Milan Mijailović

Milan Mijailović
Personal information
Full name Milan Mijailović
Date of birth (1981-09-18) 18 September 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Gornji Milanovac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2001 Borac Čačak 43 (20)
2001–2005 Hajduk Kula[1] 46 (11)
2004 → Borac Čačak (loan)
2005–2006 Radnički Pirot
2006–2008 Mladost Lučani 41 (5)
2008 Jagodina 11 (0)
2009 Metalac Gornji Milanovac 13 (2)
2010 Sloga Kraljevo 17 (7)
2010 OPS 5 (3)
2010–2011 Sloga Kraljevo
2011–2012 Polet Ljubić
2012–2013 Kovačevac
Managerial career
2017–2018 Serbian White Eagles
2017–2018 Serbia AC (indoor)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2017

Milan Mijailović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Мијаиловић; born 18 September 1981) is a Serbian retired football forward and current coach.[2]

Club career

Early career

Mijailović began playing in the First League of FR Yugoslavia in 1997 with Borac Čačak.[2] In 2001, he played with league rivals Hajduk Kula and would also have a loan spell with his former club Borac Čačak in 2004.[2][3]

He played in the Serbian First League in 2005–06 with Radnički Pirot. In 2007–08, he played in the Serbian SuperLiga with FK Mladost Lučani, and with FK Jagodina the following season.[4][5] In 2009, he played with his hometown club Metalac Gornji Milanovac in the first division where he appeared in 6 matches.[6]

In 2010, he returned to the Serbian second division on a loan spell to Sloga Kraljevo where he appeared in 17 matches and scored 7 goals.[7]

Europe

After several years in his native Serbia, he ventured abroad in the summer of 2010 to Finland's Ykkönen side Oulun Palloseura.[8][7] He recorded his first two goals for the club on August 21, 2010, against Mikkelin Palloilijat.[9] After three months in the Finnish circuit, his contract was terminated in September 2010.[10] He appeared in 5 matches and scored 3 goals.[6]

Serbia

After a season abroad he returned to play with FK Sloga, and later with FK Polet Ljubić.[11] In 2012, he played in the Serbian League Belgrade with FK Kovačevac.[12]

Managerial career

He was a football coach for FK Takovo and youth teams for FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac.

In the summer of 2017, he began managing in the Canadian Soccer League with the Serbian White Eagles.[13] Mijailović would lead the western Toronto side to a playoff berth by finishing second in the league's first division.[14] The Serbs would defeat SC Waterloo Region in a penalty shootout in the opening round of the playoffs.[15] Their playoff run would conclude in the next round after a defeat by the York Region Shooters.[16]

During the winter season, he would manage the Serbia indoor team in the Arena Premier League for the 2017–18 season.[17] He returned for the 2018 summer season.[13] For the second consecutive season, he helped Serbia secure a postseason berth.[18] Serbia would be eliminated from the playoffs in the first round by Waterloo.[19]

References

  1. ^ Note: stats only for the 2001–2003 period
  2. ^ a b c "Milan Mijailović". dekisa.tripod.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Hajduk Kula 2003-04". en.eufo.de. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Mladost Lucani 2007-08". en.eufo.de. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  5. ^ "FK Jagodina 2008-09". en.eufo.de. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Serbia - M. Mijailović - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". gh.soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Uutiset › Mijailovic löytänyt maalijyvän | Oulun Palloseura" [Mijailovic found the grain of the goal]. www.ops.fi (in Finnish). 2 September 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Joukkue › Kausi 2010 Oulun Palloseura" [Team 2010 Season]. www.ops.fi (in Finnish). 30 April 2012. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Kärsivällisyys palkittiin lopussa, OPS - MP 2 - 0" ["Patience was rewarded at the end, OPS - MP 2 - 0]. www.ops.fi (in Finnish). 21 August 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Mijailovic ja Kabaev lahtevat". www.ops.fi (in Finnish). 14 September 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  11. ^ "FK Polet Ljubic". archive.is. 4 April 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Serbia - FK Kovačevac - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  13. ^ a b Topalović, M. (23 September 2017). "Srpski klub iz Toronta na pragu novog trijumfa: Orlovi lete ka tituli" [The Serbian club from Toronto is on the threshold of a new triumph: the Eagles are flying towards the title] (in Serbian). Vesti. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  14. ^ Adamson, Stan (4 September 2017). "FC Vorkuta Wins First Division in Inaugural Season....Scarborough's Aleksander Stojiljkovic strikes four". Canadian Soccer League. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  15. ^ "ОРЛОВИ КРОЗ ДРАМУ ДО ПОЛУФИНАЛА" [EAGLES THROUGH DRAMA TO SEMI-FINALS]. serbianwhiteeagles.ca. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  16. ^ Adamson, Stan (25 September 2017). "Shooters vs Scarborough for CSL Championship.....Burlington vs Ukraine Utd for Division Two title". Canadian Soccer League. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  17. ^ "2017-18 Serbia AC roster". apl.teamsnapsites.com. 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  18. ^ Adamson, Stan (24 September 2018). "FC Ukraine United Rout CSC Mississauga to Clinch First Division Title". Canadian Soccer League. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  19. ^ "ПОРАЗ ОРЛОВА НА СТАРТУ ПЛЕЈОФА" [DEFEAT OF THE EAGLES AT THE START OF THE PLAYOFFS]. serbianwhiteeagles.ca. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2024.