Nikica “Dido” Milenković (born 30 September 1959) is a Croatian professional

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and former

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Playing career

Milenković last played for

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in Spain’s

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. He had spent much of his career playing for

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in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

, where he amassed 154 league appearances. After a season with Čelik Zenica, he moved to Spain where he played until he retired in 1991.

Managerial career

Initially, after retiring, Milenković settled in

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where he worked in the youth ranks of

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and as a

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agent from 1991 until 1996. He then moved to Rijeka where he worked as

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. In June 2021, Milenković became the new manager of newly promoted

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club Rudar Prijedor. He debuted as manager against Sloboda Tuzla with a loss, in a league game on 18 July 2021. Milenković guided the team to his first win as manager in a league game against Velež Mostar on 2 August 2021. He left Rudar in October 2021.

Career statistics

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Managerial statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milenkovic, Nikica 1959 births Living people People from Crikvenica Association football defenders Yugoslav footballers HNK Orijent players HNK Rijeka players NK Čelik Zenica players Real Burgos CF footballers CE Sabadell FC footballers Yugoslav First League players Segunda División players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain Croatian football managers FK Rudar Prijedor managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers Expatriate football managers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina FC Barcelona non-playing staff HNK Rijeka non-playing staff Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain