Jovan Miladinović (30 January 1939 – 11 September 1982), commonly known as Zoran, was a Yugoslav

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player and coach. During his club career he played for

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and 1. FC Nürnberg. He earned 17 caps for the Yugoslavia national team and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup. His entire coaching career was tied to FK Partizan, where he worked as assistant to various head coaches and filled in at the head position during two separate stints that lasted a few months. He was married and had two children.

Playing career

From 1953, since he was 13 years old he went through all the youth selections of Partizan and was among the first talents raised by coach Florijan Matekalo in 1957. He made his debut on the First League stage. As an excellent defensive player, mostly in the position of wing half and center half, he played a total of 271 games for Partizan and scored 64 goals. A very talented player, according to the general opinion, due to injuries and bohemian lifestyle, he did not realize even a part of his potential. He won four titles of the Yugoslav champion: 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63 and 1964/65, along with one national cup trophy: 1956/57. He played one season for the German club 1. FC Nürnberg (1966/1967), but he played only five games in the

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due to illness. With one youth match (1959), he played 17 games for

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. He made his debut on October 11, 1959 against

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(2–4) in Belgrade, and he played his last game on November 22, 1964 against the

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(1–1) in Belgrade. He played in the final tournament of the 1960 European Nations' Cup in France and in the

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in Japan. At only 28 years old, he had to end his career. His untimely death found him in the position of a member of the professional staff of Partizan, where he started working in 1974.

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