Željko_Milinovič
Željko Milinovič
Slovenian footballer
Željko Milinovič (born 12 October 1969) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented his country at the two major tournaments for which they qualified, the Euro 2000 and the World Cup 2002.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1969-10-12) 12 October 1969 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Slovan | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991 | Slovan | 17 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Olimpija | 50 | (4) |
| 1994–1995 | Ljubljana | 25 | (1) |
| 1995–1998 | Maribor | 99 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | LASK | 65 | (6) |
| 2000–2001 | Grazer AK | 19 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | JEF United | 103 | (8) |
| 2004–2006 | LASK | 46 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Olimpija Bežigrad | 15 | (2) |
| Total | 439 | (25) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997–2002 | Slovenia | 38 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Ljubljana, Milinovič began his football career with local side Slovan. After half of the 1991–92 season he moved to Olimpija Ljubljana, where he won three consecutive Slovenian Championships and one Slovenian Cup. After a season at Ljubljana, he moved to Maribor. There, he won two consecutive Slovenian Championships and one Slovenian Cup. He had a few successful spells abroad, namely in Austria (LASK Linz and Grazer AK) and Japan (JEF United Ichihara).
Milinovič was capped 38 times and scored three goals for Slovenia.[1] He was a participant at the Euro 2000 and World Cup 2002. His final international was at the latter tournament, against Paraguay.[2]
Club
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Slovan | 1991–92 | PrvaLiga | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Olimpija | 1991–92 | PrvaLiga | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ||||
| 1992–93 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 | ||||||
| 1993–94 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 50 | 4 | 50 | 4 | ||||||
| Ljubljana | 1994–95 | PrvaLiga | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 | ||||
| Maribor | 1995–96 | PrvaLiga | 33 | 1 | 33 | 1 | ||||
| 1996–97 | 32 | 1 | 32 | 1 | ||||||
| 1997–98 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 99 | 3 | 99 | 3 | ||||||
| LASK | 1998–99 | Austrian Bundesliga | 33 | 4 | 33 | 4 | ||||
| 1999–2000 | 32 | 2 | 32 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 65 | 6 | 65 | 6 | ||||||
| Grazer AK | 2000–01 | Austrian Bundesliga | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | ||||
| JEF United Ichihara | 2001 | J1 League | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 4 |
| 2002 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 5 | ||
| 2003 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2004 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Total | 103 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 130 | 11 | ||
| LASK | 2004–05 | First League | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2005–06 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 46 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||||||
| Olimpija | 2006–07 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | |||||
| Career total | 439 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 466 | 28 | ||
International
| Slovenia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 2 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 38 | 3 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 April 2000 | Stade de France, Paris |  France | 1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly match |
| 2 | 7 October 2000 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg |  Luxembourg | 2–0 | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification |
| 3 | 5 September 2001 | Marakana, Belgrade |  Yugoslavia | 1–0 | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification |
Olimpija
Maribor
LASK
- Austrian Cup: runner-up 1999–2000
- "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- "Željko Milinovič, international football player". EU-football. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- Željko Milinovič at National-Football-Teams.com
- Željko Milinovič at FIFA (archived)
- Željko Milinovič at J.League (in Japanese)
- Željko Milinovič at EU-Football.info
- Željko Milinovič at FBref.com
- Željko Milinovič at National-Football-Teams.com
- Željko Milinovič at Soccerway.com
- Željko Milinovič at WorldFootball.net
- Player profile at PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
- Željko Milinovič at NZS (in Slovene)
