Vladan Milojević

Vladan Milojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Владан Милојевић; born 9 March 1970) is a Serbian football manager and former player who manages the Saudi club Al-Ahli.

Vladan Milojević
Personal information
Full name Vladan Milojević
Date of birth (1970-03-09) 9 March 1970
Place of birth Aranđelovac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Al-Ahli (manager)
Youth career
1986–1989 Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Radnički Beograd 57 (10)
1993–1994 PAS Giannina 29 (6)
1994–1995 Kalamata 36 (1)
1995–1996 Red Star Belgrade 13 (0)
1996–1997 Apollon Smyrnis 29 (3)
1997–2000 Panathinaikos 61 (5)
2000–2003 Iraklis 69 (3)
2003 Akratitos 9 (1)
2004 Apollon Smyrnis 11 (0)
Total 314 (29)
Teams managed
2006–2007 Čukarički (assistant)
2010–2011 Red Star Belgrade (youth)
2011 Javor Ivanjica
2012–2015 Čukarički
2015–2016 Omonia
2016–2017 Panionios
2017–2019 Red Star Belgrade
2020– Al-Ahli
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Playing

Born in Aranđelovac, Milojević joined the youth system of Red Star Belgrade in 1986, before making his senior debuts with Bečej. He then spent three seasons with Radnički Beograd (1990–1993), playing together with Darko Tešović and Zdenko Muf. In the summer of 1993, Milojević moved to Greece, alongside Muf, and joined PAS Giannina.[1] He also played for Kalamata, again with Muf, before returning to his homeland and joining his parent club Red Star Belgrade in early 1996. Six months later, Milojević returned to Greece and signed with Apollon Smyrnis. He spent one season at the club, before switching to Panathinaikos and remaining there for the next three years.[2] Subsequently, Milojević spent three seasons at Iraklis (2000–2003). He also played at Akratitos for six months, before spending the final six months of his career at his former club Apollon Smyrnis.

Managerial

After hanging up his boots, Milojević worked in the youth setups at Iraklis and Red Star Belgrade. He won the national championship with the latter's under-18 team in the 2010–11 season. In June 2011, Milojević was appointed manager of Serbian SuperLiga side Javor Ivanjica, but left the club after three months.

In February 2012, Milojević took charge at Serbian First League club Čukarički.[3] He led them to promotion to the top flight in 2013. Two years later, Milojević won his first trophy as a manager when Čukarički defeated Partizan 1–0 in the 2014–15 Serbian Cup final.[4] He left the club by mutual consent in October 2015.[5]

In November 2015, Milojević was appointed manager of Cypriot club Omonia.[6] He left the position in May 2016.[7] In August 2016, Milojević took charge at Greek side Panionios.[8] He parted ways with the club at the end of the season.

In June 2017, Milojević became manager of Red Star Belgrade. He won the league in his first season in charge and led them to the UEFA Europa League knockout stage.

In the 2018–19 season, Milojević became the first manager to lead Red Star Belgrade to the UEFA Champions League group stage, having survived three qualifying rounds to eventually beat FC Red Bull Salzburg in the playoff round by 2–2 on aggregate. Red Star Belgrade caused one of the biggest upsets of that UEFA Champions League season by defeating the later winner of the season Liverpool at home with 2–0.[9]

In the 2019–20 season, Milojević again managed to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage after defeating some tough opponents in the likes of København and Young Boys. On 19 December 2019, Milojevic announced his resignation as manager of Red Star Belgrade even though the team is 11 points clear in the Serbian league.[10]

On 28 February 2020, Milojević signed a 1½–year contract with Saudi Professional League club Al-Ahli.[11]

Personal life

Milojević is the father of Greek youth international Nemanja Milojević.[12] He is also the younger brother of fellow manager and former footballer Goran Milojević.[13]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 5 February 2021
Team From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Javor Ivanjica June 2011 September 2011 7 3 0 4 6 10 −4 042.86
Čukarički February 2012 October 2015 124 64 32 28 166 104 +62 051.61
Omonia November 2015 May 2016 33 20 5 8 59 27 +32 060.61
Panionios August 2016 June 2017 39 17 9 13 41 32 +9 043.59
Red Star Belgrade June 2017 December 2019 149 106 26 17 317 115 +202 071.14
Al-Ahli February 2020 Present 34 16 5 13 48 49 −1 047.06
Total 385 225 77 83 637 336 +301 058.44

Honours

Player

Red Star Belgrade

Manager

Čukarički

Red Star Belgrade

Individual

References
  1. "Foreign Players in Greece 1999/00-2001/02". rsssf.com. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  2. "Από τον Βλάνταν στον Μπουμσόνγκ" (in Greek). leoforos.gr. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  3. "Čukarički dobija novog vlasnika" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  4. "Čukarički make history with Serbian Cup success". uefa.com. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  5. "Milojević posle Partizana napušta Čukarički" (in Serbian). b92.net. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  6. "Ομόνοια: Και επίσημα Μιλόγεβιτς" (in Greek). sigmalive.com. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  7. "Ομόνοια: Τέλος κι επίσημα" (in Greek). kathimerini.com.cy. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  8. "Ανακοίνωση ΠΑΕ ΠΑΝΙΩΝΙΟΣ ΓΣΣ" (in Greek). panioniosfc.gr. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  9. "Crvena zvezda-Liverpool 2019 History | UEFA Champions League". UEFA.com.
  10. "Red Star Belgrade manager quits with team top of league". www.msn.com. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  11. "VLADAN OD ARABIJE: Milojević zvanično trener Al Ahlija u kome nastupa Marin! Zvezdin tandem ponovo na okupu". kurir.rs (in Serbian). 28 February 2020.
  12. "Sin Vladana Milojevića tema dana u Atini: Zašto sam izabrao Grčku i šta mi je otac sve rekao zbog toga (VIDEO)" (in Serbian). telegraf.rs. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  13. "JAVIO SE BRAT VLADANA MILOJEVIĆA: Iz Zvezde prešao u Partizan, a sada je jedini srpski trener u ligi Crne Gore!" (in Serbian). espreso.rs. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  14. "A ko drugi?" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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