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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Miladin Pršo | ||
| Date of birth | 5 November 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Zadar, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Bordeaux (assistant coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1983 | Bagat | ||
| 1983–1986 | Zadar | ||
| 1986–1991 | Hajduk Split | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1993 | Pazinka | 26 | (2) |
| 1993–1995 | Rouen | 10 | (1) |
| 1995–1996 | Stade Raphaëlois | 18 | (7) |
| 1996–2004 | Monaco | 101 | (28) |
| 1997–1999 | → Ajaccio (loan) | 53 | (21) |
| 2004–2007 | Rangers | 94 | (31) |
| Total | 302 | (90) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Croatia | 32 | (9) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2024– | Bordeaux (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Miladin "Dado" Pršo (born 5 November 1974) is a former professional footballer from Croatia. He played as a forward, which means he was a player who mainly tried to score goals.
Dado Pršo played for seven different teams during his career. He appeared in over 300 league games as a professional player. He was a key part of the Monaco team that reached the 2004 UEFA Champions League Final, which is one of the biggest football competitions in Europe. He also played for Rangers in Scotland, helping them win both the league title and the Scottish Cup in 2005.
Pršo also played for his country, Croatia, 32 times. He was part of their team at the UEFA Euro 2004 tournament and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He stopped playing football professionally in June 2007, when he left the Scottish club Rangers. He gained French nationality because he married a French person. This meant he was not counted as a foreign player when he played in France.
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Club Career Highlights
Starting Out in Football
Dado Pršo was born in Zadar, Croatia. He started playing football with local clubs like NK Bagat and NK Zadar. When he was 12, he joined HNK Hajduk Split, a bigger club. In 1991, a medical check suggested he had an irregular heartbeat. Because of this, his team thought he might not be able to play professional football and let him go. However, he never showed any signs of this problem again.
When the Croatian league started, he joined NK Pazinka. He played one season there at the top level of Croatian football when he was 18. In 1993, he moved to France to play for FC Rouen. Later, in 1995, he moved to Saint Raphaël. While playing football there, he also worked as a car mechanic.
Playing for Monaco
In 1996, Jean Tigana, who was the manager of AS Monaco at the time, noticed Pršo. He signed Dado Pršo for Monaco. For his first season, Dado played for the reserve team and was also loaned out to AC Ajaccio.
In the 1999–2000 season, he helped AS Monaco win the French national championship. Pršo also played a big part in Monaco reaching the UEFA Champions League final in 2004.
One of his most famous games was when he scored four goals in an 8–3 win against Deportivo La Coruña. This amazing game happened on his 29th birthday! It was one of the highest-scoring games in Champions League history. That night, he also matched a record for the most goals scored by one player in a single Champions League match.
Time at Rangers
In May 2004, Dado Pršo joined the Scottish team Rangers for free. In his first season, he played 34 league games and scored 18 goals. He helped Rangers win the Scottish Premier League in a very exciting finish on the last day of the season. He also won the Scottish League Cup that year.
Alex McLeish, who was the Rangers manager when Pršo left, said that Dado was his "best Rangers signing." This was at the end of the 2005–06 season.
Pršo continued to play for Rangers during the 2006–07 season. He had already announced that he would stop playing for his country. He also hinted that he might stop playing club football when his contract ended in 2007. Even though there was talk about him possibly playing longer, his knee problems became too much.
At his last game at Ibrox Stadium, the Rangers home ground, Dado Pršo walked out after the final whistle. He had a brace on his leg because of an ankle injury. He waved to the 50,000 fans who had waited for him. His teammates then gave him a "Guard of Honour," which is a special way to show respect to a player. He walked back into the tunnel with tears in his eyes.
On 8 June 2007, Rangers announced they would release a DVD with highlights from Pršo's three seasons at the club. A lot of the money from the DVD sales went to the Rangers Charity Foundation.
International Career for Croatia
Dado Pršo played his first game for Croatia in March 2003. This was a qualifying match for the European Championship against Belgium. Overall, he played 32 games for Croatia and scored 9 goals.
Pršo was part of the Croatian team at UEFA Euro 2004, where he played in three games. He is remembered in this tournament for scoring a goal against France on 17 June 2004. After scoring four goals during the qualifying games, he was chosen to play for his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. However, he did not score any goals during that tournament. Croatia was eliminated after the first round in both 2004 and 2006.
His last game for Croatia was at the 2006 World Cup against Australia.
Personal Life
Dado Pršo comes from a Serb family from Obrovac, in Croatia. His nephew, Milan Pršo, is also a footballer who has played for FK Rad and represented the Serbian national youth team. Dado Pršo is married to Carol, who is French. They have two children, Nicoline (born around 1999) and Lorenzo (born 2001). Lorenzo is also a footballer.
Career Statistics
Club
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| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pazinka | 1992–93 | Prva HNL | 26 | 2 | – | – | – | 26 | 2 | |||||
| Rouen | 1993–94 | Division 2 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 1994–95 | Championnat National 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | 10 | 1 | |||||||
| Stade Raphaëlois | 1995–96 | Championnat National 2 | 18 | 7 | – | – | – | 18 | 7 | |||||
| Ajaccio (loan) | 1997–98 | Championnat National | 23 | 8 | – | – | – | 23 | 8 | |||||
| 1998–99 | Division 2 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 13 | |||
| Total | 53 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 55 | 21 | ||||
| Monaco | 1999–2000 | Division 1 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 32 | 7 | |
| 2000–01 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | ||
| 2001–02 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 3 | ||||
| 2002–03 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 23 | 15 | |||
| 2003–04 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | – | 45 | 16 | |||
| Total | 101 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 45 | ||
| Rangers | 2004–05 | Scottish Premier League | 34 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | – | 46 | 21 | |
| 2005–06 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | – | 41 | 12 | |||
| 2006–07 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 36 | 4 | |||
| Total | 94 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 4 | – | 123 | 37 | |||
| Career total | 302 | 90 | 28 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 390 | 118 | ||
International Goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 29 March 2003 | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia | 1 |  Belgium |
2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 2 | 15 November 2003 | 8 |  Slovenia |
1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying | |
| 3 | 19 November 2003 | Stadion Bežigrad, Ljubljana, Slovenia | 9 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | 17 June 2004 | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal | 14 |  France |
2–1 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2004 |
| 5 | 4 September 2004 | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia | 16 |  Hungary |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 26 March 2005 | 19 |  Iceland |
4–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 7 | 30 March 2005 | 20 |  Malta |
1–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 8 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 9 | 28 May 2006 | Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia | 28 |  Iran |
1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
Awards and Honours
AC Ajaccio
Monaco
- Ligue 1: 1999–2000
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2002–03
- Trophée des Champions: 2000
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2003–04
Rangers
- Scottish Premier League: 2004–05
- Scottish League Cup: 2004–05
Individual Awards
- Croatian Footballer of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005
- SPL Player of the Month: February 2005, May 2005
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport: 2005
- SN Trofej Fair-play: 2005
- John Greig Award: 2007
See also
In Spanish: Dado Pršo para niños
