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{{Short description|Croatian footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nikica Milenković
| name = Nikica Milenković
| image =
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|09|30}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|09|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Crikvenica]], [[Yugoslavia]]
| birth_place = [[Crikvenica]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|FPR Yugoslavia]]
| height =
| height =
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub =
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = [[HNK Rijeka|Rijeka]]
| youthclubs1 = [[HNK Rijeka|Rijeka]]
| years1 = 1977–1979 |clubs1 = [[NK Orijent|Orijent]] |caps1 = |goals1 =
| years1 = 1977–1979
| years2 = 1979–1987 |clubs2 = [[HNK Rijeka|Rijeka]] |caps2 = 154 |goals2 = 1
| clubs1 = [[HNK Orijent 1919|Orijent]]
| caps1 =
| years3 = 1987–1988 |clubs3 = [[NK Čelik Zenica|Čelik]] |caps3 = 15 |goals3 = 0
| goals1 =
| years4 = 1988–1989 |clubs4 = [[Real Burgos CF|Real Burgos]] |caps4 = 33 |goals4 = 0
| years2 = 1979–1987
| years5 = 1990–1991 |clubs5 = [[CE Sabadell FC|Sabadell]] |caps5 = 17 |goals5 = 1
| club-update = 13:51, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
| clubs2 = [[HNK Rijeka|Rijeka]]
| caps2 = 168
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1987–1988
| clubs3 = [[NK Čelik Zenica|Čelik Zenica]]
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1988–1989
| clubs4 = [[Real Burgos CF|Real Burgos]]
| caps4 = 33
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1990–1991
| clubs5 = [[CE Sabadell FC|Sabadell]]
| caps5 = 17
| goals5 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1991–1996
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] (Youth)
| manageryears2 = 2021
| managerclubs2 = [[FK Rudar Prijedor|Rudar Prijedor]]
}}
}}
'''Nikica “Dido” Milenković''' (born 30 September 1959) is a Croatian professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]] and former [[Football player|player]].


==Playing career==
'''Nikica “Dido” Milenković''' (born 30 September 1959) is a [[Croatia]]n retired football [[Defender (association football)|defender]], who last played for [[CE Sabadell FC|Sabadell]] in Spain’s [[Segunda División]]. He had spent much of his career playing for [[HNK Rijeka|Rijeka]] in [[Yugoslav First League]], where he amassed 154 league appearances. After a season with [[NK Čelik Zenica|Čelik]], he moved to Spain where he played until he retired in 1991. Initially, after retiring, he settled in Barcelona where he worked in the youth ranks of FC Barcelona and as a FIFA agent from 1991 until 1996.<ref>[http://www.cesabadell.cat/base-dades-arlequinada2.asp?idp=338&n=Nikica-Milenkovic cesabadell.cat]</ref> He then moved to [[HNK Rijeka|Rijeka]] where he worked as [[director of football]].<ref>[http://www.24sata.hr/nogomet/ucio-je-xavija-i-iniestu-a-sad-zeli-biti-trener-u-hrvatskoj-ligi-211720 24sata.hr]</ref><ref>[http://www.novilist.hr/Sport/Nogomet/HNL/Nikica-Milenkovic-novi-sportski-direktor-Rijeke NoviList.hr]</ref>
Milenković last played for [[CE Sabadell FC|Sabadell]] in Spain’s [[Segunda División]]. He had spent much of his career playing for [[HNK Rijeka|Rijeka]] in the [[Yugoslav First League]], where he amassed 154 league appearances. After a season with [[NK Čelik Zenica|Čelik Zenica]], he moved to Spain where he played until he retired in 1991.

==Managerial career==
Initially, 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.<ref>[http://www.cesabadell.cat/base-dades-arlequinada2.asp?idp=338&n=Nikica-Milenkovic cesabadell.cat]</ref> He then moved to Rijeka where he worked as [[director of football]].<ref>[http://www.24sata.hr/nogomet/ucio-je-xavija-i-iniestu-a-sad-zeli-biti-trener-u-hrvatskoj-ligi-211720 24sata.hr]</ref><ref>[http://www.novilist.hr/Sport/Nogomet/HNL/Nikica-Milenkovic-novi-sportski-direktor-Rijeke NoviList.hr]</ref>

