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Željko Milinovič

Željko Milinovič
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-10-12) 12 October 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Slovan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991 Slovan 17 (0)
1992–1994 Olimpija 50 (4)
1994–1995 Ljubljana 25 (1)
1995–1998 Maribor 99 (3)
1998–2000 LASK 65 (6)
2000–2001 Grazer AK 19 (1)
2001–2004 JEF United 103 (8)
2004–2006 LASK 46 (0)
2006–2007 Olimpija Bežigrad 15 (2)
Total 439 (25)
International career
1997–2002 Slovenia 38 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Željko Milinovič (born 12 October 1969) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented his country at the two major tournaments for which they qualified, the Euro 2000 and the World Cup 2002.

Club career

Born in Ljubljana, Milinovič began his football career with local side Slovan. After half of the 1991–92 season he moved to Olimpija Ljubljana, where he won three consecutive Slovenian Championships and one Slovenian Cup. After a season at Ljubljana, he moved to Maribor. There, he won two consecutive Slovenian Championships and one Slovenian Cup. He had a few successful spells abroad, namely in Austria (LASK Linz and Grazer AK) and Japan (JEF United Ichihara).

International career

Milinovič was capped 38 times and scored three goals for Slovenia.[1] He was a participant at the Euro 2000 and World Cup 2002. His final international was at the latter tournament, against Paraguay.[2]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Slovan 1991–92 PrvaLiga 17 0 17 0
Olimpija 1991–92 PrvaLiga 10 2 10 2
1992–93 20 2 20 2
1993–94 20 0 20 0
Total 50 4 50 4
Ljubljana 1994–95 PrvaLiga 25 1 25 1
Maribor 1995–96 PrvaLiga 33 1 33 1
1996–97 32 1 32 1
1997–98 34 1 34 1
Total 99 3 99 3
LASK 1998–99 Austrian Bundesliga 33 4 33 4
1999–2000 32 2 32 2
Total 65 6 65 6
Grazer AK 2000–01 Austrian Bundesliga 19 1 19 1
JEF United Ichihara 2001 J1 League 26 3 3 0 5 1 34 4
2002 25 3 4 0 4 2 33 5
2003 26 2 3 0 2 0 31 2
2004 26 0 1 0 5 0 32 0
Total 103 8 11 0 16 3 130 11
LASK 2004–05 First League 15 0 15 0
2005–06 31 0 31 0
Total 46 0 46 0
Olimpija 2006–07 15 2 15 2
Career total 439 25 11 0 16 3 466 28

International

Slovenia national team
Year Apps Goals
1997 1 0
1998 2 0
1999 9 0
2000 11 2
2001 8 1
2002 7 0
Total 38 3

International goals

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 April 2000 Stade de France, Paris  France 1–0 2–3 Friendly match
2 7 October 2000 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 2–0 2–1 FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification
3 5 September 2001 Marakana, Belgrade  FR Yugoslavia 1–0 1–1 FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification

Honours

Olimpija

Maribor

LASK

See also

References

  1. ^ "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Željko Milinovič, international football player". EU-football. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ^ Željko Milinovič at National-Football-Teams.com
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