Bora Milutinović

Velibor "Bora" Milutinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велибор Бора Милутиновић; born 7 September 1944) is a Serbian former professional footballer and manager.

Bora Milutinović
Milutinovic in 2012
Personal information
Full name Velibor Milutinović
Date of birth (1944-09-07) 7 September 1944
Place of birth Bajina Bašta, Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) 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)
Managerial career
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)
Medal record
Representing  United States (as manager)
Representing  Mexico(as mansger)
WinnerCONCACAF Gold Cup1991
WinnerCONCACAF Gold Cup1996
Men's Soccer
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He has managed at five editions of the FIFA World Cup, tied for the record alongside Brazilian manager Carlos Alberto Parreira, but did so in five consecutive World Cups with different teams: Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994), Nigeria (1998), and China (2002). He is also the first manager to take four teams beyond the first round – all but China – earning the nickname of Miracle Worker, first given to him by Alan Rothenberg, then president of the United States Soccer Federation. In total Milutinović has managed eight national football teams.

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