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 50)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia

Igor Milanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Милановић; born 18 December 1965) is a retired Serbian water polo player who had an illustrious professional career spanning twenty years. He is now a water polo coach.

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. 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.

Club career

Clubs he played for

Honours

As a player

VK Partizan
Mladost
VK Crvena Zvezda
CN Catalunya
Roma
PVK Budva

As a coach

VK Partizan

References

    Olympic Games
    Preceded by
    Matija Ljubek
    (for  Yugoslavia)
    Flagbearer for  Yugoslavia
    Atlanta 1996
    Succeeded by
    Vladimir Grbić


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