Goran Milojević (; born 6 December 1964) is a Serbian

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manager and former player.

Club career

Born in

Aranđelovac Aranđelovac ( sr-cyr, Аранђеловац, ) is a town and a municipality located in the Šumadija District of central Serbia. , the municipality has a population of 41,297 inhabitants, while the town has 22,881 inhabitants. It is situated ben ...

SR Serbia The Socialist Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Социјалистичка Република Србија, Socijalistička Republika Srbija), previously known as the People's Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / " ...

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, Milojević played as an

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for both major clubs in his country,

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and

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 ...

, winning the

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with the latter and scoring in the final against Velež Mostar, a 6–1 win. After one season with Brest where he was relegated from the

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, Milojević moved to Spain where he would spend the better part of his remaining career. He started out at

CP Mérida Club Polideportivo Mérida was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Mérida, Spain, Mérida, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Having played twice in La Liga (1995–96 La Liga, 1995–96 and 1997–98 La Li ...

, then moved after a couple of months to

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team

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, immediately making an impact although his nine goals (a squad-best) in five months were not enough to prevent relegation, as last. Milojević then registered an impressive average of 19 goals per campaign in the second division, although Mallorca never promoted in those three years. He returned to the top flight in 1995 with

Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...

, then re-joined former side Mérida in the second level, appearing rarely as they promoted to division one for the second time in their history. After splitting 1997–98 with two teams, one of them Mexico's

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...

, Milojević called it quits at nearly 34. In the beginning of the following decade he took up coaching, managing

FK Železnik FK Železnik 1930 () is a Association football, football club based in Železnik, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Intermunicipal League, the sixth tier of the Serbian football league system, national league system. The club compet ...

, Rudar Pljevlja, Radnički Obrenovac also taking charge of Spanish side Mérida UD, who rose from the ashes of his previous club, folded. In December 2009, Milojević became head coach of MFK Košice of Slovakia.

International career

Whilst at Partizan, Milojević collected two

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for

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. He was, however, overlooked for the squad selected for the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second ...

in Italy. As a manager, he was appointed as the head coach for the Philippines national team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Personal life

His brother

Vladan Vladan (, sr-Cyrl, Владан) is a Serbian language, Serbian masculine given name, a shorter form of Slavic dithematic names with the element ''vlad'' meaning "to rule, ruler". It is attested in Serbian society since the Middle Ages. The patron ...

was also a footballer and so was Goran's son Stefan.

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