Igor Milanović

Igor Milanović
Igor Milanović
	Milanović coaching VK Partizan during LEN Euroleague Final Four in Rome in June 2011.
Personal information
Born	18 December 1965 (age 58); Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1975–1989	Partizan
1989–1991	Mladost
1991–1992	Crvena zvezda
1992–1994	Roma
1994	Budvanska rivijera
1994–1995	CN Catalunya
1995–1996	Partizan
Teams coached
2009–2014	Partizan
2014–2015	Pro Recco
2015–2018	Galatasaray
2019–2020	Crvena zvezda
2021–2022	Novi Beograd
2022–2023	Olympiacos
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship
FINA World Cup
Mediterranean Games
Universiade

Igor Milanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Милановић; born 18 December 1965) is a Serbian professional water polo head coach and former player. He is considered one of the best water polo players of all time. Milanović had an illustrious professional career spanning twenty years.

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Milanović was born in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He played a total of 349 games for the Yugoslav national team, scoring 540 goals. As a player, he won numerous trophies: he was a two-time Olympic gold medalist, a two-time World Championship winner, European Championship winner, a two-time FINA Cup winner, and a three-time Euroleague Championship winner. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of FR Yugoslavia at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, becoming the 18th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.^[1] On 13 May 2006, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale.

In June 2009, Milanović was named the head coach of Partizan Raiffeisen after Dejan Udovičić stepped down. In 2011 as a head coach of Partizan Raiffeisen, he won the Euroleague Championship.

As a coach

Partizan

LEN Champions League: 2010–11
LEN Super Cup: 2011
Eurointer League: 2009–10, 2010–11
Serbian Championship: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
Serbian Cup: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
Tom Hoad Cup: 2011

Pro Recco

Galatasaray

Turkish Championship: 2016–17

Novi Beograd

LEN Champions League runners-up: 2021–22
Adriatic League: 2021–22
Serbian Championship: 2021–22

Olympiacos

Greek Championship: 2022–23
Greek Cup: 2022–23

As a player

VK Partizan

Yugoslavian Championship: 1983–84, 1986–87, 1987–88
Yugoslavian Cup: 1981–82, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88
Mediterranean Cup: 1989

Mladost

Yugoslavian Championship: 1989–90
LEN Euroleague: 1989–90, 1990–91
LEN SuperCup: 1990.
Mediterranean Cup: 1991

VK Crvena zvezda

Yugoslavian Championship: 1991–92

CN Catalunya

Spanish Championship: 1992–93

Roma

LEN Trophy: 1993–94

PVK Budva

Serbia and Montenegro Championship: 1993–94

[1]
Serbia and Montenegro. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Igor Milanović". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29.