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Milija Brkić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милија Бркић; born 23 October 1954) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played from the early 1970s to early 1990s. After retiring he served as a manager for numerous different clubs but is currently unattached to a team.

Milija Brkić

Brkić as manager of Bor in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1954-10-23) 23 October 1954 (age 67)
Place of birth	Bor, FPR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1971–1977	Bor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1977	Bor
1978–1983	Zemun
1983–1989	Bor
1989–1990	Brestovac
1990–1991	Rudar Bor
National team
1982	Yugoslavia B	4	(0)
Teams managed
1991–1993	Bor U20
1993–1996	Bor
2000–2001	Zemun U18
2001–2003	Zemun
2003–2005	Zemun U20
2005–2006	Zemun
2010	Timok
2010–2012	Bor
2014–2015	Budućnost Arilje
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Bor, Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Brkić started playing with his hometown club Bor, and made his senior debut in 1977.

Brkić played from 1978 to 1983 in FK Zemun spending several seasons in Yugoslav First League appearing in games against best clubs in Yugoslavia, such as FK Partizan, Red Star, Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Vojvodina, among others. He also played for six years at Bor in the second tier football league of Yugoslavia.

International career

Brkić played four matches for Yugoslavia at the Nehru Cup in 1982. The coach of that team was the legendary Miljan Miljanić, a former manager of Real Madrid.[1]

Managerial career

Brkić began his managerial career in 1991 for his parent club Bor, spending several years as a coach of the first team in the Yugoslav Second League. He was also a coach of Zemun in First League of Serbia and Montenegro. For his second term, he replaced Dragan Lacmanović.[2]

In 2010 Brkić came back to his original club, Bor, trying to help his former club return to the old way of success.[3] Unfortunately, bad finance situations in the club impacted their season, making it very turbulent.

After a few years of break, Brkić decided to accept an offer to manage FK Budućnost Arilje, where he lived, and to help them to achieve placement in the Drina Zone League. They succeeded, without a single recorded loss in season.[4] However, Brkić declined to extend his contract with the club.

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