Mladen Milinković (

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: Младен Милинковић; born 14 May 1968) is a

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coach and former player. He played as midfielder for

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, FK Mačva Šabac, Drina Zvornik, Omonia Aradippou from Cyprus,

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from Finland,

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and

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from Greece.

Position

Milinkovic played in the position of central midfielder but could also operate as a central defender.

Career

As player

He started his career in Serbian club FK Gučevo, then went to Mačva Šabac. In 1988, he went to Bosnia, where he played 3 seasons for

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. From

he went to

in 1991 and spent 2 seasons in club where on 3 July 1993 he scored deciding goal against Vrbas in play-off for promotion to Seconde League of Yugoslavia, the biggest success in club's history. From 1993 to 1996 he played in Cypriot First Division for Omonia Aradippou. After Cyprus he returned to

where he stayed until the beginning of 1998 when he went to Finland, where he played for

in two periods(1998–2000, 2001). Also he played Second League in Greece for

(2000) and

(2002). Finished his career in

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As coach

Started his coaching career in 2003 in

where he acted as Head Coach/Player. He worked in First League of the Republika Srpska as head coach of

from 2004 to 2006 and 2007 to 2009. In season 2014–15 as head coach of FK Radnik Surdulica Milinković won

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and made historical success to promote in Serbian Superleague. He worked in Albania in two teams Luftëtari (2016–2017) and Kukësi (2017). After that he went to Azerbaijan, where he was head coach of Keşla FK. From 5 July until 6 November 2019 Milinkovć worked in Sweden, where he was head coach of

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. From 9 November 2019 until 30 July 2021 Milinković was head coach of

FK Budućnost Podgorica Fudbalski Klub Budućnost Podgorica (Cyrillic: Будућност Подгорица, , lit. "Future") is a Montenegrin football club from Podgorica, Montenegro. It is competing in the Montenegrin First League. Its colours are blue and white. ...

. He guided the club to successive Montenegrin First League titles in seasons 2019–20 and

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, first time in the history of

. In

season

with Mladen Milinković in charge, had the most successful season in the history of the club winning first time the Double and broke many records in Montenegrin football, among them is winning title 7 rounds before the end, finishing season with 28 points lead to the second place, biggest number of earned points (85), highest number of wins (27) and the longest unbeaten run (23 games).

Education

*Coach with UEFA Pro Diploma. *Senior football coach – The coaches Academy – The faculty for Physical education in Niš.

Honours

As player

FF Jaro * Finnish League Cup Runner-up:

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

* Finnish Cup Runner-up:

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As coach

Radnik Surdulica *

: 2014–15 Budućnost Podgorica * Montenegrin First League: 2019–20,

* Montenegrin Cup:

Individual *Montenegrin First League Best Coach: 2020

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