Milan Blagojevic

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Milan Blagojevic
Full name	Milan Blagojevic
Date of birth	December 24, 1969 (1969-12-24) (age 38)
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
	Bonnyrigg White Eagles
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1989 1989-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1997 1998 1998-1999 1999-2001 2001-2004	Bonnyrigg White Eagles APIA Leichardt Marconi Stallions Germinal Ekeren SC Heerenveen Heidelberg United Sydney Olympic Johor FC Sydney Olympic Parramatta Power Newcastle United	59 (0) 26 (0) 13 (0) 01 (0) 08 (0) 45 (0) 17 (0) 43 (3) 57 (1)
National team²
1989 1992 1991-2002	Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia	19 (0)
Teams managed
2007-	Sydney Olympic
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 15 May 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Milan Blagojevic (born 24th December 1969 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a retired Australian soccer player of Serbian descent.

1 Playing career
2 Managerial career
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Playing career

During a long and distinguished professional career, Blagojevic made 31 appearances (19 in official FIFA matches) for the Socceroos, 255 National Soccer League appearances as well as playing overseas for Germinal Ekeren (Belgium), SC Heerenveen (Netherlands), Johor FC (Malaysia) and Singapore's Geylang United.

In the 1992 Olympic Games he was part of the Australian Olyroos squad, playing in every game en route to a single goal loss to Ghana in the bronze medal playoff.

[edit] Managerial career

After retiring from playing, Blagojevic moved into coaching at Bonnyrigg White Eagles before taking up a position with the Blacktown City Demons for the 2005/2006 New South Wales Premier League season.

Blagojevic is currently the manager at Sydney Olympic Football Club, after taking over from Manny Spanoudakis, who was appointed as the club's technical director. Blagojevic will be looking to add some much-needed silverware to the Sydney Olympic trophy cabinet, after quite a lean spell in the club's recent history.