Milenko Milošević (born 13 November 1976) is a retired Bosnian footballer and football manager. He usually fielded as a

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

, although ''Milo'' was also able to play as

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Club career

FR Yugoslav First League

Born in

Zvornik Zvornik ( sr-cyrl, Зворник, ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in Republika Srpska, on the left bank of the Drina river. In 2013, it had a population of 58,856 inhabitants. The town of Mali Zvornik ("Little Zvornik") li ...

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

, Milenko Milošević played his early career in Serbia with FK Loznica from where he moved to

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in ...

. After playing in Belgrade two seasons, he moved to another

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Прва савезна лига / Prva savezna liga) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of ...

side,

FK Sutjeska Nikšić Fudbalski klub Sutjeska (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Сутјеска) is football club from Nikšić, Montenegro, currently competing in the Montenegrin First League. The club was established in 1920, and has been known by its ...

Career in Belgium

Searching for a defensive midfielder,

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First division side

Excelsior Mouscron Royal Excelsior Mouscron was a Belgian football club from the municipality of Mouscron, Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and soon ceased to exist. A new club known as Royal Excel Mouscron was formed in March 2010 and placed ...

offered Milošević a trial in 2003. During this trial however, Mouscron signed Algerian international Samir Beloufa for the position of defensive midfielder, making it no longer useful for Mouscron to sign Milosevic.

Georges Leekens Georges Leekens (born 18 May 1949) is a Belgian football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of four national teams: the Belgian, Tunisian, Algerian and Hungarian national football teams. He also manage ...

, the Mouscron coach at that time, recommended Milošević to his former team

Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003–04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Division ...

, who had just promoted and were interested in any improvement for the squad. Milošević signed a contract a little later. His contract with Cercle ended in 2008 and was not renewed. He signed for

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side Blue Star Poperinge, where he met his former Cercle manager

Jerko Tipurić Jerko Tipurić (born 14 June 1960 in Konjic) is a Croatian retired football defender and football manager. He also has Belgian nationality since 1998. He is known as a somewhat eccentric person. For example, he taught his players in which a ...

. Poperinge became champions and will play in the lowest nationwide league next season.

International career

Milošević has also played once for the senior national team of

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and ...

, winning 1–2 in a match against

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in 2004. He came on as a second-half substitute for

Muhamed Konjić Muhamed Konjić (; born 14 May 1970) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back, most notably for Monaco, Coventry City and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team who he also captained. Club career A solid defen ...

Managerial career

By early 2011, after Drina Zvornik manager

Darko Vojvodić Darko Vojvodić (born 8 May 1970) is a Bosnian Serb professional football manager and former player who is the most manager of First League of RS club Famos Vojkovići. Playing career Vojvodić played with Radnički Kragujevac in the 1995– ...

resigned, Milošević along with Svetozar Vukašinović took charge of the team in their Bosnian Premier League match against Olimpik and stayed as the club's dual managers until Dragan Mićić got appointed on 25 March 2011.Dragan Mićić novi trener Drine
at SportSport.ba, 25-3-2011, retrieved 12-12-2014

Managerial statistics

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