Damir Milinović

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Damir Milinović
Personal information
Full name Damir Milinović
Date of birth (1972-10-15) 15 October 1972 (age 48)
Place of birth Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Orijent 1919 (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 Orijent 1919
1994–1997 Rijeka 79 (6)
1997 Croatia Zagreb 3 (0)
1998–2000 Rijeka 68 (6)
2000–2001 VfL Bochum 20 (0)
2001 Rijeka 8 (1)
2002 NK Zagreb 25 (1)
2003–2004 Rijeka 41 (1)
2004 Dinamo Zagreb 14 (0)
2005 Austria Salzburg 10 (0)
2005–2007 Pomorac 37 (4)
Total 305 (19)
National team
1997–1999 Croatia 4 (0)
1999 Croatia B 1 (0)
Teams managed
2007–2010 Pomorac
2010–2012 Grobničan
2012 Gorica
2013–2015 Novigrad
2015 Cibalia
2015–2017 Gorica
2017–2019 Koper
2020–2021 Orijent 1919
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Damir Milinović (born 15 October 1972) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. The most recent team he had been manager of was Orijent 1919.[1]

Club career[]

Born in Rijeka, Milinović spent most of his career in his local club, Rijeka, before moving to Croatia Zagreb in 1997. He failed to impress in Croatia so he returned to Rijeka in the next season. After an impressive season with Rijeka, during which the club lost the title in last match, Milinović left for Germany in summer of 2000, signing with VfL Bochum.[2] As Bochum finished last in the Bundesliga and were relegated, Milinović returned to Rijeka after only one season. He spent half a season in Rijeka before joining eventual season champions NK Zagreb. In January 2003, Milinović returned to Rijeka for the third and final time, spending there one and a half season before joining Dinamo Zagreb once again. He left Dinamo after only half a season, joining Austria Salzburg just few months before club was rebranded as Red Bull Salzburg. Milinović returned to Croatia after only half a season in Austria, signing for second division side Pomorac Kostrena. After two seasons with Pomorac, Milinović announced his retirement in summer of 2007.

International career[]

Milinović made four appearances for the Croatia national football team.[3]

Managerial career[]

A few months after he announced his retirement, Milinović was appointed as a manager of his last club, Pomorac Kostrena. In Pomorac he was quite successful, finishing amongst top clubs in second division and reaching quarterfinals of Croatian Cup. He left Pomorac in 2010 and took over third division side NK Grobničan. With Milinović in charge, Grobničan went from mediocre third division club to one of the best clubs in the league. They were on the edge of promotion to second division two years in a row but were financially incapable to take that step.

In May 2012, Milinović was appointed head coach of HNK Gorica. Milinović spent only six months in Gorica; he resigned in November 2012 after disappointing results in the first half of the season. In January 2013, Milinović took over third division side Novigrad. He signed for Gorica again, on 9 September 2015, but got sacked on 30 March 2017.[4] In August 2017, Milinović became manager of Slovenian club FC Koper.[5]

On 28 August 2020, Milinović was appointed to be second division side Orijent 1919 head coach.[6]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Sources:[7][8]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
1992–93 Orijent 2. HNL – South 1 0 – – – –
1993–94 2 0 – – – –
1994–95 Rijeka Prva HNL 21 1 4 1 – – – – 25 2
1995–96 32 3 5 1 – – – – 37 4
1996–97 26 2 2 1 – – – – 29 3
1997–98 Croatia Zagreb Prva HNL 3 0 1 0 – – 0 0 4 0
Rijeka 14 2 – – – – – – 14 2
1998–99 Rijeka Prva HNL 30 1 1 0 – – – – 31 1
1999–00 24 0 2 0 – – 2 0 26 0
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFL-Supercup Europe Total
2000–01 VfL Bochum Bundesliga 20 0 2 0 – – – – 22 0
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
2001–02 Rijeka Prva HNL 8 1 4 1 – – – – 12 2
NK Zagreb 11 1 – – – – – – 14 2
2002–03 14 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 18 1
2003–04 Rijeka Prva HNL 29 1 5 0 – – – – 34 0
2004–05 Dinamo Zagreb Prva HNL 14 0 2 0 1 0 7 0 24 0
Austria League ÖFB Cup Austrian Supercup Europe Total
2004–05 Austria Salzburg Austrian Bundesliga 10 0 1 0 – – – – 11 0
Croatia League Croatian Cup Super Cup Europe Total
2005–06 Pomorac Kostrena 2. HNL - South 20 3 0 0 – – – – 20 3
2006–07 2. HNL 17 1 0 0 – – – – 17 1
Country Croatia 275 19 28 5 2 0 11 1 316 25
Germany 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
Austria 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Total 305 19 32 5 2 0 11 1 350 25

International appearances[]

Source:[9]
Croatia national team
Year Apps Goals
1997 1 0
1998 0 0
1999 3 0
Total 4 0

Managerial statistics[]

As of match played 29 August 2020[10]
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Gorica 1 July 2012 25 November 2012 18 6 4 8 033.33
Cibalia 16 June 2015 7 September 2015 5 2 2 1 040.00
Gorica 9 September 2015 30 March 2017 69 26 21 22 037.68
Orijent 1919 28 August 2020 present 17 7 3 7 041.18
Total 110 41 30 39 037.27

Honours[]

Player[]

NK Zagreb

References[]

  1. ^ "Damir Milinovic" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Damir Milinović: "Ispunio sam svoje snove" - Sportnet".
  3. ^ "Damir Milinović" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
  4. ^ "Damir Milinović novi trener Gorice" (in Croatian). HNK Gorica official web page. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  5. ^ ro (21 August 2017). "NOVO VELIKO PRESENEČENJE: Nekdanji hrvaški reprezentant na klopi Kopra" (in Slovenian). Ekipa24. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  6. ^ "DAMIR MILINOVIĆ NOVI TRENER DRUGOLIGAŠA ORIJENTA 1919". hntv.hr (in Croatian). 28 August 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Damir Milinović statistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  8. ^ "HNK Rijeka". nk-rijeka.hr. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Damir Milinović national team". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Damir Milinović Managerial statistics in Prva HNL". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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