Miloš Milutinović ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Милутиновић; 5 February 1933 – 28 January 2003) was a Serbian professional

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and manager from

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. Milutinović is regarded as one of the most talented players in his country's history, being nicknamed Plava čigra (The Blond Buzzer) for his skills.

Club career

During his club career, Milutinović played for FK Bor,

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

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, RCF Paris, and Stade Français Paris. In the 1955–56 season, he scored two goals in the first ever

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match, a 3–3 draw between FK Partizan and

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, then scored four goals in the return leg which Partizan won 5–2 in Belgrade. In the quarter-finals second leg, he scored two goals in a 3–0 win over eventual champions

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, but that was not enough to overcome Real Madrid's 4–0 win in the first leg. In total, he played 213 matches and scored 231 goals for FK Partizan, winning two national cups (

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and

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). He then moved to OFK Beograd and later to Bayern Munich. In 1959, he underwent surgery for his ongoing lung problems. He stayed one year in

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before playing in

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International career

For the

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, Milutinović was named the player of the tournament as Yugoslavia won the European youth title in

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, finishing top scorer with four goals. He made his full international debut on 21 May 1953 against

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, in a 5–2 victory. Milutinović earned 33 caps in total and represented the country in the

and 1958 World Cups. He played his final international at the latter tournament against

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International goals

Managerial career

After retirement from playing, Milutinović became a manager, and managed

, FK Dubočica (

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), FK Proleter (

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; ; ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inh ...

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, Beşiktaş J.K., Altay, FK Velež Mostar (won national cup in

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and Balkans Cup in

(won national championship in

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), and the Yugoslavia national team.UEFA

Personal life

Miloš was the brother of famous football manager Bora Milutinović, and brother of 1958 World Cup teammate Milorad Milutinović. In a 2006 interview, his former team-mate Dragoslav Šekularac said that "Miloš Milutinović as a player was a 9/10 and as a man was a 29/10." He died on 23 January 2003 in

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, at the age of 69. His son Uroš (also a footballer) died in 2015.

Honours

Player

Partizan *

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, 1956–57

Manager

Velež Mostar *

: 1980–81 * Balkans Cup: 1980–81 Partizan *

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

: 1982–83

References

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