Igor Milanović

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

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 54) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul World Championship 1986 Madrid 1991 Perth European Championship 1991 Athens 1985 Sofia 1987 Strasbourg 1989 Bonn FINA World Cup 1987 Thessaloniki 1989 West-Berlin Mediterranean Games 1991 Athens Universiade 1985 Kobe 1987 Zagreb

Biography

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. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of FR Yugoslavia at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, becoming the 14th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[1] 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

• 1975–1989 Partizan Belgrade
• 1989–1991 Mladost
• 1991–1992 Crvena Zvezda Jupeks
• 1992–1994 Roma
• 1994–1994 PVK Budvanska Rivijera
• 1994–1995 CN Catalunya
• 1995–1996 Partizan Belgrade

Honours

As a player

VK Partizan

• National Championship of Yugoslavia (3): 1983–84, 1986–87, 1987–88
• National Cup of Yugoslavia (4): 1981–82, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88
• Mediterranean Cup (1): 1989

Mladost

• National Championship of Yugoslavia (1): 1989–90
• LEN Euroleague (2): 1989–90, 1990–91
• LEN Supercup (1): 1990.
• Mediterranean Cup (1): 1991

VK Crvena Zvezda

• National Championship of Yugoslavia (1): 1991–92

CN Catalunya

• División de Honor de Waterpolo (1): 1992–93

Roma

• LEN Trophy (1): 1993–94

PVK Budva

• National Championship of Serbia and Montenegro (1): 1993–94

As a coach

VK Partizan

• National Championship of Serbia (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
• National Cup of Serbia (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
• LEN Euroleague (1): 2010–11
• LEN Supercup (1): 2011
• Eurointer League (2): 2009–10, 2010–11
• Tom Hoad Cup (1): 2011

See also

• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo
• List of flag bearers for Serbia and Montenegro at the Olympics
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

References

1. Serbia and Montenegro. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Igor Milanović". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29.

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