Igor Milanović ( sr-Cyrl, Игор Милановић; born 18 December 1965) is a Serbian professional

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head coach and former player. He is considered one of the best water polo players of all time. Milanović had an illustrious professional career spanning twenty years.

Biography

Milanović was born in

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, SFR Yugoslavia. He played a total of 349 games for the Yugoslav national team, scoring 540 goals. As a player, he won numerous trophies: he was a two-time Olympic gold medalist, a two-time World Championship winner, European Championship winner, a two-time FINA Cup winner, and a three-time Euroleague Championship winner. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of FR Yugoslavia at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in

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, becoming the 18th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.Serbia and Montenegro
Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011. On 13 May 2006, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale. In June 2009, Milanović was named the head coach of Partizan Raiffeisen after Dejan Udovičić stepped down. In 2011 as a head coach of Partizan Raiffeisen, he won the Euroleague Championship.

Honours

As a coach

;Partizan * LEN Champions League: 2010–11 * LEN Super Cup: 2011 * Eurointer League: 2009–10, 2010–11 * Serbian Championship: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 * Serbian Cup: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 * Tom Hoad Cup: 2011 Pro Recco * LEN Champions League: 2014–15 *

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: 2014–15 * Coppa Italia: 2014–15 Galatasaray * Turkish Championship: 2016–17 Novi Beograd * LEN Champions League ''runners-up'': 2021–22 * Adriatic League: 2021–22 * Serbian Championship: 2021–22 Olympiacos * Greek Championship: 2022–23 * Greek Cup: 2022–23

As a player

;VK Partizan * Yugoslavian Championship: 1983–84, 1986–87, 1987–88 * Yugoslavian Cup: 1981–82, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88 * Mediterranean Cup: 1989 ;Mladost * Yugoslavian Championship: 1989–90 * LEN Euroleague: 1989–90, 1990–91 * LEN SuperCup: 1990. * Mediterranean Cup: 1991 ;VK Crvena zvezda * Yugoslavian Championship: 1991–92 ;CN Catalunya * Spanish Championship: 1992–93 ;Roma * LEN Trophy: 1993–94 ;PVK Budva * Serbia and Montenegro Championship: 1993–94

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