Milenko Spoljaric

Milenko Spoljaric

Personal information
Full name	Milenko Špoljarić
Date of birth	January 24, 1967 (1967-01-24) (age 44)
Place of birth	Belišće, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	NK Belišće
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1987-1989	NK Osijek
1989-1992	OFK Beograd	27	(13)
1992-2003	Apollon Limassol	250	(78)
2003-2004	AEP Paphos	23	(0)
National team
1997-2001	Cyprus	21	(8)
Teams managed
2004-2005	Aris Limassol
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Milenko Spoljaric (Serbo-Croatian: Миленко Шпољарић/Milenko Špoljarić, born January 24, 1967) is a football manager and a former Cypriot international football midfielder.

Career

Born in Belišće, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, Spoljaric played for Yugoslav First League clubs NK Osijek and OFK Beograd. He left in 1992 signing with Cypriot club Apollon Limassol where he will play 11 seasons all the way until 2003. Before retiring from professional playing he played one last season with AEP Paphos. With Apollon he scored 78 goals in 250 appearances.

After playing several seasons in Cyprus, he received a call from the Cypriot national team. He played a total of 28 matches having scored 8 times for Cyprus.

After retiring he initiated his coaching career.

His father is an ethnic Croat while his mother is an ethnic Serb.^[1]

References

1. ^ Tempo (Serbia magazine) (1991-10-16). "Tempo magazine #1338, pgs. 2-3" (in Serbo-Croatian). 

External links

• National Football Teams

Persondata
Name	Spoljaric, Milenko
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	January 24, 1967
Place of birth	SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
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