Nikica “Dido” Milenković (born 30 September 1959) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 September 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Crikvenica, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rijeka | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1979 | Orijent | ||
| 1979–1987 | Rijeka | 168 | (1) |
| 1987–1988 | Čelik Zenica | 15 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Real Burgos | 33 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Sabadell | 17 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1991–1996 | Barcelona (Youth) | ||
| 2021 | Rudar Prijedor | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editMilenković last played for Sabadell in Spain’s Segunda División. He had spent much of his career playing for Rijeka in the Yugoslav First League, where he amassed 154 league appearances. After a season with Čelik Zenica, he moved to Spain where he played until he retired in 1991.
Managerial career
editInitially, after retiring, Milenković settled in Barcelona where he worked in the youth ranks of FC Barcelona and as a FIFA agent from 1991 until 1996.[1] He then moved to Rijeka where he worked as director of football.[2][3]
In June 2021, Milenković became the new manager of newly promoted Bosnian Premier League club Rudar Prijedor.[4] He debuted as manager against Sloboda Tuzla with a loss, in a league game on 18 July 2021.[5] Milenković guided the team to his first win as manager in a league game against Velež Mostar on 2 August 2021.[6] He left Rudar in October 2021.[7]
Career statistics
editSource:[8]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Yugoslavia | League | Yugoslav Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1979–80 | Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1980–81 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1981–82 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1982–83 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |||
| 1983–84 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 1984–85 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 1985–86 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| 1986–87 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 1987–88 | Čelik Zenica | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1989–90 | Real Burgos | Segunda División | 33 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| 1990–91 | Sabadell | 17 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| Country | Rijeka | 168 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 193 | 1 | |
| Total | 218 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 243 | 2 | ||
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 3 October 2021
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Rudar Prijedor | 11 June 2021 | 11 October 2021 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 23.08 |
| Total | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 23.08 | ||
References
edit- ^ cesabadell.cat
- ^ 24sata.hr
- ^ NoviList.hr
- ^ N.K. (11 June 2021). "Nekadašnji trener omladinaca Barcelone preuzeo novog premijerligaša Rudara" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ N.K. (18 July 2021). "Sloboda u finišu meča slomila otpor Rudara i novu sezonu otvorila pobjedom" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ M. Šljivak (2 August 2021). "Nikica Milenković: Krvarili smo kao oni protiv AEK-a, Veležu želim da prođe i Feyenoord" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ A. Čaušević (11 October 2021). "Nikica Milenković više nije trener Rudar Prijedora" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "HNK Rijeka". nk-rijeka.hr. Retrieved 6 December 2018.