Mladen Mladenović

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

Mladen Mladenović

Personal information
Date of birth	(1964-09-13) 13 September 1964
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)
National team
1990–1996	Croatia	19	(3)
Teams managed
2002	NK Žminj
2002–2003	Rijeka
	Halubjan Viškovo
	Cres
2006–2008	Orijent
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

During his career he played for Rijeka, Zadar, Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split in Croatia, CD Castellón in Spain, SV Austria Salzburg in Austria, and with Gamba Osaka in Japanese J.League.

He earned 19 international caps for Croatia between 1990 and 1996, also participating at UEFA Euro 1996.

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

• Yugoslav Youth Cup: 1982

Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 1994–95
• Austrian Supercup: 1994, 1995

Individual

• SN Yellow Shirt Award: 1994
• HNK Rijeka all time XI by Novi list

External links

• Mladen Mladenović at Croatian Football Statistics (national team profile)
• Mladen Mladenović at National-Football-Teams.com
• Mladen Mladenović at the Croatian Football Federation
• Mladen Mladenović at BDFutbol
• Mladen Mladenović at J.League (in Japanese)