Milan Milanović (; born 10 January 1963) is a Serbian
football
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manager and former player, who is from May 2022 to December 2022, he was the Head Coach of
Kazakhstan Premier League
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club
FC Tobol
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.
Playing career
After coming through the youth system of
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
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* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
, Milanović played for
Zemun
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in the
Yugoslav Second League
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. He later spent multiple years in Germany, playing for five clubs in the lower leagues. In 1997, Milanović moved to the Faroe Islands and served as
player-manager
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of
VB Vágur
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for two seasons.
Managerial career
After returning to his homeland, Milanović was manager of
Zemun
Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; hu, Zimony) is a municipality in the city of Belgrade. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown Belgrade. The developme ...
in the
First League of FR Yugoslavia
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. He later served as an assistant manager to
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at
Rad
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, before replacing him in May 2003. After the club suffered relegation from the top flight, Milanović continued managing the team in the
Second League until January 2004.
In June 2009, Milanović was named as new manager of
Laktaši
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in the
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, but left the club before the end of the year. He later moved to Moldova and became an assistant to Vitali Rashkevich at
Sheriff Tiraspol
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. In May 2012, Milanović replaced Rashkevich as manager.
In July 2014, Milanović took charge as manager of
Serbian SuperLiga
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side
Rad
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, returning to the club after a decade elsewhere. He was discharged from his position in April 2016. In August 2016, Milanović became manager of
Serbian First League
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side
Zemun
Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; hu, Zimony) is a municipality in the city of Belgrade. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown Belgrade. The developme ...
for the second time, guiding them to promotion to the top flight after 10 seasons. He decided to leave the club in August 2018.
In June 2019, Milanović was appointed as manager of
Kazakhstan Premier League
The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...
side
Irtysh Pavlodar.
On 26 September 2021, Milanović was appointed as Head Coach of
Alashkert, leaving the role during the winter break when his contract expired.
On 20 May 2022, Milanović was appointed as the new Head Coach of
Kazakhstan Premier League
The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...
club
Tobol
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History
The Tobol River was ...
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References
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1963 births
Living people
Moldovan Super Liga managers