Slobodan Milanović (

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: Слободан Милановић; born 27 August 1992) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as a

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with Marsonia 1909.

Club career

Milanović began his career in 2010 in the

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with

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. In 2011, he played in the

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with Zvijezda Gradačac, and later on with

Rudar Prijedor Fudbalski klub Rudar Prijedor (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Pудаp Пpиjeдop) is a professional football club from the city of Prijedor that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Rudar plays in the Premier League of Bosnia ...

in 2013. While at Zvijezda, from January to June 2012, Milanović was loaned out to

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. He later played in the First League of RS with Krupa, with whom he gained promotion to the Bosnian Premier League in the 2015–16 season. In 2015, he shortly played abroad in the

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on loan to

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. After the end of the loan in 2015, Milanović came back to Krupa. In May 2018, with Krupa, he finished as

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runner-up, after losing against Željezničar in the 2017–18 Bosnian cup final. On 12 June 2019, Milanović after five years left Krupa and signed with

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on a 3 year contract for an undisclosed transfer fee. He made his official debut for Sarajevo on 9 July 2019, in a 1–3 home loss against

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in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. Milanović made his first league appearance for Sarajevo on 21 July 2019, in a 1–0 home win against

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. He scored his first goal for Sarajevo in a 0–3 away league win against Mladost Doboj Kakanj on 29 September 2019. On 1 June 2020, Milanović won his first league title with Sarajevo, though after the 2019–20 Bosnian Premier League season was ended abruptly due to the

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after which Sarajevo was by default crowned league champions for a second consecutive time. On 3 August 2020, he was sent on a six-month-long loan to

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. Milanović left Sarajevo in June 2021. In October 2021, he remained in the Bosnian top tier by signing with

HŠK Posušje HŠK Posušje ( Croatian: ''Hrvatski športski klub Posušje'', lit. 'Croat Sports Club Posušje') is a professional association football club based in Posušje that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club is best known for winning the F ...

. After two seasons with Posušje, his contract expired in the summer of 2023 and wasn't renewed. In the winter of 2024, he secured a deal with Marsonia 1909 in the Croatian third-tier league.

Honours

Krupa * First League of RS: 2015–16 *

runner-up: 2017–18 Sarajevo *

: 2019–20 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Milanović, Slobodan 1992 births Living people People from Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Footballers from Banja Luka Region Men's association football forwards Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen FK Beograd (Serbia) players NK Zvijezda Gradačac players FK Alfa Modriča players FK Rudar Pljevlja players FK Krupa players SC Waterloo Region players FK Sarajevo players FK Olimpik players HŠK Posušje players NK Marsonia players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players First League of the Republika Srpska players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Canada Second Football League (Croatia) players