Milomir Odović (26 March 1955 – 15 December 2020) was a Bosnian professional

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and

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, best known for his playing and managing days at

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club Željezničar, where he is a club legend. As a player, Odović played as a

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for the already mentioned Željezničar and Austrian clubs

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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

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, a town just outside

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, in the

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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

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final. He also played in

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for

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

, Odović became a professional

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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

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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

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