Igor Milanović

Igor Milanović
Milanović coaching VK Partizan during LEN Euroleague Final Four in Rome in June 2011.
Personal information
Born	18 December 1965 (1965-12-18) (age 59) 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 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul World Championship 1986 Madrid 1991 Perth European Championship 1991 Athens 1985 Sofia 1987 Strasbourg 1989 Bonn FINA World Cup 1987 Thessaloniki 1989 West-Berlin Mediterranean Games 1991 Athens Universiade 1985 Kobe 1987 Zagreb

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.

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 18th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. 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.

Honours

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

• LEN Champions League: 2014–15
• Serie A: 2014–15
• Coppa Italia: 2014–15

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

See also

• Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of flag bearers for Serbia and Montenegro at the Olympics
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

References

• 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.

External links

• Igor Milanović at World Aquatics
• Igor Milanović at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Igor Milanović at Olympics.com
• Igor Milanović at Olympedia