Milan Blagojević (born 24 December 1969 in

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) is an Australian retired

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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

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matches) for the Socceroos, 255

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appearances as well as playing overseas for Germinal Ekeren (Belgium),

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(Netherlands),

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(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

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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.

Honours

Australia *

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,; runner-up

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Notes

External links

OzFootball profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blagojevic, Milan 1969 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Soccer players from Sydney Olympic soccer players for 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 SC players Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Australian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Sydney Olympic FC managers Men's association football defenders Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC managers Australian soccer managers Australian people of Serbian descent Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australia men's international soccer players Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1996 OFC Nations Cup players OFC Nations Cup–winning players 2002 OFC Nations Cup players 20th-century Australian sportsmen