Milovan Obradović (; born 4 May 1956) is a Yugoslav retired

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Born in Sibnica, a village near

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, Obradović started out at Topličanin in 1969. He made his senior debut in 1972 at the age of 16. In early 1975, Obradović signed with Radnički Niš, spending the next decade with the club. He helped them win the 1975 Balkans Cup and reach the semi-finals of the

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. Later on, Obradović briefly played for

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

before retiring at the age of 30.

International career

Obradović made his full international debut for

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in a 2–1 home friendly loss to

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on 30 April 1977. He was subsequently a member of the Yugoslavia national under-21 team that won the

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in May

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Radnički Niš *

Balkans Cup The Balkans Cup was an international football competition for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. It was introduced in 1961 and was very popular in the 1960s (the 1967 final attracted 42,000 spectators), being ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

Yugoslavia U21 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Obradovic, Milovan 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Toplica District Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's under-21 international footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers FK Radnički Niš players FK Vojvodina players Yugoslav First League players