Mladen Mladenović

Mladen Mladenović
Personal information
Date of birth	13 September 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Rijeka, SR Croatia,; SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Lučki Radnik
–1982	Rijeka
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1989	Rijeka
1985	→ Zadar (loan)
1989–1991	Dinamo Zagreb
1991–1993	Castellón
1993–1994	Rijeka
1994–1995	Casino Salzburg
1996–1997	Gamba Osaka
1997	Rijeka
1998	Hajduk Split
Total
International career
1990–1996	Croatia
Managerial career
2002	NK Žminj
2002–2003	Rijeka
	Halubjan Viškovo
	Cres
2006–2008	Orijent
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Mladen Mladenović (born 13 September 1964) is a Croatian professional football manager and retired player who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Club

During his career he played for Rijeka, Zadar, Dinamo Zagreb^[1] and Hajduk Split in Croatia, CD Castellón in Spain, SV Austria Salzburg in Austria, and with Gamba Osaka in Japanese J.League. Known for his explosive shooting, Mladenović scored a total of 115 goals in 374 league games.^[2] When at Rijeka, he severely injured Hajduk's debutant player Nenad Gračan in 1986, breaking Gračan's leg.^[3]

International

He made his debut for Croatia in an October 1990 friendly match against the United States, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute for Aljoša Asanović, and earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 3 goals. Since Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia at the time, his first 3 games are unofficial. Mladenović participated at UEFA Euro 1996 and his final international was at that tournament in the quarter finals against eventual winners Germany.^[4]

Managerial career

Following his retirement from playing professional football, Mladenović started a career as a referee, as well as a manager. Since 2002, he managed NK Žminj, Rijeka, NK Halubjan, NK Cres and Orijent.

Club statistics

Season	Club	League	League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1982	Rijeka	Yugoslav First League	2	0	0	0	–		2	0
1982–83			7	0	0	0	–		7	0
1984–85			9	0	0	0	–		9	0
1985	Zadar (loan)	Yugoslav Second League	16	6	–		–		16	6
1985–86	Rijeka	Yugoslav First League	11	2	0	0	–		11	2
1986–87			24	1	5	0	1	0	30	1
1987–88			30	5	1	0	–		31	5
1988–89			33	13	1	0	–		34	13
1989–90	Dinamo Zagreb		30	10	2	1	1	0	33	11
1990–91	Dinamo Zagreb		28	6	2	3	2	0	32	9
1991–92	Castellón	Segunda División	36	12	4	1	–		40	13
1992–93	Castellón	Segunda División	30	8	–		–		30	8
1993–94	Rijeka	Croatian First Division	31	20	9	3	–		40	23
1994–95	Austria Salzburg	Austrian Bundesliga	31	8	1	1	8	3	40	12
1995	Austria Salzburg	Austrian Bundesliga	15	7	1	0	2	0	18	7
1996	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	20	11	3	1	–		23	12
1997	Gamba Osaka	J1 League	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
1997	Rijeka	Croatian First Division	9	2	2	1	–		11	3
1998	Hajduk Split	Croatian First Division	12	4	2	1	–		14	5
Yugoslavia total			190	43	11	4	4	0	205	54
Spain total			66	20	4	1	0	0	70	21
Austria total			46	15	2	1	10	3	58	19
Japan total			20	11	3	1	0	0	23	12
Croatia total			52	26	13	5	0	0	65	31
Career total			374	115	33	12	14	3	421	130

National team statistics

Croatia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1990	2	0
1991	1	0
1992	0	0
1993	1	0
1994	6	2
1995	5	1
1996	4	0
Total	19	3

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1–2	18 May 1994	ETO, Győr	Hungary	1 – 1	2 – 2	Friendly
1–2	18 May 1994	ETO, Győr	Hungary	2 – 1	2 – 2	Friendly
3	3 September 1995	Maksimir, Zagreb	Estonia	1 – 0	7 – 1	Euro 1996 Qualifying

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
HNK Rijeka	November 2002	March 2003	9	1	3	5	011.11

Honours

Rijeka

Yugoslav Youth Cup: 1982

Salzburg

Individual

SN Yellow Shirt Award: 1994
HNK Rijeka all time XI by Novi list

References

^ Legenda Rijeke koja je igrala i za Dinamo i za Hajduk uvjerena je da Rožman neće izgubiti na Poljudu - Sportske Jutarnji (in Croatian)
^ Mladen Mladenović: Dinamo i Rijeka podjednake kvalitete i sanse u kupu - Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian)
^ Mladen Mladenović: Onakav prekršaj nemoguće je namjerno napraviti - Index (in Croatian)
^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

External links

Mladen Mladenović at WorldFootball.net
Mladen Mladenović at National-Football-Teams.com
Mladen Mladenović at BDFutbol
Mladen Mladenović at kicker (in German)
Mladen Mladenović at FBref.com
Mladen Mladenović at Croatian Football Statistics (national team profile) (archived) (in Croatian)
Mladen Mladenović at BDFutbol

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[1] Legenda Rijeke koja je igrala i za Dinamo i za Hajduk uvjerena je da Rožman neće izgubiti na Poljudu - Sportske Jutarnji (in Croatian)

[2] Mladen Mladenović: Dinamo i Rijeka podjednake kvalitete i sanse u kupu - Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian)

[3] Mladen Mladenović: Onakav prekršaj nemoguće je namjerno napraviti - Index (in Croatian)

[4] "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

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