Miloš Milutinović ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Милутиновић; 5 February 1933 – 28 January 2003) was a Serbian professional footballer and manager from

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. Milutinović is regarded as one of the most talented players in his country's history and one of the most talented wingers/forwards of all time, being nicknamed ''Plava čigra'' (The Blond Buzzer) for his skills.

Club career

During his club career, Milutinović played for

FK Bor FK Bor (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Бор) is a football club based in Bor, Serbia. History Early Years (1920s to 1960s) The club was founded in 1919 as a Serbian-French sports society under the name Association Sportive Bor (ASB). The club was ...

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 ...

OFK Beograd 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 Karaburm ...

, FC Bayern Munich, RCF Paris, and Stade Français Paris. In the 1955–56 season, he scored two goals in the first ever European Champion Clubs' Cup match, a 3–3 draw between FK Partizan and Sporting Clube de Portugal, then scored four goals in the return leg which Partizan won 5–2 in Belgrade. In the quarter-finals second leg, he scored two goals in a 3–0 win over eventual champions Real Madrid, but that was not enough to overcome Real Madrid's 4–0 win in the first leg. In total, he played 213 matches and scored 231 goals for FK Partizan, winning two national cups ( 1954 and

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). He then moved to OFK Beograd and later to Bayern Munich. In 1959, he underwent surgery for his ongoing lung problems. He stayed one year in

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before playing in

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International career

For the Yugoslavia national football team, Milutinović was named the player of the tournament as Yugoslavia won the European youth title in

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, finishing top scorer with four goals. He made his full international debut on 21 May 1953 against

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, in a 5–2 victory. Milutinović earned 33 caps in total and represented the country in the 1954 and

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World Cups.

International goals

Managerial career

After retirement from playing, Milutinović became a manager, and managed

FK Dubočica Gradski fudblski klub Dubočica (), commonly known as Dubočica, is a Serbian football club based in the southern city of Leskovac, which competes in the third division Serbian League East. The club's name derives from a traditional synonym for ...

(

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), FK Proleter (

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbi ...

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, Beşiktaş J.K., Altay,

FK Velež Mostar Fudbalski klub Velež Mostar ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Beлеж Мостар; English: Football club Velež Mostar) is a professional football club based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club has a history of being one of the ...

(won national cup in

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and Balkans Cup in

(won national championship in

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), and the Yugoslavia national team.http://www.uefa.com/uefa/aboutuefa/organisation/history/obituaries/newsid=51426.html

Personal life

Miloš was the brother of famous football manager

Bora Milutinović Velibor "Bora" Milutinović ( sr-Cyrl, Велибор Бора Милутиновић; born 7 September 1944) is a Serbian former professional footballer and manager. He has managed at five editions of the FIFA World Cup, tied for the record a ...

, and brother of

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teammate Milorad Milutinović. In a 2006 interview, his former team-mate

Dragoslav Šekularac Dragoslav Šekularac ( sr-Cyrl, Драгослав Шекуларац, ; 8 November 1937 – 5 January 2019) was a Serbian professional footballer and coach. Nicknamed Šeki, he was quick and crafty with the ball, displaying creative skills which ...

said that "Miloš Milutinović as a player was a 9/10 and as a man was a 29/10." He died on 23 January 2003 in Belgrade, at the age of 69. His son Uroš (also a footballer) died in 2015.

Honours

Player

Partizan *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

: 1954, 1956–57

Manager

Velež Mostar *

: 1980–81 * Balkans Cup: 1980–81 Partizan *

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, ...

: 1982–83

References

External links

Profile at reprezentacija.rs
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