Milan Zagorac (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Милан Загорац; born 15 June 1980) is a

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

n former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender.

Playing career

Zagorac played for

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, ...

before becoming the first foreign player to sign for

FC Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Десна» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a repu ...

in 2003. He also played with

FK BSK Batajnica FK BSK Batajnica () is a football club based in Batajnica, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system. History The club achieved its biggest success by reaching the quarter-finals of ...

in the 1997–98

Serbian League Belgrade Serbian League Belgrade ( Serbian: Српска лига Београд / Srpska liga Beograd) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier. The other three sections are Serbian League East, Serbian League Vojvodina and ...

. Zagorac signed with

FC Inter Baku Shamakhi FK ( az, Şamaxı Futbol Klubu, ) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Shamakhi, that currently competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League. The club has won the Premier League title twice. History Early years (1997–20 ...

and played in the

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste ...

between 2005 and 2010. He made appearances for Inter Baku in the 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League qualifiers and in the

2009–10 UEFA Europa League The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League was the first season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The competition was previously known as the UEFA Cup, which had been in existence for 38 years. Spain ...

. Inter Baku was defeated by

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * 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 ...

3–1 on aggregate in the Champions League in 2008, with Zagorac playing in both matches. Inter Baku then subsequently lost 2–1 to

Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava () is a Slovak professional football club based in Trnava. Historically, it is one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won the Czechoslovak First League five times and the Czechoslovak Cup on four occasions, and ...

in the Europa League on 2 July 2009.

Honours

;Radnički Nova Pazova *

Serbian League Vojvodina Serbian League Vojvodina ( Serbian: Српска лига Војводина / Srpska liga Vojvodina) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrade, Serbian League East ...

: 2011–12 ;Inter Baku *

: 2009–10 ;Desna Chernihiv *

Ukrainian Second League Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * Som ...

: Runner Up 2003–04

References

External links

Profile on Inter Baku's Official Site

Milan Zagorac on Football-lineups

Profile at FFU website
1980 births Living people Serbian men's footballers Serbian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Ukrainian Premier League players OFK Bečej 1918 players FK Dinamo Pančevo players 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany OFK Beograd players FC Borysfen Boryspil players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players FC Desna Chernihiv players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Shamakhi FK players Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan FK Zemun players {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub