Ante Mladinić

Ante "Biće" Mladinić (1 October 1929 – 13 June 2002) was a Croatian football manager.

Ante Mladinić
Personal information
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
Managerial career
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.

Managerial career

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.

References
  1. PRIJE 90 GODINA ROĐEN JE ANTE BIĆE MLADINIĆ - Hajduk (in Croatian)
  2. Umro Ante Biće Mladinić - Sportnet (in Croatian)
  3. Bixente Lizarazu. Bixente (in French). Paris: Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle. Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  4. Umro Ante Biće Mladinić - Vecernji (in Croatian)


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