Damir Milinović

Damir Milinović
Personal information
Full name Damir Milinović
Date of birth (1972-10-15) 15 October 1972
Place of birth Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Koper (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 Orijent
1994–1997 Rijeka 79 (6)
1997 Croatia Zagreb 3 (0)
1998–2000 Rijeka 68 (6)
2000–2001 VfL Bochum 20 (0)
2001 Rijeka 8 (1)
2002 Zagreb 25 (1)
2003–2004 Rijeka 41 (1)
2004 Dinamo Zagreb 14 (0)
2005 Austria Salzburg 10 (0)
2005–2007 Pomorac 37 (4)
Total 305 (19)
National team
1997–1999 Croatia 4 (0)
1999 Croatia B 1 (0)
Teams managed
2007–2010 Pomorac
2010–2012 Grobničan
2012 Gorica
2013–2015 Novigrad
2015 Cibalia
2015–2017 Gorica
2017– Koper
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Damir Milinović (born 15 October 1972) is a Croatian football manager, formerly an international player.[1] He is currently a manager of Slovenian club Koper.

Playing career

Born in Rijeka, Milinović spent most of his career in his local club, Rijeka, before moving to Dinamo Zagreb (then called Croatia Zagreb) in 1997. He failed to impress in Dinamo so he returned to Rijeka in next season. After an impressive season with Rijeka during which Rijeka lost the title in last match, Milinović left for Germany in summer of 2000, signing with VfL Bochum.[2] As Bochum finished last in the Bundesliga and were relegated, Milinović returned to Rijeka after only one season. He spent half a season in Rijeka before joining eventual season champions NK Zagreb. In January 2003, Milinović returned to Rijeka for the third and final time, spending there one and a half season before joining Dinamo Zagreb once again. He left Dinamo after only half a season, joining Austria Salzburg just few months before club was rebranded as Red Bull Salzburg. Milinović returned to Croatia after only half a season in Austria, signing for second division side Pomorac Kostrena. After two seasons with Pomorac, Milinović announced his retirement in summer of 2007.

International career

Milinović made four appearances for the Croatia national football team.[3]

International appearances

Croatia national team
YearAppsGoals
199710
199800
199930
Total40

[4]

Managerial career

A few months after he announced his retirement, Milinović was appointed as a manager of his last club, Pomorac Kostrena. In Pomorac he was quite successful, finishing amongst top clubs in second division and reaching quarterfinals of Croatian cup. He left Pomorac in 2010 and took over third division side NK Grobničan. With Milinović in charge, Grobničan went from mediocre third division club to one of the best clubs in the league. They were on the edge of promotion to second division two years in a row but were financially incapable to take that step. In May 2012, Milinović was appointed coach of HNK Gorica. Milinović spent only six months in Gorica; he resigned in November 2012 after disappointing results in the first half of the season. In January 2013, Milinović took over third division side Novigrad.

He signed for HNK Gorica on 9 September 2015, but got sacked on 30 March 2017.[5]

In August 2017, Milinović became a manager of Slovenian club FC Koper.[6]

Career statistics

As a player

[7] [8]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
1992–93Orijent2. HNL – South10––––
1993–9420––––
1994–95RijekaPrva HNL21141––––252
1995–9632351––––374
1996–9726221––––293
1997–98Croatia ZagrebPrva HNL3010––0040
Rijeka142––––––142
1998–99RijekaPrva HNL30110––––311
1999–0024020––20260
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFL-Supercup Europe Total
2000–01VfL BochumBundesliga20020––––220
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
2001–02RijekaPrva HNL8141––––122
NK Zagreb111––––––142
2002–03140101021181
2003–04RijekaPrva HNL29150––––340
2004–05Dinamo ZagrebPrva HNL140201070240
Austria League ÖFB Cup Austrian Supercup Europe Total
2004–05Austria SalzburgAustrian Bundesliga10010––––110
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
2005–06Pomorac Kostrena2. HNL - South20300––––203
2006–072. HNL17100––––171
CountryCroatia 275192852011131625
Germany 200200000220
Austria 100100000110
Total 305193252011135025

Managerial statistics

As of 9 October 2018[9]
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
HNK Gorica 1 July, 2012 25 November, 2012 18 6 4 8 033.33
HNK Cibalia 16 June, 2015 7 September, 2015 5 2 2 1 040.00
HNK Gorica 9 September, 2015 30 March, 2017 69 26 21 22 037.68
Total 92 34 27 31 036.96

Honours

As a player

NK Zagreb

References

  1. ↑ "Damir Milinovic" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/869/intervju/damir-milinovic-ispunio-sam-svoje-snove/
  3. ↑ "Damir Milinović" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
  4. ↑ "Damir Milinović national team". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Damir Milinović novi trener Gorice" (in Croatian). HNK Gorica official web page. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  6. ↑ ro (21 August 2017). "NOVO VELIKO PRESENEČENJE: Nekdanji hrvaški reprezentant na klopi Kopra" (in Slovenian). Ekipa24. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Damir Milinović statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "HNK Rijeka". nk-rijeka.hr. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Damir Milinović Managerial statistics in Prva HNL". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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