Marko Milovanović

Marko Milovanović
Date of birth	December 31, 1988
place of birth	Belgrade , SFR Yugoslavia
size	189 cm
Weight	97 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2004-2008	HK Partizan Belgrade
2008-2009	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad
since 2009	HK Partizan Belgrade
2017	HK Belgrade

Marko Milovanović ( Serbian - Cyrillic Марко Миловановић ; born December 31, 1988 in Belgrade , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Serbian ice hockey player who spent most of his career at HK Partizan Belgrade in the Serbian ice hockey league. Since 2015 he has been president of the Serbian Ice Hockey Federation .

Career

Marko Milovanović began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of HK Partizan Belgrade . Since 2004, the striker has played for the club's first team in the Serbian ice hockey league (until 2006: Serbian-Montenegrin ice hockey league) and was national champion with the team in 2006, 2007 and 2008. At the same time, he also took part with his team in the multinational Pannonian league in the 2007/08 season and was runner-up there. The following season he moved to HK Vojvodina Novi Sad and played for the team from the southern Batschka also in the Serbian ice hockey league and the Pannonian league, which Milovanović's team won. He returned to his parent club in 2009 and won the Serbian championship title again in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. In the 2012/13 season he was also named the best scorer in the Serbian league, in 2014/15 he was the second best preparer of the league after Dmitri Gnitko from HK Beostar . At the same time, he played with his club in the Slohokej League , which was dominated by Slovenia and won the 2011 and 2012 team. In addition, Milovanović was awarded as the best striker in the Slokokej League in the 2009/10 season, when his team lost in the playoff final to HDK Stavbar Maribor . He was loaned to HK Belgrade for the playoffs of the 2016/17 season.

International

For Serbia and Montenegro, Milovanović took part in the Division II competitions of the U-18 World Championships in 2003 , 2004 , 2005 and 2006 and the U-20 World Championships in 2005 . After the breakaway of Montenegro, he took part in the U-20 World Cup 2008 in Division III for the all-Serbian team . There he and his team were promoted to Division II.

In the men's area, Milovanović made his international debut in November 2004 in qualifying for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in the Serbian-Montenegrin selection . He then worked for the Serbian team and played with them in 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2012 when he was named best player on his team, in 2013 , 2015 , 2016 and 2017 when he was again voted best player on his team Division II. After the Serbs at the home tournament in Novi Sad in 2009 for the first time the promotion, Milovanović played with his team in 2010 in Division I, but had to accept the immediate relegation. He also represented his colors at the qualifying tournaments for the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018 . The Serbs prevailed undefeated in the pre-qualification, with the decisive game against Spain being won 5: 3 and Milovanović scored the decisive goal to make it 4: 3 a good two and a half minutes before the end. In the first qualifying round that followed, the team had to acknowledge the superiority of Italy , Great Britain and the Netherlands , against each of which they lost significantly. From 2015 Milovanović was the captain of the Serbian selection.

Coaching career

In addition to his playing career, Milovanović began to work as a coach. At the 2014 Division II World Cup , he was assistant coach for the Serbian national team.

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 Serbian-Montenegrin Champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2007 Serbian champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2008 Serbian champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2008 Promotion to Division II at the U20 World Cup, Division III
• 2009 Promotion to Division I at the World Cup, Division II
• In 2009 he won the Pannonian League with HK Vojvodina Novi Sad
• 2010 Serbian champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2010 Slohokej League best striker
• 2011 Serbian champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2011 won the Slohokej League with HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2012 Serbian champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2012 won the Slohokej League with HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2013 Serbian champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2013 best scorer in the Serbian league
• 2014 Serbian champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2015 Serbian champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2016 Serbian champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade

Slohokej League Statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	3	75	51	42	93	80
Playoffs	3	23	15th	18th	33	28

(Status: end of the 2011/12 season)

Web links

• Marko Milovanović at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Project: Martin Formánek: HK Beograd is more than a club - Eurohockey.com. In: eurohockey.com. August 29, 2016, accessed August 30, 2016 .