Milorad Arsenijević ( sr-cyr, Милорад Арсенијевић; 6 June 1906 – 18 March 1987) was a

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player and manager. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

Biography

He was born in

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and grew up in

Šabac Šabac (Serbian Cyrillic: Шабац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Mačva District in western Serbia. The traditional centre of the fertile Mačva region, Šabac is located on the right banks of the river Sava. , the city p ...

. He started playing for the youth squad of the local team,

FK Mačva Šabac Fudbalski klub Mačva Šabac () is a Serbian professional football club based in Šabac. One of the oldest football clubs in Serbia, their nickname is (). The nickname was used for the first time in 1927, when the Uruguay national football team ...

, when he was 14 years old and later debuted for the main squad. After graduating highschool, he moved to Belgrade to continue his studies. He joined

BSK Belgrade 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, ...

, one of the dominant clubs of Yugoslav football at the time, where he would spend the rest of his career as one of their main defenders.Milorad Arsenijević
at Reprezentacija.rs He earned 52 caps for the

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, including at the

1930 FIFA World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as host nation ...

. After retiring as a player, he managed Yugoslavia in the

1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. The planned 1942 and 1946 World Cups were ...

and coached for a long period at lower-league Belgrade club FK Železničar Beograd. He died in 1987 in Belgrade.

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* 1906 births 1930 FIFA World Cup players 1987 deaths Yugoslav footballers Serbian footballers OFK Beograd players Yugoslav football managers Serbian football managers Yugoslavia international footballers Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics 1950 FIFA World Cup managers Sportspeople from Smederevo FK Mačva Šabac players Yugoslav First League players Association football defenders {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub