Bora Milutinović

Football manager infobox
playername = Bora Milutinović


fullname = Velibor Milutinović
nickname = "Bora", "The Magician"
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1944|9|7
cityofbirth = Bajina Bašta, Serbia
countryofbirth = Yugoslavia
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position = Manager
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years = -1967

1967-1969
1969-1971
1971-1972


clubs = FK Bor OFK Beograd Partizan Belgrade AS Monaco OGC Nice FC Rouen FC Winterthur Pumas UNAM
caps(goals)= ? (?) ? (?)
43 (3)
37 (0)
10 (0)
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manageryears = 1977-1981 1983-1986 1987 1987 1990 1991-1995 1995-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 2000-2002 2003-2004 2004-2005 2006-2007
managerclubs = Pumas UNAM Mexico San Lorenzo Udinese Calcio Costa Rica United States Mexico Nigeria MetroStars China Honduras Al-Sadd Jamaica

Velibor “Bora” Milutinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велибор Милутиновић - Бора) (born September 7, 1944 in Bajina Bašta, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbia-Mexicann football coach, and the only person to have coached five different teams at the World Cup: Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994), Nigeria (1998), and China (2002). He is also the first coach to take four different teams beyond the first round, before failing to do so with China, henceforth earning the nickname of "Miracle Worker" [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/china/newsid_1618000/1618475.stm BBC SPORT | WORLD CUP | China | Five in a row for the miracle worker ] ] , first given to him by Alan Rothenberg, then president of the United States Soccer Federation [ [http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/men/milutinovic.htm Profile: Bora Milutinovic ] ] .

In the summer of 2003, Milutinović was in serious negotiations to finally take over the national team at his native Serbia. Despite heavy, month-long persuasion from Serbian football officials, Milutinović turned down the offer and soon signed on to the Honduras national team. He led the team to the first round of CONCACAF qualifiers before resigning on June 30, 2004. He cited "the prevailing bad atmosphere, created by comments made by the country's managers, officials and press" as the reason for his leaving during World Cup qualifying.

Milutinović's coaching career at club level has not been nearly as illustrious. He coached the MetroStars of Major League Soccer to the worst record in league history in 1999. He also had a brief stint in Qatar league as well as nine matches with Udinese Calcio of Italian Serie B in 1987.

Milutinović is married to a Mexican national and became a Mexican citizen.

On November 16, 2006, he was announced as head coach of Jamaica. He continues to be a supporter of the Chinese national team, and keeps a blog on the Chinese Sina.com website. On November 9, 2007, following a string of six consecutive friendly defeats he was fired by Jamaican FA.

References

cite book
author=Barreaud, Marc | title=Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997) | year=1998 | publisher=L'Harmattan, Paris | isbn=2-7384-6608-7

External links

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