Milomir Odović (26 March 1955 – 14 December 2020) was a Bosnian professional

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and

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, best known for his playing and managing days at

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club Željezničar, where he is a club legend. As a player, Odović played as a

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for the already mentioned Željezničar and Austrian clubs

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and Spittal. As a manager, he managed a lot of Bosnian clubs, among others being Željezničar,

Slavija Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Slavija Sarajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Славија Сарајево) is a professional association football club from the city of Istočno Sarajevo, Republika Srpska that is situated in Bosnia and Herze ...

, Borac Banja Luka, Velež Mostar and Čelik Zenica.

Playing career

Born in

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, a town just outside

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, in the SFR Yugoslavia on 26 March 1955, Odović started playing football there. As a talented youngster, he was asked to come and play for Željezničar, making his official debut for the club in 1974. Odović would go on to play almost 11 years for Željezničar, making 230 league appearances and scoring 22 league goals for the club. He was part of the Željezničar team that faced Velež Mostar in the 1980–81 Yugoslav Cup final. He also played in

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for

from 1985 to 1986 and for Spittal from 1986 to 1988. Odović ended his playing career in the summer of 1988 after leaving Spittal.

Managerial career

After the end of an active professional career as a

, Odović became a professional

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. He worked as a manager in

on three occasions, who he led to a

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title in the 2005–06 season and were also the 2006–07 Bosnian Cup runners-up. Odović also managed Željezničar, Borac Banja Luka, Velež Mostar, GOŠK Gabela, Zvijezda Gradačac, Rudar Kakanj, Čelik Zenica and Olimpik. He managed Željezničar where he left the position of manager on 27 November 2018 after 4 consecutive league losses in the 2018–19 season, but it was announced that Odović would however stay in the club and would coach the young players in Željezničar's academy.

Death

Odović died on 14 December 2020 at the age of 65, two years after being diagnosed with

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Honours

Player

Željezničar *

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: 1977–78 (West)

Manager

Slavija Sarajevo *

: 2005–06 *

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runner-up: 2006–07

References

External links

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