Zvonimir Milić (born 20 February 1995) is a Croatian football coach, coaching the

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Split, Croatia, Split, that competes in the Croatian First Football League, Cro ...

U15 team, and a retired

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. Formerly a

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, he last played for

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, on loan from

Club career

Zvonimir Milić joined the

academy in 2005, aged 10, after training for some time at the lower-tier NK Orkan. Progressing through the ranks, he became a regular in national selections as well, from U14 to U19, for which he debuted in April 2012, aged 17 years and 2 months. Unfortunately, a back injury halted his progress, making him lose the entire 2012/2013 season and putting into question his career. Nevertheless, he recovered and rejoined

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's U19 team for the 2013/2014 season. He made his first senior appearances in early 2014 on loan at the Treća HNL Jug side

NK Junak Sinj Nogometni Klub Junak Sinj (''Football Club Junak Sinj''), commonly referred to as Junak Sinj or just Junak, is a professional Croatian football club based in the town of Sinj, in the southern Croatian region of Dalmatia. They currently compete ...

, after he signed a professional contract with

. He rejoined

that summer and, on 24 August 2014, made his

debut in a 0-2 loss against

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, after the coach

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decided to rest several first-team players.Hajduk s rezervama u Osijeku doživio drugi prvenstveni poraz
at dalmacijanews.hr After featuring for the third-tier second team of Hajduk, another injury put him on the sidelines for the entire spring part of the season, and he was sent on loan to

again at the beginning of the 2015/16 season.

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Zvonimir Milić
at hajduk.hr * {{DEFAULTSORT:Milic, Zvonimir 1995 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football central defenders Croatian men's footballers 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Croatia men's youth international footballers HNK Gorica players HNK Hajduk Split players NK Junak Sinj players HNK Hajduk Split II players HNK Šibenik players HNK Cibalia players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players HNK Hajduk Split non-playing staff