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Milovan Ćirić

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Milovan Ćirić
Personal information
Date of birth (1918-02-12)12 February 1918
Place of birth Belgrade, Austrian-occupied Serbia
Date of death 14 October 1986(1986-10-14) (aged 68)
Place of death Belgrade, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Jugoslavija
1945–1947 Red Star Belgrade
1947–1948 Partizan
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
1976 Iraklis Thessaloniki
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 Yugoslav football coach and player. He was the last player to captain SK Jugoslavija and the first captain of Red Star Belgrade (1945–1947). In June 1947 Ćirić moved to city rivals Partizan (1947–1948). After finishing his career as a player, Ćirić embarked on a coaching career, firstly as the youth team manager for Partizan (1948–1951).

Managerial career

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Throughout his long career he coached OFK Beograd (1951–1953),[2] Partizan (1953–1954), 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 (1954–1957, 1975–1976), Lazio (1957–1958), Hajduk Split (1958–1961, 1963–1964), OFK Beograd (1961–1963, 1964–1965), the Israel national football team (1965–1968), Beşiktaş (1968–1969), Aris (1969–1971), Valencia (1974–1975), the India national team[3][4] (1984–85), amongst others.

References

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  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.
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