Igor Milanović Explained

Igor Milanović
Birth Place:	Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Coachyears1:	2009–2014
Coachclubs1:	Partizan
Nationality:	Serbian
Years1:	1975–1989
Clubs1:	Partizan
Years2:	1989–1991
Clubs2:	Mladost
Years3:	1991–1992
Clubs3:	Crvena zvezda
Years4:	1992–1994
Clubs4:	Roma
Years5:	1994
Clubs5:	Budvanska rivijera
Years6:	1994–1995
Clubs6:	CN Catalunya
Years7:	1995–1996
Clubs7:	Partizan
Coachyears2:	2014–2015
Coachclubs2:	Pro Recco
Coachyears3:	2015–2018
Coachclubs3:	Galatasaray
Coachyears4:	2019–2020
Coachclubs4:	Crvena zvezda
Coachyears5:	2021–2022
Coachclubs5:	Novi Beograd
Coachyears6:	2022–2023
Coachclubs6:	Olympiacos
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Igor Milanović (Serbian: Игор Милановић; born 18 December 1965) is a Serbian professional water polo head coach and former player. He is considered one of the best water polo players of all time. Milanović had an illustrious professional career spanning twenty years.

Biography

Milanović was born in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He played a total of 349 games for the Yugoslav national team, scoring 540 goals. As a player, he won numerous trophies: he was a two-time Olympic gold medalist, a two-time World Championship winner, European Championship winner, a two-time FINA Cup winner, and a three-time Euroleague Championship winner. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of FR Yugoslavia at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, becoming the 18th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.^[1] On 13 May 2006, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale.

In June 2009, Milanović was named the head coach of Partizan Raiffeisen after Dejan Udovičić stepped down. In 2011 as a head coach of Partizan Raiffeisen, he won the Euroleague Championship.

Honours

As a coach

Partizan

• LEN Champions League: 2010–11
• LEN Super Cup: 2011
• Eurointer League: 2009–10, 2010–11
• Serbian Championship: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
• Serbian Cup: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
• Tom Hoad Cup: 2011

Pro Recco

• LEN Champions League

2014–15

• Serie A

2014–15

• Coppa Italia

2014–15Galatasaray

• Turkish Championship

2016–17 Novi Beograd

• LEN Champions League runners-up: 2021–22
• Adriatic League: 2021–22
• Serbian Championship: 2021–22

Olympiacos

• Greek Championship: 2022–23
• Greek Cup: 2022–23

As a player

VK Partizan

• Yugoslavian Championship: 1983–84, 1986–87, 1987–88
• Yugoslavian Cup: 1981–82, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88
• Mediterranean Cup: 1989

Mladost

• Yugoslavian Championship: 1989–90
• LEN Euroleague: 1989–90, 1990–91
• LEN SuperCup: 1990.
• Mediterranean Cup: 1991

VK Crvena zvezda

• Yugoslavian Championship: 1991–92

CN Catalunya

• Spanish Championship: 1992–93

Roma

• LEN Trophy: 1993–94

PVK Budva

• Serbia and Montenegro Championship: 1993–94

See also

• Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of flag bearers for Serbia and Montenegro at the Olympics
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

References

• https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/igor-milanovic-1.html . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090629040159/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/igor-milanovic-1.html . 2009-06-29 .

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092412/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SCG/ Serbia and Montenegro