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Mladen Milinković
Milinković in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-05-14) 14 May 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Loznica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Budućnost Podgorica (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1987 Gučevo 88 (27)
1987–1988 Mačva Šabac 2 (1)
1988–1991 Drina Zvornik 68 (18)
1991–1993 Loznica 59 (11)
1993–1996 Omonia Aradippou 92 (9)
1996–1998 Loznica 52 (8)
1998–2000 FF Jaro 57 (10)
2000 Naoussa 23 (8)
2001 FF Jaro 23 (3)
2002 Kastoria 17 (0)
2003 Radnički Stobex 25 (5)
Managerial career
1998–2000 FF Jaro (youth team)
2003 Radnički Stobex
2003–2004 Jedinstvo
2004–2006 Drina Zvornik
2006–2007 Bane Raška
2007–2009 Drina Zvornik
2010–2011 Radnički Stobex
2012 Loznica
2013 BSK Borča
2014 OFK Igalo
2014–2015 Radnik Surdulica
2016–2017 Luftëtari
2017 Kukësi
2018 Keşla
2019 Syrianska
2019–2021 Budućnost Podgorica
2022–2023 Al-Sahel
2023-2024 Budućnost Podgorica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mladen Milinković (Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Милинковић; born 14 May 1968) is a Serbian football coach and former player. He played as midfielder for FK Loznica, FK Mačva Šabac, Drina Zvornik, Omonia Aradippou from Cyprus, FF Jaro from Finland, Naoussa F.C. and Kastoria F.C. from Greece.

Position

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Milinkovic played in the position of central midfielder but could also operate as a central defender.

Career

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As player

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He started his career in Serbian club FK Gučevo, then went to Mačva Šabac. In 1988, he went to Bosnia, where he played 3 seasons for FK Drina Zvornik. From FK Drina Zvornik he went to FK Loznica in 1991 and spent 2 seasons in club where on 3 July 1993 he scored deciding goal against Vrbas in play-off for promotion to Seconde League of Yugoslavia, the biggest success in club's history. From 1993 to 1996 he played in Cypriot First Division for Omonia Aradippou. After Cyprus he returned to FK Loznica where he stayed until the beginning of 1998 when he went to Finland, where he played for FF Jaro in two periods(1998–2000, 2001). Also he played Second League in Greece for Naoussa F.C. (2000) and Kastoria F.C. (2002). Finished his career in FK Radnički Stobex.

As coach

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Started his coaching career in 2003 in FK Radnički Stobex where he acted as Head Coach/Player. He worked in First League of the Republika Srpska as head coach of FK Drina Zvornik from 2004 to 2006 and 2007 to 2009.

In season 2014–15 as head coach of FK Radnik Surdulica Milinković won Serbian First League and made historical success to promote in Serbian Superleague. He worked in Albania in two teams Luftëtari (2016–2017) and Kukësi (2017). After that he went to Azerbaijan, where he was head coach of Keşla FK. From 5 July until 6 November 2019 Milinkovć worked in Sweden, where he was head coach of Syrianska FC.

From 9 November 2019 until 30 July 2021 Milinković was head coach of FK Budućnost Podgorica. He guided the club to successive Montenegrin First League titles in seasons 2019–20 and 2020–21, first time in the history of FK Budućnost Podgorica. In 2020–21 season FK Budućnost Podgorica with Mladen Milinković in charge, had the most successful season in the history of the club winning first time the Double and broke many records in Montenegrin football, among them is winning title 7 rounds before the end, finishing season with 28 points lead to the second place, biggest number of earned points (85), highest number of wins (27) and the longest unbeaten run (23 games).

Education

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  • Coach with UEFA Pro Diploma.
  • Senior football coach – The coaches Academy – The faculty for Physical education in Niš.

Honours

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As player

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FF Jaro

As coach

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Radnik Surdulica

Budućnost Podgorica

Individual

  • Montenegrin First League Best Coach: 2020

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