Miloš Veselinović ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Веселиновић; born 12 November 1979) is a

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coach and a former player. He is the assistant coach of Russian club

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Career

After a youth career in

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, Veselinović signed a long-term contract with

. Due to his age,

Dragan Džajić Dragan Džajić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Џајић; born 30 May 1946) is a Yugoslav former footballer from Serbia. Džajić is widely considered to be one of the best footballers to emerge from the former Yugoslavia, and one of the greatest lef ...

decided to send talent player on loan to 1. division clubs. After one season in FK Bor and one in

FK Loznica FK Loznica (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Лозница) is a professional football club from Loznica, Serbia. History LSK The first soccer ball arrived in the town of Loznica in 1919. It was brought from London by local student Milisav Vasić, who h ...

, Veselinović went on a loan trip to

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. Due to his serious knee injury that season, he decided to finish his career.

Coaching career

;Radnički Obrenovac Almost six months after he finished playing, Veselinović started his career as an assistant coach of Under 7 in the youth system at FK Radnički Obrenovac. Between 2002 and 2006 he was a coach for under 7, under 9, under 11, under 13 and under 15 teams. In the 2006–07 season he was promoted to assistant coach in the senior level. At the age of only 26, in the season 2007–08, the board appointed him as main coach, and he stayed in that position until winter 2014. In the season 2011–12 he was at the same time director of football for the youth system and the main coach of the senior team. All his time in Radnički Obrenovac, club was playing 2. division of Serbia (3rd level), and it was the only non-professional club from Serbia which transferred players to other clubs on serious level of football. Under his mandate as main coach, Radnički Obrenovac transferred around 10 players; the most famous are:

Radosav Petrović Radosav Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Радосав Петровић, ; born 8 March 1989) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. He represented Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Club career Early career Petrović began playing f ...

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to Heerenveen, and

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. ;Inđija Veselinović, who holds UEFA Pro Coaching Licences, was appointed as main coach at

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on 17 January 2014. At that moment FK Inđija was last on the table in

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with only 11 points, 7 points less from position out of relegation. In the second half of the season, FK Inđija took 26 points from 15 games, and the team had 7 consecutive wins at home in a row. In season 2014-15 FK Inđija finished 5th on table and affirmed

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, a young player from Ghana, who was after that season sold to FK Radnik Surdulica. In the second half of season 2014–15, FK Inđija repeated the same consecutive streak of 7 wins at home in a row. ;Radnik Surdulica The first Serbian SuperLiga season in history of club didn't start well for Radnik Surdulica. After only one win in the first 8 games, the board of the club mutually agreed to terminate the contract with

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and appointed young Veselinović as main coach. After his loss on debut against FK Čukarički 0–2, Radnik Surdulica had a consecutive streak of 9 games without losing, including a spectacular return against

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

after losing 0–2 on half-time. After that, Radnik Surdulica continually made good results and after the regular season, the club was promoted to playoff of Serbian SuperLiga as 8th on table. ;Maccabi Tel Aviv On 23 May 2018 Veselinović joined Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv as an assistant of

Vladimir Ivić Vladimir Ivić (; born 7 May 1977) is a Serbian football manager and former player who is currently head coach of Krasnodar. A former Serbia and Montenegro international, Ivić is best remembered for his time with Partizan and PAOK at club le ...

. He left on 1 of August 2020 ;Watford On 15 August 2020 Veselinović joined Championship club

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as an assistant of

. His departure was announced on 19 December 2020. Krasnodar In January 2023, Veselinović again followed Ivić to Russian Premier League club

following a second short spell at Maccabi Tel Aviv.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Veselinovic, Milos 1979 births Living people People from Obrenovac Serbian men's footballers Red Star Belgrade footballers Men's association football midfielders Watford F.C. non-playing staff Serbian expatriate sportspeople in England Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia