Milorad Arsenijević

Milorad Arsenijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Арсенијевић; 6 June 1906 – 18 March 1987) was a Serbian football player and manager. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]

Milorad Arsenijević
Arsenijević in 1928
Personal information
Date of birth (1906-06-06)6 June 1906
Place of birth Smederevo, Kingdom of Serbia
Date of death 18 March 1987(1987-03-18) (aged 80)
Place of death Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Mačva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1921–1925 Mačva
1925–1938 BSK Beograd 483
International career
1927–1934 Kingdom of Yugoslavia 52 (0)
Managerial career
1946–1954 Yugoslavia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

He was born in Smederevo and grew up in Šabac. He started playing for the youth squad of the local team, FK Mačva Šabac, when he was 14 years old and later debuted for the main squad. After graduating highschool, he moved to Belgrade to continue his studies. He joined BSK Belgrade, one of the dominant clubs of Yugoslav football at the time, where he would spend the rest of his career as one of their main defenders.[2]

He earned 52 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, including at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. After retiring as a player, he managed Yugoslavia in the 1950 FIFA World Cup[2] and coached for a long period at lower-league Belgrade club FK Železničar Beograd. He died in 1987 in Belgrade.[2]

References
  1. "Milorad Arsenijević". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. Milorad Arsenijević at Reprezentacija.rs
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