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

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Managerial career

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

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FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

and the

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in the mid-1970s. He ended his career as a staff member for

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, where he discovered players such as Bixente Lizarazu. He died in Zagreb in 2002.Umro Ante Biće Mladinić
- Vecernji

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* 1929 births 2002 deaths Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's 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