Igor Milanović

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Igor Milanović
Milanović coaching VK Partizan during LEN Euroleague Final Four in Rome in June 2011.
Personal information
Born	18 December 1965 (1965-12-18) (age 56) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1975–1989	Partizan
1989–1991	Mladost
1991–1992	Crvena zvezda Jupeks
1992–1994	Roma
1994
1994–1995	CN Catalunya
1995–1996	Partizan
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul World Championship 1986 Madrid 1991 Perth European Championship FINA World Cup 1987 Thessaloniki 1989 West-Berlin Mediterranean Games 1991 Athens Universiade 1985 Kobe 1987 Zagreb

Igor Milanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Милановић; born 18 December 1965) is a Serbian professional water polo head coach and former player. He is considered one of the best water polo players of all time.^{[citation needed]} Milanović had an illustrious professional career spanning twenty years.

Biography[]

Milanović was born in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He played a total of 349 games for the Yugoslav national team, scoring 540 goals. As a player, he won numerous trophies: he was a two-time Olympic gold medalist, a two-time World Championship winner, European Championship winner, a two-time FINA Cup winner, and a three-time Euroleague Championship winner. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of FR Yugoslavia at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, becoming the 18th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.^[1] On 13 May 2006, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale.

In June 2009, Milanović was named the head coach of Partizan Raiffeisen after Dejan Udovičić stepped down. In 2011 as a head coach of Partizan Raiffeisen, he won the Euroleague Championship.

Honours[]

As a player[]

VK Partizan

• National Championship of Yugoslavia (3): 1983–84, 1986–87, 1987–88
• National Cup of Yugoslavia (4): 1981–82, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88
• Mediterranean Cup (1): 1989

Mladost

• National Championship of Yugoslavia (1): 1989–90
• LEN Euroleague (2): 1989–90, 1990–91
• LEN Supercup (1): 1990.
• Mediterranean Cup (1): 1991

VK Crvena Zvezda

• National Championship of Yugoslavia (1): 1991–92

CN Catalunya

• División de Honor de Waterpolo (1): 1992–93

Roma

• LEN Trophy (1): 1993–94

PVK Budva

• National Championship of Serbia and Montenegro (1): 1993–94

As a coach[]

VK Partizan

• National Championship of Serbia (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
• National Cup of Serbia (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
• LEN Euroleague (1): 2010–11
• LEN Supercup (1): 2011
• Eurointer League (2): 2009–10, 2010–11
• Tom Hoad Cup (1): 2011

See also[]

• Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of flag bearers for Serbia and Montenegro at the Olympics
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

References[]

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Igor Milanović". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29.

External links[]

• Igor Milanović at International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Igor Milanović at Olympics.com
• Igor Milanović at Olympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by Matija Ljubek (for  Yugoslavia)	Flagbearer for  FR Yugoslavia Atlanta 1996	Succeeded by Vladimir Grbić