Milan Maričić Explained

Milan Maričić
Fullname:Milan Maričić
Birth Date:12 October 1961
Birth Place:Vinkovci, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Position:Defender
Years1:1980–1991
Clubs1:Osijek
Caps1:215
Goals1:8
Years2:1991–1992
Clubs2:Rad Beograd
Caps2:16
Goals2:2
Years3:1992–1994
Clubs3:Panachaiki
Caps3:60
Goals3:2
Totalcaps:291
Totalgoals:12
Managerclubs1:Panachaiki (assistant)
Manageryears2:2002
Managerclubs2:Patraikos (youth)

Milan Maričić (born 12 October 1961) is a Croatian football manager and former player.

Club career

Born in Vinkovci, SR Croatia, back then within Yugoslavia, Maričić played for over a decade with NK Osijek[1] in the Yugoslav First League.[2] [3] He Osijek's captain during the last five seasons, and in 1991 he moved to Belgrade and signed with Serbian club FK Rad.[4] He played with Rad in the 1991–92 Yugoslav First League.[5] Then he moved to Greece where he played four years with Panachaiki F.C.[4] in Superleague Greece[6] [7] and then retired and became assistant manager in same club.[4] He then by summer 2002 was working as coach of the youth teams of Patraikos.[4]

Personal life

His wife, Slobodanka "Boba" Čolović was an athlete[4] and they have lived for ten years on the Greek island of Corfu.[8]

Notes and References

  1. http://bijelo-plavi.com/wp/?page_id=147 Generacije 85-95
  2. http://forum.b92.net/topic/29741-ex-yu-fudbalska-statistika-po-godinama/page-10 Yugoslav First and Second League stats
  3. http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/milan-maricic/ Milan Maričić
  4. http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2002/06/30/srpski/S02062908.shtml Bivši igrač Osijeka i Rada Milan Maričić već 10 godina u zemlji Helena
  5. https://www.yumpu.com/xx/document/fullscreen/28762059/tempo-almanah-1991-1992 Tempo almanah 1991/1992
  6. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk93.html Greece 1992/93
  7. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk94.html Greece 1993/94
  8. https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/nakon-mnogo-godina-u-inozemstvu-odlucila-se-vratiti-u-hrvatsku-ovaj-put-je-za-stalno-1424172 Odlučila se vratiti u Hrvatsku nakon puno godina u inozemstvu: 'Ovaj put je za stalno'