Milan Blagojevic (born 24 December 1969 in Sydney,

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) is an Australian retired soccer player.

Early life

Milan is of Serbian descent and always aspired to be a professional footballer. He attended Cabramatta High School in the eighties before becoming a professional after stints with Serbian-Australian club Avala now known as

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Playing career

During a long and distinguished professional career, Blagojevic made 31 appearances (19 in official FIFA matches) for the

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, 255 National Soccer League appearances as well as playing overseas for

Germinal Ekeren Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were r ...

(Belgium),

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...

(Netherlands), Johor FA (Malaysia) and

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. In the 1992

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he was part of the

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squad, playing in every game en route to a single goal loss to

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in the bronze medal playoff.

Post-athletic career

After retiring from playing, Blagojevic moved into coaching at

before taking up a position with the

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for the 2005–2006

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season. Blagojevic is currently the manager at Sydney Olympic Football Club, after taking over from Manny Spanoudakis, who was appointed as the club's technical director. During the 2008 season, Blagojevic lead Sydney Olympic to success in the Johnny Warren Cup and lead them to the final of the Tiger Turf Cup. In 2006, he was an assistant coach on the first series of the

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series Nerds FC.

Notes

External links

OzFootball profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blagojevic, Milan 1969 births Living people Australian soccer players Soccer players from Sydney Olympic soccer players of Australia National Soccer League (Australia) players Eredivisie players Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC players Beerschot A.C. players SC Heerenveen players Sydney Olympic FC players Parramatta Power players Expatriate footballers in Malaysia Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Australian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Sydney Olympic FC managers Association football defenders Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC managers Australian soccer coaches Australian people of Serbian descent Australian expatriate soccer players Australia international soccer players Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1996 OFC Nations Cup players 2002 OFC Nations Cup players