Serbian football manager (1918–1986)
Milovan Ćirić (Serbian Cyrillic : Милован Ћирић; 12 February 1918 – 14 October 1986)[ 1] SK Jugoslavija and the first captain ofRed Star Belgrade (1945–1947). In June 1947 Ćirić moved to city rivalsPartizan (1947–1948). After finishing his career as a player, Ćirić embarked on a coaching career, firstly as the youth team manager for Partizan (1948–1951).
Throughout his long career he coachedOFK Beograd (1951–1953),[ 2] Partizan (1953–1954), theYugoslavian national team (from May to October 1954 as part of a five-man commission along withBranko Pešić ,Aleksandar Tirnanić ,Leo Lemešić andFranjo Wölfl as well as from December 1973 to July 1974 as part of another five-man commission featuringMiljan Miljanić ,Milan Ribar ,Sulejman Rebac andTomislav Ivić ),Red Star Belgrade (1954–1957, 1975–1976),Lazio (1957–1958),Hajduk Split (1958–1961, 1963–1964),OFK Beograd (1961–1963, 1964–1965), theIsrael national football team (1965–1968),Beşiktaş (1968–1969),Aris (1969–1971),Valencia (1974–1975), theIndia national team [ 3] [ 4]
Milovan Ćirić managerial positions
Ugrinić 1920 –24)Sekulić 1924 )Zinaja 1924 –25)Pandaković 1926 –30)Simonović 1930 –32)Veljković 1933 )Simonović 1933 –34)Šuste ,Miodragović &Pleše 1934 –35)Simonović 1935 )Simić 1936 )Popović 1937 –38)Simonović 1939 )Popović 1939 )Simonović 1939 –40)Popović 1940 –41)Arsenijević & Tirnanić 1946 –48)Arsenijević 1948 –52)Arsenijević ,Tirnanić ,Lemešić 1952 –54)Pešić ,Tirnanić ,Lemešić ,Wölfl &Ćirić 1954 )Tirnanić 1955 –58)Nikolić ,Tirnanić &Lovrić 1959 –61)Lovrić ,Mihajlović &Ruševljanin 1961 –63)Lovrić &Ruševljanin 1963 –64)Lovrić 1964 )Tirnanić ,Antolković ,Miljanić &Gegić 1965 )Tirnanić ,Antolković &Miljanić 1966 )Tirnanić &Miljanić 1966 )Tirnanić ,Miljanić ,Mitić ,Boškov &Stanković 1966 )Mitić 1967 –70)Boškov 1971 –73)Miljanić ,Ribar ,Rebac ,Ivić &Ćirić 1973 –74)Mladinić 1974 –76)Toplak 1976 –77)Valok ,Vilotić &Zec 1977 )Vilotić 1978 )Luštica 1978 )Mladinić 1978 )Jerković 1978 )Miljanić 1979 –82)Veselinović 1982 –84)Milutinović 1984 –85)Toplak &Osim 1986 )Osim 1986 –92)Čabrinović 1992 )
(c) = caretaker; (i) = interim.
