Mike Pejic

Mike Pejic
Personal information
Full name Michael Pejic
Date of birth (1950-01-25) 25 January 1950
Place of birth Chesterton, Staffordshire, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1964–1968 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1976 Stoke City 274 (6)
1976–1979 Everton 76 (2)
1979–1980 Aston Villa 10 (0)
Total 360 (8)
International career
1972–1973 England U-23 8 (0)
1974 England 4 (0)
Managerial career
1984–1985 Leek Town
1985–1986 Northwich Victoria
1994–1995 Chester City
1998 Leek Town (caretaker)
1999 Selangor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Pejic (born 25 January 1950) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back in the English Football League for Stoke City, Everton and Aston Villa, also representing England.

Pejic started his career with Stoke City under the management of Tony Waddington. He became an important player in Stoke's successful early 1970s side, helping the club win the League Cup in 1972. He was renowned for being a tough player and was prone to being sent off, and on one occasion was suspended for five matches. He broke his leg in February 1975, and in his absence, City's genuine First Division title challenge fell away. He was sold to Everton for a £135,000 fee in February 1977, where he played three seasons before joining Aston Villa in 1979. He retired due to injury in 1980.

He later managed Leek Town, Northwich Victoria, Chester City, and Malaysian side Selangor FA, and also coached Port Vale from 1986 to 1992. In the late 2000s, he coached at Plymouth Argyle and Ipswich Town.