Miloš Veselinović ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Веселиновић; born 12 November 1979) is a

Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

coach and a former player. He is the assistant coach of Russian club

Krasnodar Krasnodar, formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern Russia, with a population of 1,154,885 residents, and up to 1.263 millio ...

Career

After a youth career in

Red Star A red star, five-pointed and filled, is a symbol that has often historically been associated with communist ideology, particularly in combination with the hammer and sickle, but is also used as a purely socialist symbol in the 21st century. ...

, Veselinović signed a long-term contract with

. Due to his age,

Dragan Džajić Dragan Džajić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Џајић; born 30 May 1946) is a Serbian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Football Association of Serbia from 14 March 2023. Džajić is widely considered to b ...

decided to send talent player on loan to 1. division clubs. After one season in

FK Bor FK Bor (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Бор) is a football club based in Bor, Serbia. History Early Years (1920s to 1960s) The club was founded in 1919 as a Serbian-French sports society under the name Association Sportive Bor (ASB). The club was ...

and one in

FK Loznica FK Loznica (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Лозница) is a professional Association football, football club from Loznica, Serbia. History LSK The first soccer ball arrived in the town of Loznica in 1919. It was brought fr ...

, Veselinović went on a loan trip to

FK Jedinstvo Ub FK Jedinstvo Ub () is a professional football club based in Ub, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of the national league system. History In the late 1990s, the club established a partnership with Red Star Belgrade, beco ...

. Due to his serious knee injury that season, he decided to finish his career.

Coaching career

;Radnički Obrenovac Almost six months after he finished playing, Veselinović started his career as an assistant coach of Under 7 in the

youth system In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show en ...

FK Radnički Obrenovac FK Radnički Obrenovac () is a football club based in Obrenovac, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League Belgrade, the third tier of the national league system. History The club was founded as Radnički in 1927 on the initiative of t ...

. Between 2002 and 2006 he was a coach for under 7, under 9, under 11, under 13 and under 15 teams. In the 2006–07 season he was promoted to assistant coach in the senior level. At the age of only 26, in the season 2007–08, the board appointed him as main coach, and he stayed in that position until winter 2014. In the season 2011–12 he was at the same time

director of football A sporting director, or director of sport, is an senior management, executive management position in a sports club. The role is well known as a manager role for European football clubs, which are sometime also "sports clubs", offering many typ ...

for the youth system and the main coach of the senior team. All his time in Radnički Obrenovac, club was playing 2. division of Serbia (3rd level), and it was the only non-professional club from Serbia which transferred players to other clubs on serious level of football. Under his mandate as main coach, Radnički Obrenovac transferred around 10 players; the most famous are:

Radosav Petrović Radosav Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Радосав Петровић, ; born 8 March 1989) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Cypriot First Division club APOEL. He represented Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup ...

to Partizan,

Filip Đuričić Filip Đuričić ( sr-Cyrl, Филип Ђуричић; born 30 January 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos and the Serbia national team. Club career Early ...

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, ) is a town and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the m ...

, and Alen Stevanović to

Inter Milan Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football ...

. ;Inđija Veselinović, who holds UEFA Pro Coaching Licences, was appointed as main coach at

FK Inđija Fudbalski klub Inđija (), currently known as Inđija Toyo Tires for sponsorship reasons, is a football club based in the city of Inđija, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system. During Yug ...

on 17 January 2014. At that moment FK Inđija was last on the table in

Serbian First League The Serbian First League (), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier in professional Serbia's football league. The league was formed in 2005, following a reshuffle of the second tier Serbo-Montenegr ...

with only 11 points, 7 points less from position out of relegation. In the second half of the season, FK Inđija took 26 points from 15 games, and the team had 7 consecutive wins at home in a row. In season 2014-15 FK Inđija finished 5th on table and affirmed Zakaria Suraka, a young player from Ghana, who was after that season sold to

FK Radnik Surdulica FK Radnik Surdulica () is a professional football club based in Surdulica, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system. History The club was founded as Surdulički sportski klub (SSK) in 1926 on ...

. In the second half of season 2014–15, FK Inđija repeated the same consecutive streak of 7 wins at home in a row. ;Radnik Surdulica The first

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

season in history of club didn't start well for Radnik Surdulica. After only one win in the first 8 games, the board of the club mutually agreed to terminate the contract with

Mladen Milinković Mladen Milinković (Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Милинковић; born 14 May 1968) is a Serbian football coach and former player. He played as midfielder for FK Loznica, FK Mačva Šabac, Drina Zvornik, Omonia Aradippou from Cyprus, FF ...

and appointed young Veselinović as main coach. After his loss on debut against

FK Čukarički Fudbalski klub Čukarički () is a Serbian professional football club from Belgrade, more precisely from the Čukarica municipality, that currently plays in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of Serbian football. Founded in 1926, the club spe ...

0–2, Radnik Surdulica had a consecutive streak of 9 games without losing, including a spectacular return against

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 ...

after losing 0–2 on half-time. After that, Radnik Surdulica continually made good results and after the regular season, the club was promoted to playoff of

as 8th on table. ;Maccabi Tel Aviv On 23 May 2018 Veselinović joined

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

club

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, j ...

as an assistant of

Vladimir Ivić Vladimir "Vladan" Ivić (; born 7 May 1977) is a Serbian football manager and former player, who is the head coach of UAE Pro League club Al-Ain. A former Serbia and Montenegro international, Ivić is best remembered for his time with Partiz ...

. He left on 1 of August 2020 ;Watford On 15 August 2020 Veselinović joined

Championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this sys ...

club

Watford Watford () is a town and non-metropolitan district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of Central London, on the banks of the River Colne, Hertfordshire, River Colne. Initially a smal ...

as an assistant of

. His departure was announced on 19 December 2020. Krasnodar In January 2023, Veselinović again followed Ivić to

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

club

following a second short spell at Maccabi Tel Aviv.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Veselinovic, Milos 1979 births Living people People from Obrenovac Serbian men's footballers Red Star Belgrade footballers Men's association football midfielders Watford F.C. non-playing staff Serbian expatriate sportspeople in England Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia FK Srem managers