Milovan Milović

Milovan Milović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Миловић; born 24 October 1980) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Throughout his playing career, he made over 400 appearances for Javor Ivanjica across all competitions.

Milovan Milović

Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-10-24) 24 October 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Ivanjica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Javor Ivanjica (assistant)
Youth career
	Javor Ivanjica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2003	Javor Ivanjica	130	(1)
2003–2007	Partizan	18	(1)
2004	→ Obilić (loan)	11	(0)
2006	→ Javor Ivanjica (loan)	11	(1)
2006–2007	→ Bežanija (loan)	20	(2)
2007–2010	Javor Ivanjica	70	(4)
2008	→ OFK Beograd (loan)	5	(0)
2010–2012	Vojvodina	13	(0)
2011	→ Dinamo Tirana (loan)	15	(0)
2011	→ Javor Ivanjica (loan)	13	(1)
2012–2017	Javor Ivanjica	144	(4)
Total		450	(14)
International career
2010	Serbia	1	(0)
Managerial career
2018–2021	Javor Ivanjica (assistant)
2018	Javor Ivanjica (caretaker)
2021–2022	Javor Ivanjica
2022–	Javor Ivanjica (assistant)
2023	Javor Ivanjica (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Milović started out at his hometown club Javor Ivanjica at the age of 7.^[1] He was promoted to the senior squad in 1999. During the next four seasons, Milović established himself as a first-team regular, helping them earn their first-ever promotion to the top flight in 2002. He was transferred to Partizan in June 2003,^[2] spending half of his four-year contract on loan at other clubs, including spells with Obilić and Bežanija.

In the summer of 2007, Milović moved back to his former club Javor Ivanjica. He was later loaned to OFK Beograd in January 2008,^[3] but appeared in just five league matches with the Romantičari, before returning to his parent club. In June 2010, Milović signed a two-year contract with Vojvodina. He then went abroad on loan to Albanian club Dinamo Tirana in January 2011.^[4] Subsequently, Milović played for Javor Ivanjica in the first half of the 2011–12 season, before rejoining Vojvodina.

In the summer of 2012, Milović made another return to Javor Ivanjica. He captained the side to the 2015–16 Serbian Cup final, which ended in a 2–0 loss to Partizan.^[5]

International career

Milović made one appearance for Serbia, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 away friendly win over Japan on 7 April 2010.^[6][7]

Managerial career

In May 2018, after previously serving as an assistant to Vlado Jagodić, Milović was appointed caretaker manager of Javor Ivanjica until the end of the season.^[8]

In May 2023, Milović was named caretaker manager of Javor Ivanjica for the second time in his career, replacing Mladen Dodić with one game left in the season,^[9] and saved the club from relegation.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League
		Apps	Goals
Javor Ivanjica	2002–03	33	0
Partizan	2003–04	0	0
	2004–05	15	1
	2005–06	3	0
	Total	18	1
Obilić (loan)	2003–04	11	0
Javor Ivanjica (loan)	2005–06	11	1
Bežanija (loan)	2006–07	20	2
Javor Ivanjica	2007–08	13	2
	2008–09	30	1
	2009–10	27	1
	Total	70	4
OFK Beograd (loan)	2007–08	5	0
Vojvodina	2010–11	6	0
	2011–12	7	0
	Total	13	0
Dinamo Tirana (loan)	2010–11	15	0
Javor Ivanjica (loan)	2011–12	13	1
Javor Ivanjica	2012–13	26	0
	2013–14	27	1
	2014–15	26	1
	2015–16	22	0
	2016–17	33	1
	2017–18	10	1
	Total	144	4
Career total		353	13

Honours

Javor Ivanjica

• Second League of FR Yugoslavia: 2001–02
• Serbian Cup: Runner-up 2015–16

Partizan

• First League of Serbia and Montenegro: 2004–05

Dinamo Tirana

• Albanian Cup: Runner-up 2010–11

References

1. "Milović: Od rođenja sudbinski vezan za Javor!" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
2. "Partizan doveo Milovića iz Javora" (in Serbian). b92.net. 5 June 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
3. "Milovan Milović prvo pojačanje OFK Beograda" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 22 January 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
4. "Vojvodina: Milović u Albaniji" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
5. "Partizan osvojio Kup Srbije" (in Serbian). rts.rs. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
6. "Japan bow to Serbia in friendly". jfa.or.jp. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
7. "Milović Milovan" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
8. "Jagodić napustio Javor, Milović na klupi do kraja sezone" (in Serbian). rts.rs. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
9. "Javor smenio Dodića uoči odlučujuće bitke za opstanak" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

External links

• Milovan Milović at Soccerway
• Milovan Milović at WorldFootball.net
• Milovan Milović at National-Football-Teams.com