Milan_Milanović_(footballer,_born_1963)

Milan Milanović (footballer, born 1963)

Milan Milanović (footballer, born 1963)

Serbian football manager and player

Milan Milanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Милановић; born 10 January 1963) is a Serbian football manager and former player.

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Playing career

After coming through the youth system of Partizan, Milanović played for Zemun in the Yugoslav Second League. He later spent multiple years in Germany, playing for five clubs in the lower leagues. In 1997, Milanović moved to the Faroe Islands and served as player-manager of VB for two seasons.[1][2]

Managerial career

After returning to his homeland, Milanović was manager of Zemun in the First League of FR Yugoslavia.[3][4] He later served as an assistant to Boško Đurovski at Rad,[5] before replacing him in May 2003.[6] After the club suffered relegation from the top flight, Milanović continued managing the team in the Second League until January 2004.[7]

In June 2009, Milanović was named as new manager of Laktaši in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina,[8] but left the club before the end of the year.[9] He later went to Moldova and became an assistant to Vitali Rashkevich at Sheriff Tiraspol. In May 2012, Milanović replaced Rashkevich as manager.

In July 2014, Milanović took charge as manager of Serbian SuperLiga side Rad,[10] returning to the club after a decade elsewhere. He was discharged from his position in April 2016.[11] In August 2016, Milanović became manager of Zemun for the second time,[12] guiding them to a second-place finish in the Serbian First League and promotion to the top flight after 10 seasons. He decided to leave the club in August 2018.[13]

In June 2019, Milanović was appointed as manager of Kazakhstan Premier League side Irtysh Pavlodar.[14]

In September 2021, Milanović was announced as new manager of Armenian Premier League club Alashkert.

In May 2022, Milanović returned to Kazakhstan to take charge of Tobol.[15]

References

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    "Treneri s lastama" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 2 December 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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    "Zdravko Zemunović novi trener Rada" (in Serbian). b92.net. 29 January 2004. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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    "Predstavljen novi šef stručnog štaba FK Laktaši" (in Serbian). glassrpske.com. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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    "Široki Brijeg looking over their shoulders". uefa.com. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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    "Milanović vodi Rad" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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    "Smena u Radu pred meč sa Zvezdom" (in Serbian). sportskacentrala.com. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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    "OFK i Zemun već promenili trenere" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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    "Zemun bez trenera" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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    "Сербский специалист возглавил «Иртыш»" (in Russian). prosports.kz. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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    "New Head Coach of FC Tobol named". inform.kz. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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