Former Premier League striker Darko Kovacevic shot outside his home

Former Sheffield Wednesday forward Darko Kovacevic has cheated death after being shot at outside his home in Athens. The retired Serbian international was attacked by two men who ambushed him as he went to park his car. One assailant fired a shot at the 46-year-old. He was taken to hospital for wrist and knee injuries after reportedly hurting himself as he fell to the ground to dodge the bullet.
The getaway vehicle the criminals fled in, a Smart car, was found burnt out near the scene of the attack in the neighbourhood of Glyfada to the south of Athens city centre.
Kovacevic, who managed only four goals in his half-season at Sheffield Wednesday in 1996 before going on to make a name for himself at Spanish side Real Sociedad, told local press after being released from hospital: “I saw a man getting out of a car with a gun in his hand and coming towards me.

“I instinctively dived to the right and he fired at me. Then he ran, got into the car and disappeared.”
Local reports said the getaway car belonged to a man from Messinia in the southwestern part of Greece’s Peloponnese region and had not been reported as stolen.
No arrests are thought to have taken place.