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Serbian water polo player
Igor Milanović (Serbian Cyrillic : Игор Милановић ; born 18 December 1965) is a retired Serbian water polo player who is considered as the best water polo player of all time. Milanović had an illustrious professional career spanning twenty years. He is now a water polo coach.
Biography 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 14th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics .[1] 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.
Club career Honours As a player VK Partizan National Championship of Yugoslavia (3): 1983–84, 1986–87, 1987–88
National Cup of Yugoslavia (4): 1981–82, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88
Mediterranean Cup (1): 1989 Mladost National Championship of Yugoslavia (1): 1989–90
LEN Euroleague (2): 1989–90, 1990–91LEN Supercup (1): 1990.Mediterranean Cup (1): 1991 VK Crvena Zvezda National Championship of Yugoslavia (1): 1991–92 CN Catalunya Roma PVK Budva National Championship of Serbia and Montenegro (1): 1993–94 As a coach VK Partizan National Championship of Serbia (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
National Cup of Serbia (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
LEN Euroleague (1): 2010–11 LEN Supercup (1): 2011Eurointer League (2): 2009–10, 2010–11
Tom Hoad Cup (1): 2011See also References
