Ante Mladinić

Ante Mladinić
Personal information
Date of birth	1 October 1929
Place of birth	Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	13 June 2002 (aged 72)
Place of death	Zagreb, Croatia
Senior career*
Years	Team
1947–1956	Hajduk Split
1956–1958	RNK Split
Teams managed
1968–1974	Yugoslavia U21
1974–1976	Yugoslavia
1977–1978	FK Partizan
1978	Yugoslavia
1979–1980	Hajduk Split (assistant)
1980–1982	Hajduk Split
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ante "Biće" Mladinić (1 October 1929 – 13 June 2002) was a Croatian football manager.

The Croat had a modest playing career turning out for Hajduk Split and Lokomotiva Zagreb. Later as coach he had spells at NK Zagreb, Hajduk, FK Partizan, and the Yugoslavia national football team in the mid-1970s. He ended his career as a staff member for Bordeaux, where he discovered players such as Bixente Lizarazu.^[1] He was considered by many as one of the best coaches ever produced in the Balkans.

He died in Zagreb in 2002 following a long battle with throat cancer.

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1929-10-01)1 October 1929
Place of birth	Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	13 June 2002(2002-06-13) (aged 72)
Place of death	Zagreb, Croatia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1956	Hajduk Split	40	(6)
1956–1958	RNK Split
Teams managed
1968–1974	Yugoslavia U21
1974–1976	Yugoslavia
1977–1978	FK Partizan
1978	Yugoslavia
1979–1980	Hajduk Split (assistant)
1980–1982	Hajduk Split
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only