Zoran Milinković (footballer)

Zoran Milinković
Personal information
Full name Zoran Milinković
Date of birth (1968-07-18) 18 July 1968
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Rad (coach)
Youth career
1975–1977 TEK Sloga Veliki Crljeni
1977–1987 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1989 Mladost Petrinja
1990 Partizan 2 (0)
1991 Vojvodina 10 (0)
1991–1992 Mogren 25 (6)
1992–1993 Borac Banja Luka
1993–1994 Radnički Niš
1994 Kispest-Honvéd 13 (1)
1995 Tosu Futures
1996 Waregem 13 (1)
1996–1998 Nice 63 (2)
1998–1999 Hansa Rostock 6 (0)
1999–2001 Anorthosis Famagusta 40 (3)
2001–2002 Doxa Katokopia 8 (0)
Teams managed
2004 Obilić
2005–2008 BSK Borča
2008–2009 Kolubara
2009 Srem
2009–2010 Spartak Subotica
2010–2011 Vojvodina
2012 Spartak Subotica
2012–2013 OFK Beograd
2013 Aris Thessaloniki
2014–2015 Voždovac
2015 Partizan
2016 Anorthosis
2017 Borac Banja Luka
2018– Rad
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Zoran "Kiza" Milinković (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Киза Милинковић; born 18 July 1968) is a Serbian football manager for Rad and former player.

Playing career

Milinković came through the youth system of Partizan, before starting his senior career at lower league club Mladost Petrinja. He returned to Partizan and made two league appearances during the first part of the 1990–91 season, before moving to Vojvodina. Milinković also played for Mogren, Borac Banja Luka, Radnički Niš, Kispest-Honvéd, Tosu Futures, Waregem, Nice, Hansa Rostock, Anorthosis Famagusta and Doxa Katokopia.

Managerial career

Milinković started his managerial career as an assistant manager to Ratko Dostanić at Obilić during the 2002–03 season, before they both left and took up identical roles at Sartid Smederevo ahead of the 2003–04 season. He was appointed as the manager of Obilić in August 2004,[1] but was released after only two months.[2] Milinković then became the manager of BSK Borča, having a lot of success in the following three seasons. He left the club before they made their Serbian SuperLiga debut. After leaving BSK Borča, Milinković had unassuming brief spells at Kolubara and Srem.

In the summer of 2009, Milinković was appointed the manager of newly promoted SuperLiga club Spartak Subotica. He also worked at Vojvodina, OFK Beograd, Aris Thessaloniki and Voždovac.

Partizan

On 25 March 2015, Milinkovic was named manager of Partizan Belgrade after Marko Nikolić was sacked.[3] On 4 April 2015, he made his debut on the bench of Partizan in a 2-1 home win against Radnički Kragujevac. In the spring part of the season 2014-15, Zoran Milinković has returned the title of champion of Serbia in Partizan, which last season won the Red Star Belgrade. Zoran Milinković has enrolled 7 wins with the Partizan in the Serbian SuperLiga in the spring part of the season 2014-15 and three draws, in the Serbian Cup has enrolled one win and one defeat.

Start of the season 2015-16 he began in win over Dila Gori in the second round of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League on 14 July 2015. In the Serbian SuperLiga also had a great start. In the first round he defeated Metalac G.M. 4–0, in the second round Partizan has beat Jagodina 6–0. On 5 August 2015, Milinković and his squad has win against Romanian champions Steaua București in the second leg of the third qualifying round for the Champions League and so introduced a Partizan in the play-off of Champions League. Partizan was the last time he entered the play-off of Champions League led Aleksandar Stanojević in summer of 2010.

On 26 August 2015, Partizan is unfortunate dropped from BATE Borisov and so Milinković's team entered the group stage of the UEFA Europa League.

Statistics

Club From To League record
Pld W D L Win %
BSK Borča 1 July 2005 1 June 2008 116 65 30 21 056.03
Kolubara 1 July 2008 20 June 2009 25 7 8 10 028.00
Spartak Subotica 20 June 2009 24 May 2010 33 16 7 10 048.48
Vojvodina 27 May 2010 31 May 2011 35 23 8 4 065.71
Spartak Subotica 6 February 2012 3 September 2012 19 5 3 11 026.32
OFK Beograd 18 September 2012 9 September 2013 34 17 6 11 050.00
Aris Thessaloniki 9 September 2013 20 December 2013 15 2 6 7 013.33
Voždovac 18 January 2014 25 March 2015 39 15 8 16 038.46
Partizan 25 March 2015 15 October 2015 32 19 7 6 059.38
Anorthosis 17 February 2016 23 March 2016 6 1 1 4 016.67
Borac BL 30 August 2017 22 November 2017 11 4 1 6 036.36
Rad 26 February 2018 present 17 8 3 6 047.06
Career total 382 182 87 113 047.64

Manager honours

Partizan

References

  1. ↑ "Bozovic bows out at Obilic". uefa.com. 8 August 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Milinković napustio Obilić" (in Serbian). b92.net. 23 October 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. ↑ http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/25/soccer-serbia-partizan-milinkovic-idUKL3N0WR48M20150325
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