Mladen Milinković Explained

Mladen Milinković
Birth Date:14 May 1968
Birth Place:Loznica, SFR Yugoslavia
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:Budućnost Podgorica (manager)
Years1:1984–1987
Clubs1:Gučevo
Caps1:88
Goals1:27
Years2:1987–1988
Clubs2:Mačva Šabac
Caps2:2
Goals2:1
Years3:1988–1991
Clubs3:Drina Zvornik
Caps3:68
Goals3:18
Years4:1991–1993
Clubs4:Loznica
Caps4:59
Goals4:11
Years5:1993–1996
Clubs5:Omonia Aradippou
Caps5:92
Goals5:9
Years6:1996–1998
Clubs6:Loznica
Caps6:52
Goals6:8
Years7:1998–2000
Clubs7:FF Jaro
Caps7:57
Goals7:10
Years8:2000
Clubs8:Naoussa
Caps8:23
Goals8:8
Years9:2001
Clubs9:FF Jaro
Caps9:23
Goals9:3
Years10:2002
Clubs10:Kastoria
Caps10:17
Goals10:0
Years11:2003
Clubs11:Radnički Stobex
Caps11:25
Goals11:5
Manageryears1:1998–2000
Managerclubs1:FF Jaro (youth team)
Manageryears2:2003
Managerclubs2:Radnički Stobex
Manageryears3:2003–2004
Managerclubs3:Jedinstvo
Manageryears4:2004–2006
Managerclubs4:Drina Zvornik
Manageryears5:2006–2007
Managerclubs5:Bane Raška
Manageryears6:2007–2009
Managerclubs6:Drina Zvornik
Manageryears7:2010–2011
Managerclubs7:Radnički Stobex
Manageryears8:2012
Managerclubs8:Loznica
Manageryears9:2013
Managerclubs9:BSK Borča
Manageryears10:2014
Managerclubs10:OFK Igalo
Manageryears11:2014–2015
Managerclubs11:Radnik Surdulica
Manageryears12:2016–2017
Managerclubs12:Luftëtari
Manageryears13:2017
Managerclubs13:Kukësi
Manageryears14:2018
Managerclubs14:Keşla
Manageryears15:2019
Managerclubs15:Syrianska
Manageryears16:2019–2021
Managerclubs16:Budućnost Podgorica
Manageryears17:2022–2023
Managerclubs17:Al-Sahel
Manageryears18:2023-2024
Managerclubs18:Budućnost Podgorica

Mladen Milinković (Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Милинковић; born 14 May 1968) is a Serbian football coach and former player. He played as midfielder for FK Loznica, FK Mačva Šabac, Drina Zvornik, Omonia Aradippou from Cyprus, FF Jaro from Finland, Naoussa F.C. and Kastoria F.C. from Greece.

Position

Milinkovic played in the position of central midfielder but could also operate as a central defender.

Career

As player

He started his career in Serbian club FK Gučevo, then went to Mačva Šabac. In 1988, he went to Bosnia, where he played 3 seasons for FK Drina Zvornik. From FK Drina Zvornik he went to FK Loznica in 1991 and spent 2 seasons in club where on 3 July 1993 he scored deciding goal against Vrbas in play-off for promotion to Seconde League of Yugoslavia, the biggest success in club's history. From 1993 to 1996 he played in Cypriot First Division for Omonia Aradippou. After Cyprus he returned to FK Loznica where he stayed until the beginning of 1998 when he went to Finland, where he played for FF Jaro in two periods(1998–2000, 2001). Also he played Second League in Greece for Naoussa F.C. (2000) and Kastoria F.C. (2002). Finished his career in FK Radnički Stobex.

As coach

Started his coaching career in 2003 in FK Radnički Stobex where he acted as Head Coach/Player. He worked in First League of the Republika Srpska as head coach of FK Drina Zvornik from 2004 to 2006 and 2007 to 2009.

In season 2014–15 as head coach of FK Radnik Surdulica Milinković won Serbian First League and made historical success to promote in Serbian Superleague. He worked in Albania in two teams Luftëtari (2016–2017) and Kukësi (2017). After that he went to Azerbaijan, where he was head coach of Keşla FK. From 5 July until 6 November 2019 Milinkovć worked in Sweden, where he was head coach of Syrianska FC.

From 9 November 2019 until 30 July 2021 Milinković was head coach of FK Budućnost Podgorica. He guided the club to successive Montenegrin First League titles in seasons 2019–20 and 2020–21, first time in the history of FK Budućnost Podgorica. In 2020–21 season FK Budućnost Podgorica with Mladen Milinković in charge, had the most successful season in the history of the club winning first time the Double and broke many records in Montenegrin football, among them is winning title 7 rounds before the end, finishing season with 28 points lead to the second place, biggest number of earned points (85), highest number of wins (27) and the longest unbeaten run (23 games).

Education

Honours

As player

FF Jaro

As coach

Radnik Surdulica

2014–15Budućnost Podgorica

2019–20, 2020–21

2020–21Individual