Igor Milanović
Igor Milanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Милановић; born 18 December 1965) is a retired Serbian water polo player who is considered as the best water polo player of all time. Milanović had an illustrious professional career spanning twenty years. He is now a water polo coach.
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Biography
Milanović was born in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He played a total of 349 games for the Yugoslav national team, scoring 540 goals. As a player, he won numerous trophies: he was a two-time Olympic gold medalist, a two-time World Championship winner, European Championship winner, a two-time FINA Cup winner, and a three-time Euroleague Championship winner. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of FR Yugoslavia at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, becoming the 14th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[1] On 13 May 2006, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale.
In June 2009, Milanović was named the head coach of Partizan Raiffeisen after Dejan Udovičić stepped down. In 2011 as a head coach of Partizan Raiffeisen, he won the Euroleague Championship.
Club career
- 1975–1989 Partizan Belgrade
- 1989–1991 Mladost
- 1991–1992 Crvena Zvezda Jupeks
- 1992–1994 Roma
- 1994–1994 PVK Budvanska Rivijera
- 1994–1995 CN Catalunya
- 1995–1996 Partizan Belgrade
Honours
As a player
- VK Partizan
- National Championship of Yugoslavia (3): 1983–84, 1986–87, 1987–88
- National Cup of Yugoslavia (4): 1981–82, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88
- Mediterranean Cup (1): 1989
- Mladost
- National Championship of Yugoslavia (1): 1989–90
- LEN Euroleague (2): 1989–90, 1990–91
- LEN Supercup (1): 1990.
- Mediterranean Cup (1): 1991
- VK Crvena Zvezda
- National Championship of Yugoslavia (1): 1991–92
- CN Catalunya
- División de Honor de Waterpolo (1): 1992–93
- Roma
- LEN Trophy (1): 1993–94
- PVK Budva
- National Championship of Serbia and Montenegro (1): 1993–94
As a coach
- VK Partizan
- National Championship of Serbia (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
- National Cup of Serbia (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
- LEN Euroleague (1): 2010–11
- LEN Supercup (1): 2011
- Eurointer League (2): 2009–10, 2010–11
- Tom Hoad Cup (1): 2011
References
- Serbia and Montenegro. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Igor Milanović". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29.
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| Preceded by Matija Ljubek (for .svg.png){kind=small} |
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Succeeded by Vladimir Grbić |
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