Milovan Ćirić

Milovan Ćirić
Милован Ћирић

Personal information
Date of birth	(1918-02-12)February 12, 1918
Place of birth	Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
Date of death
Position(s)	Manager
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946–1947	Red Star Belgrade
1947–1948	FK Partizan
Managerial career
1951–1953	BSK
1953–1954	Partizan Belgrade
1954	Yugoslavia
1954–1957	Red Star Belgrade
1957–1958	Lazio Roma
1959–1961	Hajduk Split
1961–1963	OFK Beograd
1963–1964	Hajduk Split
1964–1965	OFK Beograd
1965–1968	Israel
1968–1969	Beşiktaş
1969–1971	Aris
1973–1974	Yugoslavia
1974–1975	Valencia
1975–1976	Red Star Belgrade
1977	Beşiktaş
1978	Aris
1985	India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Milovan Ćirić (12 February 1918 – 14 October 1986) was a Serbian football coach and former player. He was the first captain of Red Star Belgrade (1946–1947) but in June 1947, he moved to city rivals FK Partizan (1947–1948). With FK Partizan he won Yugoslav cup (1947). After finished his career as a player, Ćirić first worked as a coach in FK Partizan (1948–1951) as youth team manager.

Throughout his long career he's coached OFK Beograd (1951–1953), FK Partizan (1953/54), Yugoslavia national football team (from May to October 1954 as part of a 5-man commission along with Branko Pešić, Aleksandar Tirnanić, Leo Lemešić, and Franjo Wölfl as well as from December 1973 to July 1974 as part of another 5-man commission featuring Miljan Miljanić, Milan Ribar, Sulejman Rebac, and Tomislav Ivić), Red Star Belgrade (1954–1957, 1975/76), S.S. Lazio (1957/58), Hajduk Split (1958–1961, 1963/64), OFK Beograd (1961–1963, 1964/65), Israel national football team (1965–1968), Beşiktaş J.K. (1968/69), Aris FC (1969/71), Valencia CF (1974/75), India national football team (1985), etc.

External links

• Milovan Ćirić coach profile at mackolik.com (Turkish)
• Milovan Ćirić coach profile at BDFutbol.com (Spanish)
• Milovan Ćirić's profile at worldfootball.net