Milomir Odović (26 March 1955 – 15 December 2020) was a Bosnian professional
football manager
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and
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, best known for his playing and managing days at
Bosnian Premier League
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club
Željezničar, where he is a club legend.
As a player, Odović played as a
left winger
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for the already mentioned Željezničar and Austrian clubs
Linz
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and
Spittal. As a manager, he managed a lot of Bosnian clubs, among others being Željezničar,
Slavija Sarajevo,
Borac Banja Luka,
Velež Mostar and
Čelik Zenica.
Playing career
Born in
Ilijaš
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, a town just outside
Sarajevo
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, in the
SFR Yugoslavia
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on 26 March 1955, Odović started playing football for local club Sloga. As a talented youngster, he was asked to come and play for
Željezničar, making his official debut for the club in 1974. Odović would go on to play almost 11 years for Željezničar, making 230 league appearances and scoring 22 league goals for the club. He was part of the Željezničar team that faced
Velež Mostar in the
1980–81 Yugoslav Cup
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The defending 1979–80 cup ...
final.
He also played in
Austria
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for
Linz
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from 1985 to 1986 and for
Spittal from 1986 to 1988. Odović ended his playing career in the summer of 1988 after leaving Spittal.
Managerial career
After the end of an active professional career as a
player
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, Odović became a professional
manager
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. He worked as a manager in
Slavija Sarajevo on three occasions, where they were the
2006–07 Bosnian Cup runners-up. Odović also managed
Željezničar,
Borac Banja Luka,
Velež Mostar,
GOŠK Gabela,
Zvijezda Gradačac,
Rudar Kakanj,
Čelik Zenica and
Olimpik.
He managed Željezničar where he left the position of manager on 27 November 2018 after 4 consecutive league losses in the
2018–19 season, but it was announced that Odović would however stay in the club and would coach the young players in Željezničar's academy.
Death
Odović died on 15 December 2020 at the age of 65, two years after being diagnosed with
cancer
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.
Honours
Player
Željezničar
*
Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...
: 1977–78 (West)
Manager
Slavija Sarajevo
*
Bosnian Cup runner-up:
2006–07
References
External links
Milomir Odovićat Soccerway
Milomir Odovićat Sofascore
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1955 births
2020 deaths
People from Ilijaš
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Men's association football wingers
Yugoslav men's footballers
FK Željezničar Sarajevo players
FC Stahl Linz (2013) players
SV Spittal/Drau players
Yugoslav First League players
Yugoslav Second League players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
2. Liga (Austria) players
Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers
FK Željezničar Sarajevo managers
FK Slavija Sarajevo managers
FK Borac Banja Luka managers
FK Velež Mostar managers
NK GOŠK Gabela managers
NK Zvijezda Gradačac managers
FK Rudar Kakanj managers
NK Čelik Zenica managers
FK Olimpik managers
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers
Deaths from cancer in Bosnia and Herzegovina