Ante "Biće" Mladinić (1 October 1929 – 13 June 2002) was a

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n football manager. He had a modest playing career for Hajduk Split, for whom he scored 43 goals in 146 matches, and Lokomotiva Zagreb.

Managerial career

Later, as coach, he had spells at NK Zagreb,

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and the Yugoslavia national football team in the mid-1970s. He ended his career as a staff member for

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, where he discovered players such as

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. He died in Zagreb in 2002Umro Ante Biće Mladinić
- Vecernji following a long battle with throat cancer.

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* 1929 births 2002 deaths Footballers from Split, Croatia Association football defenders Yugoslav footballers HNK Hajduk Split players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players RNK Split players Yugoslav football managers HNK Hajduk Split managers FK Partizan managers Yugoslavia national football team managers UEFA Euro 1976 managers FC Girondins de Bordeaux non-playing staff Deaths from throat cancer {{Croatia-footy-bio-stub