Mladen Milinković (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was significantly reformed in the 19th cen ...

: Младен Милинковић; born 14 May 1968) is a

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coach and former player. He played as midfielder for

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 ...

FK Mačva Šabac Fudbalski klub Mačva Šabac () is a Serbian professional football club based in Šabac, which competes in the Serbian First League. One of the oldest football clubs in Serbia, their nickname is (), which was first used in 1927, when the Urugua ...

, Drina Zvornik,

Omonia Aradippou Omonia Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in the Municipality of Aradippou, a settlement in the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was founded on 4 April 1929 and currently they are the Champions of the Cypr ...

from Cyprus,

FF Jaro Fotbollsföreningen Jaro (''Jakobstads Rostfria''), commonly known simply as Jaro, is a Finnish professional football club based in the bilingual town of Jakobstad. The club currently plays in Veikkausliiga, the top tier in Finland. History Ja ...

from Finland, Naoussa F.C. and Kastoria F.C. from Greece.

Position

Milinkovic played in the position of central midfielder but could also operate as a central defender.

Career

As player

He started his career in Serbian club FK Gučevo, then went to Mačva Šabac. In 1988, he went to Bosnia, where he played 3 seasons for

FK Drina Zvornik Fudbalski klub Drina Zvornik (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Дрина Зворник) is a professional association football club from the city of Zvornik that is situated Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the First L ...

. From

he went to

in 1991 and spent 2 seasons in club where on 3 July 1993 he scored deciding goal against Vrbas in play-off for promotion to Seconde League of Yugoslavia, the biggest success in club's history. From 1993 to 1996 he played in

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

for

. After Cyprus he returned to

where he stayed until the beginning of 1998 when he went to Finland, where he played for

in two periods(1998–2000, 2001). Also he played Second League in Greece for Naoussa (2000) and

Kastoria Kastoria (, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region ...

(2002). Finished his career in Radnički Stobex.

As coach

Started his coaching career in 2003 in

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where he acted as Head Coach/Player. He worked in

First League of the Republika Srpska The First League of the Republika Srpska ( / ) is a Association football, football league in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Together with the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it forms the second level of footb ...

as head coach of

from 2004 to 2006 and 2007 to 2009. In season 2014–15 as head coach of

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 ...

Milinković won

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 ...

and made historical success to promote in Serbian Superleague. He worked in Albania in two teams Luftëtari (2016–2017) and Kukësi (2017). After that he went to Azerbaijan, where he was head coach of Keşla. From 5 July until 6 November 2019 Milinković worked in Sweden, where he was head coach of Syrianska. From 9 November 2019 until 30 July 2021 Milinković was head coach of Budućnost Podgorica. He guided the club to successive

Montenegrin First League The Montenegrin First League (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ), referred to as the Meridianbet 1. CFL for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional Association football, ...

titles in seasons 2019–20 and 2020–21, first time in the history of Budućnost. In 2020–21 season Budućnost with Mladen Milinković in charge, had the most successful season in the history of the club winning first time the Double and broke many records in Montenegrin football, among them is winning title 7 rounds before the end, finishing season with 28 points lead to the second place, biggest number of earned points (85), highest number of wins (27) and the longest unbeaten run (23 games).

Education

*Coach with UEFA Pro Diploma. *Senior football coach – The coaches Academy – The faculty for Physical education in Niš.

Honours

As player

FF Jaro *

Finnish League Cup The Finnish League Cup (in Finnish: ''Liigacup''), is a knock-out football competition contested annually during the pre-season in winter by teams from Veikkausliiga. The competition is notably the only football competition in Europe which is most ...

Runner-up:

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

Finnish Cup The Finnish Cup (; ) is Finland's main national cup competition in football. This yearly competition is open for all member clubs of the FA of Finland and has been played since 1955. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League ...

Runner-up:

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

As coach

Radnik Surdulica *

: 2014–15 Budućnost Podgorica *

: 2019–20, 2020–21 *

Montenegrin Cup The Montenegrin Cup (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Kup Crne Gore'') is the national football cup played in Montenegro, established in 2006. The winner of the cup is awarded a spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League ...

: 2020–21 Individual *Montenegrin First League Best Coach: 2020

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Milinkovic, Mladen 1968 births Living people Footballers from Loznica Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers FK Mačva Šabac players FK Drina Zvornik players FK Loznica players Omonia Aradippou players FF Jaro players Naoussa F.C. players Kastoria 1980 F.C. players FK Radnički Klupci players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players Veikkausliiga players Super League Greece 2 players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece Serbia and Montenegro football managers Serbian football managers FK Drina Zvornik managers FK Loznica managers FK BSK Borča managers FK Radnik Surdulica managers Luftëtari FC managers FK Kukësi managers Shamakhi FK managers Syrianska FC managers FK Budućnost Podgorica managers Saudi First Division League managers Montenegrin First League managers Serbian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate football managers in Albania Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia