Goran Milojević (; born 6 December 1964) is a Serbian
football
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manager and former player.
Club career
Born in
Aranđelovac
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,
SR Serbia
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,
SFR Yugoslavia
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, Milojević played as an
attacking midfielder
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for both major clubs in his country,
Belgrade
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's
Red Star
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and
FK Partizan
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, winning the
1988–89 Yugoslav Cup
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Calendar
First round
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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
Ligue 1
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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
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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
La Liga
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team
Mallorca
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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
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, 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
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, Milojević called it quits at nearly 34. In the beginning of the following decade he took up coaching, managing FK Železnik
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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 caps
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for Yugoslavia
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. He was, however, overlooked for the squad selected for the 1990 FIFA World Cup
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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
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was also a footballer and so was Goran's son Stefan.
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1964 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Aranđelovac
Men's association football midfielders
Yugoslav men's footballers
Yugoslavia men's international footballers
Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
Red Star Belgrade footballers
FK Partizan players
Stade Brestois 29 players
CP Mérida footballers
RCD Mallorca players
RC Celta de Vigo players
Club América footballers
Villarreal CF players
Yugoslav First League players
Ligue 1 players
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Liga MX players
Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Serbia and Montenegro football managers
Serbian football managers
FK Železnik managers
FK Rudar Pljevlja managers
FK Smederevo 1924 managers
Mérida UD managers
FC VSS Košice managers
CD Atlético Baleares managers
MFK Ružomberok managers
FK BSK Borča managers
OFK Titograd managers
Ermis Aradippou FC managers
FK Mornar managers
Philippines national football team managers
FK Inđija managers
First League of Serbia and Montenegro managers
Serbian SuperLiga managers
Serbian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Spain
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate football managers in Slovakia
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Expatriate football managers in Montenegro
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro
Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Expatriate football managers in the Philippines
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines