, Fifa Singapore Today pg. 5 with FIFA saying that the ban was enough punishment.Why Fifa did not ban Mirko Jurilj Singapore Today pg. 38 However, the Australian was banned worldwide in late June 2001 for seven months,Fifa bans Lutz and Mirko, but it is only for another seven months Singapore Today pg. 32 which ended prematurely, ending during mid-August the same year.Early end to ban on Jurilj, Pfannenstiel Singapore Today pg. 39
Malaysia A member of Johor in 1995 and 1996, the defender-cum-midfielder was set to be bought by the Southern Tigers for the 2004 Malaysia Premier League,Jurilj back to spearhead club’s challenge in Premier League The Star Online but they reversed on the offer at the beginning of 2004.Johor FC say no to jailbird The Star Online
Malta Transferring to Pieta Hotspurs of the Maltese Premier League in summer 2002, Jurilj was named man of the match twice in his first three outings, solidifying his place in defense for the first team and drawing comparisons with Romanian import Lucian Dronca.Jurilj calls the tune Times of Malta Settling well into the country, he stated that "The overall technical ability of the players is quite good but what the teams here (in Malta) lack is physical preparation." Suspended for once for making insulting remarks to the referee,Three Pietà defenders handed one-match ban Times of Malta he split ways with Hotspurs at the start of 2003.Jurilj no longer with Hotspurs Times of Malta
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