Milovan Ćirić

Milovan Ćirić
Personal information
Date of birth	12 February 1918
Place of birth	Belgrade, Austrian-occupied Serbia
Date of death	14 October 1986 (aged 68)
Place of death	Belgrade, SR Serbia,; SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
	SK Jugoslavija
1945–1947	Red Star Belgrade
1947–1948	Partizan
International career
1945	Serbia
Managerial career
1951–1953	BSK
1953–1954	Partizan
1954	Yugoslavia
1954–1957	Red Star Belgrade
1957–1958	Lazio
1959–1961	Hajduk Split
1961–1963	OFK Beograd
1963–1964	Hajduk Split
1964–1965	OFK Beograd
1965–1968	Israel
1968–1969	Beşiktaş
1969–1971	Aris
1973–1974	Yugoslavia
1974–1975	Valencia
1975–1976	Red Star Belgrade
1977	Beşiktaş
1978	Aris
1983–1985	India
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Milovan Ćirić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Ћирић; 12 February 1918 – 14 October 1986)^[1] was a Serbian football coach and former player. He was the last player to captain SK Jugoslavija and the first captain of Red Star Belgrade (1945–47) and the one-off Serbia national team of 1945. In June 1947 Ćirić moved to city rivals Partizan (1947–48). After finishing his career as a player, Ćirić embarked on a coaching career, firstly as the youth team manager for Partizan (1948–51).

Managerial career[edit]

Throughout his long career he coached OFK Beograd (1951–53),^[2] Partizan (1953–54), the Yugoslavian national team (from May to October 1954 as part of a five-man commission along with Branko Pešić, Aleksandar Tirnanić, Leo Lemešić and Franjo Wölfl as well as from December 1973 to July 1974 as part of another five-man commission featuring Miljan Miljanić, Milan Ribar, Sulejman Rebac and Tomislav Ivić), Red Star Belgrade (1954–57, 1975–76), Lazio (1957–58), Hajduk Split (1958–61, 1963–64), OFK Beograd (1961–63, 1964–65), the Israel national football team (1965–68), Beşiktaş (1968–69), Aris (1969–71), Valencia (1974–75), the Indian national team^[3]^[4] (1984–85), etc.

References[edit]

^ "Ficha de jugador: Gorín". Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
^ "1945-1992 - OFK BEOGRAD - Nezvanični sajt". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
^ "The Sunday Tribune - Books". Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
^ Sengupta, Somnath (13 July 2011). "Tactical Evolution of Indian Football (Part Three): PK Banerjee – Amal Dutta – Nayeemuddin". thehardtackle.com. Kolkata: The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

External links[edit]

Milovan Ćirić coach profile at mackolik.com (in Turkish)
Milovan Ćirić manager profile at BDFutbol
Milovan Ćirić at WorldFootball.net

[1] "Ficha de jugador: Gorín". Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2009.

[2] "1945-1992 - OFK BEOGRAD - Nezvanični sajt". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2009.

[3] "The Sunday Tribune - Books". Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2009.

[4] Sengupta, Somnath (13 July 2011). "Tactical Evolution of Indian Football (Part Three): PK Banerjee – Amal Dutta – Nayeemuddin". thehardtackle.com. Kolkata: The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]