Marcos Milinkovic
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| Full name | Marcos Antonio Milinkovic | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Argentine | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 22, 1971 Villa Ballester, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Villa Ballester, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 kg (218 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 355 cm (140 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Block | 338 cm (133 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing spiker | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club |  Buenos Aires Unidos | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: June 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
Marcos Antonio Milinkovic (born December 22, 1971, in Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine volleyball player. Milinković is 203 cm tall and weighs 100 kg.
Milinkovic started playing the sport at age 17, a relatively late age. Milinkovic is of Croatian descent.[1][2][3][4]
Milinkovic was granted the Platinum Konex Award in 2010 as the best volleyball player of the last decade in Argentina. He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.
Clubs
Sportivo Ballester (1988–1990)- Obras Sanitarias de Buenos Aires (1990–1992)
Tomei Livorno (1992–1993)- Uliveto Tomei Livorno (1993–1994)
Cocamar Paranà (1995–1996)- Chapecoense Santa Catarina (1996–1997)
- Olimpikus Rio de Janeiro (1997–1999)
- Sisley Treviso (1999–2000)
- Asystel Milano (2000–2003)
- Unisul Florianopolis (2003–2004)
Olympiacos S.C. (2004–2005)- Cimed Florianopolis (2006–2007)
- Unión de formosa (2008–2010)
- Buenos Aires Unidos (2011-)
C.D Voleibol San Pedro(2020-2021)
Awards
National Team
Individuals
- 2000 Summer Olympics "Best Scorer"
- 2002 FIVB World Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2002 FIVB World Championship "Best Scorer"
Team
- 1995 Pan American Games,
Gold Medal
Clubs
Individuals
Team
- 1999–00 CEV Champions League –
Champion, with Sisley Treviso - 2000 Coppa Italia –
Champion, with Livorno - 2005 CEV Top Teams Cup – Champion, with Olympiacos
References
- ^ Mariano Del Águila, Marcos Milinkovic: alto, rubio, y de ojos celestes Archived 2017-08-04 at the Wayback Machine: "Ella me gustó, charlé un poco, mi familia es de descendencia croata, así que nos entendimos.", July 01, 2004, Accessed August 3, 2017
- ^ Marcos Milinkovic, la cara del Mundial: "Mi apellido es de origen croata, quizás de esas raíces procedan los altibajos de mi carácter", ESPN, September 26, 2002, Accessed August 3, 2017
- ^ Marcos Milinkovic, el indomable crack del voley Archived 2017-08-04 at the Wayback Machine: "Mi apellido es de origen croata, quizás de esas raíces procedan los altibajos de mi carácter", Terra, September 26, 2002, Accessed August 3, 2017
- ^ Julián Córdoba Toro, La inmigración croata a Sudamérica (I) – Inmigración iberoamericana nº2: "Además tenemos a varios deportistas argentinos descendientes de croatas, destacando principalmente los jugadores de voleibol Marcos Milinkovic y Alejandro Spajic.", Iberoamérica Social, October 23, 2013, Accessed August 3, 2017
- ^ CEV Austrian Airlines Men's Volleyball Top Teams Cup Final Four: Piraeus, 11-12 March 2005
External links
- Marcos Milinkovic at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Marcos Milinkovic at WorldofVolley
- Marcos Milinkovic at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Marcos Milinkovic at Olympedia
- FIVB 2007 Profile
- Milinkovic Profile at ESPN (in Spanish)
- Volleycountry.com Interview
