Milan Blagojevic

Milan Blagojevic

Personal information
Full name	Milan Blagojevic
Date of birth	December 24, 1969 (1969-12-24) (age 41)
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Bonnyrigg White Eagles
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1986–1989	Avala Sports Club/Bonnyrigg White Eagles
1989–1991	APIA Leichardt	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)
National team‡
1989	Australia U-20
1992	Australia U-23
1991–2002	Australia	19	(0)
Teams managed
2006	Bonnyrigg White Eagles
2007	Blacktown City Demons
2008–2009	Blacktown City Demons (Assistant)
–	Sydney Olympic
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2007. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 May 2007

Milan Blagojevic^{[Note 1]} (born 24 December 1969 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a retired Australian soccer player.

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

1. ^ This name is traditionally rendered Blagojević in Serbia.

External links

• OzFootball profile
• Milan Blagojevic – FIFA competition record

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Name	Blagojevic, Milan
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Date of birth	24 December 1969
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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