Mladen Mladenović

Mladen Mladenović
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-09-13) 13 September 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Rijeka, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Lučki Radnik
–1982 Rijeka
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1989 Rijeka 116 (21)
1985 → Zadar (loan) 16 (6)
1989–1991 Dinamo Zagreb 58 (16)
1991–1993 Castellón 66 (20)
1993–1994 Rijeka 31 (20)
1994–1995 Casino Salzburg 46 (15)
1996–1997 Gamba Osaka 20 (11)
1997 Rijeka 9 (2)
1998 Hajduk Split 12 (4)
Total 374 (115)
International career
1990–1996 Croatia 19 (3)
Managerial career
2002 NK Žminj
2002–2003 Rijeka
Halubjan Viškovo
Cres
2006–2008 Orijent
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mladen Mladenović (born 13 September 1964) is a Croatian professional football manager and retired player who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Club

During his career he played for Rijeka, Zadar, Dinamo Zagreb[1] and Hajduk Split in Croatia, CD Castellón in Spain, SV Austria Salzburg in Austria, and with Gamba Osaka in Japanese J.League. Known for his explosive shooting, Mladenović scored a total of 115 goals in 374 league games.[2] When at Rijeka, he severely injured Hajduk's debutant player Nenad Gračan in 1986, breaking Gračan's leg.[3]

International

He made his debut for Croatia in an October 1990 friendly match against the United States, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute for Aljoša Asanović, and earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 3 goals. Since Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia at the time, his first 3 games are unofficial. Mladenović participated at UEFA Euro 1996 and his final international was at that tournament in the quarter finals against eventual winners Germany.[4]

Managerial career

Following his retirement from playing professional football, Mladenović started a career as a referee, as well as a manager. Since 2002, he managed NK Žminj, Rijeka, NK Halubjan, NK Cres and Orijent.

Club statistics

Season Club League League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1982 Rijeka Yugoslav First League 2 0 0 0 – 2 0
1982–83 7 0 0 0 – 7 0
1984–85 9 0 0 0 – 9 0
1985 Zadar (loan) Yugoslav Second League 16 6 – – 16 6
1985–86 Rijeka Yugoslav First League 11 2 0 0 – 11 2
1986–87 24 1 5 0 1 0 30 1
1987–88 30 5 1 0 – 31 5
1988–89 33 13 1 0 – 34 13
1989–90 Dinamo Zagreb 30 10 2 1 1 0 33 11
1990–91 28 6 2 3 2 0 32 9
1991–92 Castellón Segunda División 36 12 4 1 – 40 13
1992–93 30 8 – – 30 8
1993–94 Rijeka Croatian First Division 31 20 9 3 – 40 23
1994–95 Austria Salzburg Austrian Bundesliga 31 8 1 1 8 3 40 12
1995 15 7 1 0 2 0 18 7
1996 Gamba Osaka J1 League 20 11 3 1 – 23 12
1997 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
1997 Rijeka Croatian First Division 9 2 2 1 – 11 3
1998 Hajduk Split 12 4 2 1 – 14 5
Yugoslavia total 190 43 11 4 4 0 205 54
Spain total 66 20 4 1 0 0 70 21
Austria total 46 15 2 1 10 3 58 19
Japan total 20 11 3 1 0 0 23 12
Croatia total 52 26 13 5 0 0 65 31
Career total 374 115 33 12 14 3 421 130

National team statistics

Croatia national team
Year Apps Goals
1990 2 0
1991 1 0
1992 0 0
1993 1 0
1994 6 2
1995 5 1
1996 4 0
Total 19 3

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1–2 18 May 1994 ETO, Győr  Hungary 1 – 1 2 – 2 Friendly
2 – 1
3 3 September 1995 Maksimir, Zagreb  Estonia 1 – 0 7 – 1 Euro 1996 Qualifying

Managerial statistics

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
HNK Rijeka November 2002 March 2003 9 1 3 5 011.11

Honours

Rijeka

Salzburg

Individual

References

  1. ^ Legenda Rijeke koja je igrala i za Dinamo i za Hajduk uvjerena je da Rožman neće izgubiti na Poljudu - Sportske Jutarnji (in Croatian)
  2. ^ Mladen Mladenović: Dinamo i Rijeka podjednake kvalitete i sanse u kupu - Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian)
  3. ^ Mladen Mladenović: Onakav prekršaj nemoguće je namjerno napraviti - Index (in Croatian)
  4. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

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