Bora Milutinović
Velibor "Bora" Milutinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велибор Милутиновић – Бора; born 7 September 1944) is a Serbian football coach and former player.
.jpg) Milutinovic in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Velibor Milutinović | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1944 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of birth | Bajina Bašta, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1954–1958 | Bor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1960 | OFK Beograd | 15 | (2) |
| 1960–1966 | Partizan | 40 | (3) |
| 1965–1966 | → OFK Beograd (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 1966–1967 | Winterthur | 20 | (1) |
| 1967–1969 | Monaco | 42 | (3) |
| 1969–1971 | Nice | 37 | (0) |
| 1971–1972 | Rouen | 11 | (0) |
| 1972–1976 | UNAM | 93 | (12) |
| Total | 270 | (24) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1977–1983 | UNAM | ||
| 1983–1986 | Mexico | ||
| 1987 | San Lorenzo | ||
| 1987 | Udinese | ||
| 1988 | Veracruz | ||
| 1988–1989 | Tecos UAG | ||
| 1990 | Costa Rica | ||
| 1991–1995 | United States | ||
| 1995–1997 | Mexico | ||
| 1997–1998 | Nigeria | ||
| 1998–1999 | MetroStars | ||
| 2000–2002 | China | ||
| 2003–2004 | Honduras | ||
| 2004–2005 | Al Sadd | ||
| 2006–2007 | Jamaica | ||
| 2009 | Iraq | ||
| 2014 | Shaanxi Wuzhou (sporting director) | ||
| 2014 | China (advisor) | ||
| 2014–2024 | Shaanxi Wuzhou (sporting advisor) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He and Carlos Alberto Parreira are the only two people to have coached five different teams at the World Cup: Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994), Nigeria (1998), and China (2002). He is also the first coach to take four different teams beyond the first round – Mexico (1986), Costa Rica(1990), the United States (1994), and Nigeria (1998) – earning the nickname of Miracle Worker,[1] first given to him by Alan Rothenberg, then president of the United States Soccer Federation.[2] In total Milutinović has coached eight different national football teams.
Managerial statistics
| Year(s) | Nat | Team[a] | G | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977–1983 | 
|
UNAM | 218 | 96 | 59 | 63 | 44 | 406 | 299 |
| 1983-1986, 1995-1997 |
|
Mexico | 104 | 52 | 32 | 20 | 50 | ? | ? |
| 1987 | 
|
San Lorenzo | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 8 | 2 |
| 1987 | 
|
Udinese | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 33.33 | 6 | 10 |
| 1988 |
|
Veracruz | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 1988–1989 |
|
Tecos UAG | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 1990–1991 | 
|
Costa Rica | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | 7 | 13 |
| 1991–1995 | 
|
United States | 93 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 31.3 | 116 | 110 |
| 1997–1998 | 
|
Nigeria | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 27.3 | 10 | 22 |
| 1998–1999 |
|
NY/NJ MetroStars | 33 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 15.2 | ? | ? |
| 2000–2002 | 
|
China | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 43.5 | 75 | 50 |
| 2003–2004 | 
|
Honduras | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 14 |
| 2004–2005 | 
|
Al-Sadd | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 2006–2007 | 
|
Jamaica | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16.7 | 5 | 14 |
| 2009 | 
|
Iraq | 4[b] | 0 | 3 | 1[b] | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Honours
Player
UNAM
- Copa MX: 1974–75
- Campeón de Campeones: 1975
Manager
UNAM
United States
Mexico
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