Željko Milinovič

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.

Željko Milinovič

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-10-12) 12 October 1969 (age 54)
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

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	Yugoslavia	1–0	1–1	FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification

Honours

Olimpija

• Slovenian PrvaLiga: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94
• Slovenian Cup: 1992–93

Maribor

• Slovenian PrvaLiga: 1996–97, 1997–98
• Slovenian Cup: 1996–97

LASK

• Austrian Cup: runner-up 1999–2000

See also

• Slovenian international players
• NK Maribor players

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

External links

• at FIFA (archived) 
• Željko Milinovič at J.League (in Japanese) 
• Željko Milinovič at EU-Football.info 
• Željko Milinovič at FBref.com 
• Željko Milinovič at National-Football-Teams.com 
• Željko Milinovič at Soccerway.com 
• Željko Milinovič at WorldFootball.net 
• Player profile at PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
• Željko Milinovič at NZS (in Slovene)