Zoran Milinković (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 July 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Ain (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1977 | TEK Sloga Veliki Crljeni | ||
| 1977–1987 | Partizan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1989 | Mladost Petrinja | ||
| 1990 | Partizan | 2 | (0) |
| 1991 | Vojvodina | 10 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Mogren | 25 | (6) |
| 1992–1993 | Borac Banja Luka | ||
| 1993–1994 | Radnički Niš | 31 | (5) |
| 1994 | Kispest-Honvéd | 13 | (1) |
| 1995 | Tosu Futures | 25 | (4) |
| 1996 | Waregem | 13 | (1) |
| 1996–1998 | Nice | 63 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 |
Hansa Rostock | 6 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 40 | (3) |
| 2001–2002 |
Doxa Katokopia | 8 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004 | Obilić | ||
| 2005–2008 | BSK Borča | ||
| 2008 | Kolubara | ||
| 2009 | Srem | ||
| 2009–2010 | Spartak Subotica | ||
| 2010–2011 | Vojvodina | ||
| 2012 | Spartak Subotica | ||
| 2012–2013 | OFK Beograd | ||
| 2013 | Aris Thessaloniki | ||
| 2014–2015 | Voždovac | ||
| 2015 | Partizan | ||
| 2016 | Anorthosis | ||
| 2017 | Borac Banja Luka | ||
| 2018 | Rad | ||
| 2019–2020 | Kolubara | ||
| 2020–2021 | Kolubara | ||
| 2021 | Borac Banja Luka | ||
| 2021–2022 | Radnički 1923 | ||
| 2022 | Napredak Kruševac | ||
| 2022–2023 | Al-Nasr Benghazi | ||
| 2023– | Al-Ain | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Zoran Milinković (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Милинковић; born 18 July 1968) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Saudi club Al-Ain.
Playing career
Milinković came through the youth system of
Doxa Katokopia
.
Managerial career
Milinković started his managerial career as an assistant manager to
Sartid Smederevo ahead of the 2003–04 season. He was appointed as the manager of Obilić in August 2004,[1] but was released after only two months.[2] He then became the manager of BSK Borča, having a lot of success in the following three seasons. He left the club before they made their Serbian SuperLiga debut. After leaving BSK Borča, Milinković had unassuming brief spells at Kolubara and Srem.[3]
In the summer of 2009, he was appointed manager of newly promoted SuperLiga club Spartak Subotica. He also worked at Vojvodina, OFK Beograd, Aris Thessaloniki and Voždovac.
Partizan
On 25 March 2015, Milinković was named manager of
Radnički Kragujevac. In the spring part of the 2014–15 season, Milinković has returned the title of champion of Serbia to Partizan, which was last season won by Red Star Belgrade. Milinković enrolled 7 wins with Partizan in the Serbian SuperLiga in the spring part of the 2014–15 season and three draws, while in the Serbian Cup
he enrolled one win and one defeat.
He began the
Steaua București in the second leg of the third qualifying round for the Champions League and so qualified Partizan to the Champions League qualifying play-off. The last time that Partizan qualified to the Champions League play-off was when it was led by Aleksandar Stanojević
in the summer of 2010.
On 26 August 2015, Milinković's Partizan was defeated by BATE Borisov and as a result entered the group stage of the UEFA Europa League.
Al-Ain
On 9 November 2023, Milinković was appointed as head coach of Saudi club Al-Ain.[5]
Honours
Manager
Partizan
References
- ^ "Bozovic bows out at Obilic". uefa.com. 8 August 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Milinković napustio Obilić" (in Serbian). b92.net. 23 October 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ PLS: Srem brzo našao novog trenera
- ^ Soccer-Partizan name Milinkovic as coach to replace Nikolic
- ^ "إدارة نادي #العين تنهي إجراءات التعاقد مع المدرب الصربي زوران ميلينكوفيتش".
External links
- Zoran Milinković – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Zoran Milinković at fussballdaten.de (in German)