In June 2021, Milenković became the new manager of newly promoted [[Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Premier League]] club [[FK Rudar Prijedor|Rudar Prijedor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/nekadasnji-trener-omladinaca-barcelone-preuzeo-novog-premijerligasa-rudara/210611028|title=Nekadašnji trener omladinaca Barcelone preuzeo novog premijerligaša Rudara|date=11 June 2021|access-date=11 June 2021|language=bs|author=N.K.|publisher=Klix.ba}}</ref> He debuted as manager against [[FK Sloboda Tuzla|Sloboda Tuzla]] with a loss, in a league game on 18 July 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/sloboda-u-finisu-meca-slomila-otpor-rudara-i-novu-sezonu-otvorila-pobjedom/210718091|title=Sloboda u finišu meča slomila otpor Rudara i novu sezonu otvorila pobjedom|date=18 July 2021|access-date=18 July 2021|language=bs|author=N.K.|publisher=Klix.ba}}</ref> Milenković guided the team to his first win as manager in a league game against [[FK Velež Mostar|Velež Mostar]] on 2 August 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/nikica-milenkovic-izjava-velez-rudar/405021|title=Nikica Milenković: Krvarili smo kao oni protiv AEK-a, Veležu želim da prođe i Feyenoord|date=2 August 2021|access-date=2 August 2021|language=bs|author=M. Šljivak|publisher=sportsport.ba}}</ref> He left Rudar in October 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/nikica-milenkovic-rudar-prijedor-smjena/409995|title=Nikica Milenković više nije trener Rudar Prijedora|date=11 October 2021|access-date=11 October 2021|language=bs|author=A. Čaušević|publisher=sportsport.ba}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
Source:<ref name="Rijeka statistics">{{cite news|url=http://www.nk-rijeka.hr/|title=HNK Rijeka|publisher=nk-rijeka.hr|access-date=6 December 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season
! Club
! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
! colspan=3 | Yugoslavia
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Yugoslav Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[1979–80 Yugoslav First League|1979–80]]||rowspan="8"|[[HNK Rijeka|Rijeka]]||rowspan="9"|[[Yugoslav First League]]||18||0||1||0||5||0||24||0
|-
|[[1980–81 Yugoslav First League|1980–81]]||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|[[1981–82 Yugoslav First League|1981–82]]||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|[[1982–83 Yugoslav First League|1982–83]]||31||1||4||0||colspan="2"|—||35||1
|-
|[[1983–84 Yugoslav First League|1983–84]]||20||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||22||0
|-
|[[1984–85 Yugoslav First League|1984–85]]||30||0||0||0||3||0||33||0
|-
|[[1985–86 Yugoslav First League|1985–86]]||33||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||35||0
|-
|[[1986–87 Yugoslav First League|1986–87]]||21||0||5||0||1||0||27||0
|-
|[[1987–88 Yugoslav First League|1987–88]]||rowspan="1"|[[NK Čelik Zenica|Čelik Zenica]]||15||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||17||0
|-
! colspan=3 | Spain
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Copa del Rey]]
! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[1988–89 Segunda División|1989–90]]||rowspan="1"|[[Real Burgos CF|Real Burgos]]||rowspan="2"|[[Segunda División]]||33||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||33||0
|-
|[[1990–91 Segunda División|1990–91]]||rowspan="1"|[[CE Sabadell FC|Sabadell]]||17||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||1
|-
!rowspan=2| Country !!colspan=2|Rijeka
!168||1||16||0||9||0||193||1
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!218||2||16||0||9||0||243||2
|}

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|3 October 2021}}

{| class="wikitable" tyle="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="8"|Record
|-
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
|-
|align="left"|[[FK Rudar Prijedor|Rudar Prijedor]]
|align="left"|11 June 2021
|align="left"|11 October 2021
{{WDL|13|3|3|7|for=18|against=22|diff=yes}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|13|3|3|7|for=18|against=22|diff=yes}}
|}


==References==
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Latest revision as of 06:38, 13 February 2024

Nikica Milenković
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-09-30) 30 September 1959 (age 65)
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

Nikica “Dido” Milenković (born 30 September 1959) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player.

Playing career

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Milenković 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

[edit]

Initially, 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

[edit]

Source:[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
Managerial record by team and tenure
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 −4 023.08
Total 13 3 3 7 18 22 −4 023.08

References

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  1. ^ cesabadell.cat
  2. ^ 24sata.hr
  3. ^ NoviList.hr
  4. ^ N.K. (11 June 2021). "Nekadašnji trener omladinaca Barcelone preuzeo novog premijerligaša Rudara" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ A. Čaušević (11 October 2021). "Nikica Milenković više nije trener Rudar Prijedora" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  8. ^ "HNK Rijeka". nk-rijeka.hr. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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