Full name Zoran Milinkovic Role Football manager Playing position Height 1.75 m | 1977–1987 Partizan Manages FK Partizan Name Zoran Milinkovic Position Defender, Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1968-07-18) 18 July 1968 (age 47) Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia 1975–1977 TEK Sloga Veliki Crljeni Similar People Stefan Babovic, Andrija Zivkovic, Darko Brasanac, Zivko Zivkovic, Miroslav Vulicevic | ||
Zoran “Kiza” Milinković (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Киза Милинковић; born 18 July 1968) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
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Playing career
Milinković came through the youth system of Partizan, before starting his senior career at lower league club Mladost Petrinja. He returned to Partizan and made two league appearances during the first part of the 1990–91 season, before moving to Vojvodina. Milinković also played for Mogren, Borac Banja Luka, Radnički Niš, Kispest-Honvéd, Tosu Futures, Waregem, Nice, Hansa Rostock, Anorthosis Famagusta and Doxa Katokopia.
Managerial career
Milinković started his managerial career as an assistant manager to Ratko Dostanić at Obilić during the 2002–03 season, before they both left and took up identical roles at Sartid Smederevo ahead of the 2003–04 season. He was appointed as the manager of Obilić in August 2004, but was released after only two months. Milinković 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.
In the summer of 2009, Milinković was appointed the manager of newly promoted SuperLiga club Spartak Subotica. He also worked at Vojvodina, OFK Beograd, Aris Thessaloniki and Voždovac.
Partizan
On 25 March 2015, Milinkovic was named manager of Partizan Belgrade after Marko Nikolić was sacked. On 4 April 2015, he made his debut on the bench of Partizan in a 2-1 home win against Radnički Kragujevac. In the spring part of the season 2014-15, Zoran Milinković has returned the title of champion of Serbia in Partizan, which last season won the Red Star Belgrade. Zoran Milinković has enrolled 7 wins with the Partizan in the Serbian SuperLiga in the spring part of the season 2014-15 and three draws, in the Serbian Cup has enrolled one win and one defeat.
Start of the season 2015-16 he began in win over Dila Gori in the second round of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League on 14 July 2015. In the Serbian SuperLiga also had a great start. In the first round he defeated Metalac G.M. 4–0, in the second round Partizan has beat Jagodina 6–0. On 5 August 2015, Milinković and his squad has win against Romanian champions Steaua București in the second leg of the third qualifying round for the Champions League and so introduced a Partizan in the play-off of Champions League. Partizan was the last time he entered the play-off of Champions League led Aleksandar Stanojević in summer of 2010.
On 26 August 2015, Partizan is unfortunate dropped from BATE Borisov and so Milinković's team entered the group stage of the UEFA Europa League.