Nikola Milinković

Nikola Milinković
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-03-19) 19 March 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Sanski Most, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Radnički Zdena
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Bečej 58 (24)
1993–1995 Lleida 60 (12)
1995–1996 Almería 32 (10)
1996–1997 Chaves 39 (8)
1998–1999 Ourense 34 (4)
1999–2001 Alverca 61 (15)
2001–2004 Grazer AK 63 (10)
2004–2005 ASK Schwadorf ? (?)
Total 347 (83)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikola Milinković (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Милинковић; born 19 March 1968) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Sanski Most, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the time part of Yugoslavia, Milinković started playing with local side Radnički Zdena.[1] Just before the Bosnian War started, he moved to Serbia and played with FK Bečej. He was spotted by Spanish club Lleida that signed him in 1993. He moved to Almería two years later where he had a short spell. He moved twice more to two other clubs on the Iberian Peninsula where he had similarly short spells, namely Ourense and Portuguese clubs Chaves and Alverca. In 2001, he signed with Austrian club Grazer AK where he spent four seasons and effectively retired from professional football with ASK Schwadorf.[2] He ended his career at Austrian lower league side USV Markt Hartmannsdorf.[3]

Personal life

Milinković is the father of footballers and Serbia internationals Sergej Milinković-Savić and Vanja Milinković-Savić and basketball player Jana Milinković-Savić.[4]

References

  1. ^ SERGEJ I HARIS: Zemljaci iz Podgrmeča rivali u Kalinjingradu at Sportski žurnal, 20 June 2018 (in Serbian)
  2. ^ Nikola Milinković at ForadeJogo.net
  3. ^ Austrian career stats - ÖFB
  4. ^ FANATIK: Sećate li se Bečeja i Bekrija? at mozzartsport.com, 25 June 2014, Retrieved 19 April 2016 (in Serbian)


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