About Igor Milanović
Born 1965. Igor Milanović is a Serbian and Yugoslav water polo player and water polo coach.
Igor Milanović (; born 18 December 1965) is a Serbian professional water polo head coach and former player. He is considered one of the best water polo players of all time. Milanović had an illustrious professional career spanning twenty years.
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 18th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. 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.
Honours As a coach Partizan LEN Champions League: 2010–11 LEN Super Cup: 2011 Eurointer League: 2009–10, 2010–11 Serbian Championship: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 Serbian Cup: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 Tom Hoad Cup: 2011 Pro Recco LEN Champions League: 2014–15 Serie A: 2014–15 Coppa Italia: 2014–15 Galatasaray Turkish Championship: 2016–17 Novi Beograd LEN Champions League runners-up: 2021–22 Adriatic League: 2021–22 Serbian Championship: 2021–22 Olympiacos Greek Championship: 2022–23 Greek Cup: 2022–23
As a player VK Partizan Yugoslavian Championship: 1983–84, 1986–87, 1987–88 Yugoslavian Cup: 1981–82, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88 Mediterranean Cup: 1989 Mladost Yugoslavian Championship: 1989–90 LEN Euroleague: 1989–90, 1990–91 LEN SuperCup: 1990. Mediterranean Cup: 1991 VK Crvena zvezda Yugoslavian Championship: 1991–92 CN Catalunya Spanish Championship: 1992–93 Roma LEN Trophy: 1993–94 PVK Budva Serbia and Montenegro Championship: 1993–94
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Serbian water polo player and coach
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Igor Milanović was born on 18 December 1965 in Belgrade.
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Igor Milanović is Serbian and Yugoslav.
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