Milan Blagojevic
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Milan Blagojević | ||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bonnyrigg White Eagles | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | Avala Sports Club | ||
| 1989–1991 | APIA Leichhardt | 59 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Marconi Stallions | 26 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Germinal Ekeren | 13 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | SC Heerenveen | 1 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Heidelberg United | 8 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Sydney Olympic | 45 | (0) |
| 1998 | Johor FC | ||
| 1998–1999 | Sydney Olympic | 17 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Parramatta Power | 43 | (3) |
| 2001–2004 | Newcastle United | 57 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1989 | Australia U-20 | ||
| 1992 | Australia U-23 | ||
| 1991–2002 | Australia | 19 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | ||
| 2006 | Blacktown City Demons | ||
| 2007 | Blacktown City Demons (Assistant) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Sydney Olympic | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 May 2007 |
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Milan Blagojević (born 24 December 1969 in Sydney, New South Wales) 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 Bonnyrigg White Eagles.
Playing career
During a long and distinguished professional career, Blagojevic made 31 appearances (19 in official FIFA matches) for the Socceroos, 255 National Soccer League appearances as well as playing overseas for Germinal Ekeren (Belgium), SC Heerenveen (Netherlands), Johor FC (Malaysia) and Singapore's Geylang United.
In the 1992 Olympic Games he was part of the Australian Olyroos squad, playing in every game en route to a single goal loss to Ghana in the bronze medal playoff.
Post-athletic career
After retiring from playing, Blagojevic moved into coaching at Bonnyrigg White Eagles before taking up a position with the Blacktown City Demons for the 2005–2006 New South Wales Premier League 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 Australian television series Nerds FC.
Notes
External links
- OzFootball profile
- Milan Blagojevic – FIFA competition record
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- Use dmy dates from June 2013
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Sydney
- Australian people of Serbian descent
- Australian soccer players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Australia international soccer players
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic soccer players of Australia
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Eredivisie players
- Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC players
- Beerschot AC players
- SC Heerenveen players
- Sydney Olympic FC players
- Parramatta Power players
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Malaysia
- Sydney Olympic FC managers
