Ante "Biće" Mladinić (1 October 1929 – 13 June 2002) was a Croatian football manager.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1929-10-01)1 October 1929 | ||
Place of birth | Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
Date of death | 13 June 2002(2002-06-13) (aged 72) | ||
Place of death | Zagreb, Croatia | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1947–1956 | Hajduk Split | 40 | (6) |
1954–1955 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | ||
1955–1956 | Hajduk Split | ||
1956–1958 | RNK Split | ||
Teams managed | |||
1968–1974 | Yugoslavia U21 | ||
1974–1976 | Yugoslavia | ||
1977–1978 | Partizan | ||
1978 | Yugoslavia | ||
1979–1980 | Hajduk Split (assistant) | ||
1980–1982 | Hajduk Split | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He had a modest playing career for Hajduk Split, for whom he scored 43 goals in 146 matches,[1] and Lokomotiva Zagreb.
Later, as coach, he had spells at NK Zagreb, Hajduk, FK Partizan and the Yugoslavia national football team in the mid-1970s.[2] He ended his career as a staff member for Bordeaux, where he discovered players such as Bixente Lizarazu.[3]
He died in Zagreb in 2002[4] following a long battle with throat cancer.
Yugoslavia squad – UEFA Euro 1976 fourth place | ||
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Yugoslavia national football team – managers | |
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FK Partizan – managers | |
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HNK Hajduk Split – managers | |
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