Aleksandar Miličić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Миличић; 1946 – 12 March 2021) was a Serbian professional

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and coach.

Career

Miličić, born in Šabac, played for local club Mačva Šabac from 1963 to 1966 before moving to Voždovački, where he played until 1969. He then transferred to

Sloboda Tuzla Fudbalski klub Sloboda Tuzla ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Слободa Tyзла; English: Football Club Sloboda Tuzla) is a Bosnian professional football club based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The English translation of the team ...

where he played in over 475 matches. He was a member of the Sloboda generation that was third in 1976–77 and played in the

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where they were eliminated by Las Palmas in the

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. After retiring, he worked as a

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Death

Miličić, who suffered from

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, disappeared on 5 March 2021 after midnight. His frozen body was found next to the Mačva Šabac stadium a week later on 12 March 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milicic, Aleksandar 1946 births 2021 deaths Footballers from Šabac Yugoslav men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Men's association football defenders FK Mačva Šabac players FK Voždovac players FK Sloboda Tuzla players Yugoslav First League players Deaths from hypothermia