Božidar Milenković (6 March 1954 – 25 July 2020) was a Serbian professional

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and

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Career

Milenković began his career with his hometown club

FK Vlasina FK Vlasina (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Власина) is a football club based in Vlasotince, Serbia. History The club is one of the oldest football clubs in former Yugoslavia. Founded by locals returning from higher education in major European cap ...

. In 1973, he signed with

FK Dubočica Gradski fudblski klub Dubočica (), commonly known as Dubočica, is a Serbian football club based in the southern city of Leskovac, which competes in the third division Serbian League East. The club's name derives from a traditional synonym for Le ...

, and played with the club until 1975. In the summer of 1975 he played in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

with

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma, ...

where he captained the team for eight years. In the summer of 1986, he played abroad in Canada's

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with

Toronto Italia The National Soccer League was a soccer league in Canada that existed from 1926 to 1997. Teams were primarily based in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The league was renamed to Canadian National Soccer League in 1993 following the folding ...

. He assisted Toronto in securing the NSL Championship by defeating

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. In 1987, he returned to conclude his career with OFK Beograd. In 1987, he played with the Hamilton Steelers. In 1996, he served as the head coach for OFK Beograd in the First League of FR Yugoslavia. He later served as a club official for OFK Beograd in the capacities of the director of the stadium, and general secretary.

Personal life

On 25 July 2020, he died from

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milenkovic, Bozidar 1954 births 2020 deaths Yugoslav footballers Association football defenders FK Vlasina players FK Dubočica players OFK Beograd players Toronto Italia players Yugoslav First League players Canadian National Soccer League players Serbian football managers OFK Beograd managers People from Vlasotince Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in Canada Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Canada Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia Hamilton Steelers (1981–1992) players