Ante Mladinić
{{Short description|Croatian footballer and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ante Mladinić
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| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1929|10|1}}
| birth_place = Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2002|6|13|1929|10|1}}
| death_place = Zagreb, Croatia
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| position = Defender
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| years1 = 1947–1956 | clubs1 = Hajduk Split | caps1 = 40| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 1954–1955 | clubs2 = Lokomotiva Zagreb | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 1955–1956 | clubs3 = Hajduk Split | caps3 = | goals3 =
| years4 = 1956–1958 | clubs4 = RNK Split | caps4 = | goals4 =
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| manageryears1 = 1968–1974 | managerclubs1 = Yugoslavia U21
| manageryears2 = 1974–1976 | managerclubs2 = Yugoslavia
| manageryears3 = 1977–1978 | managerclubs3 = Partizan
| manageryears4 = 1978 | managerclubs4 = Yugoslavia
| manageryears5 = 1979–1980 | managerclubs5 = Hajduk Split (assistant)
| manageryears6 = 1980–1982 | managerclubs6 = Hajduk Split
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Ante "Biće" Mladinić (1 October 1929 – 13 June 2002) was a Croatian football manager.
He had a modest playing career for Hajduk Split, for whom he scored 43 goals in 146 matches,[https://hajduk.hr/vijest/prije-90-godina-roden-je-ante-bice-mladinic/12115 PRIJE 90 GODINA ROĐEN JE ANTE BIĆE MLADINIĆ] - Hajduk {{in lang|hr}} and Lokomotiva Zagreb.
Managerial career
Later, as coach, he had spells at NK Zagreb, Hajduk, FK Partizan and the Yugoslavia national football team in the mid-1970s.[https://sportnet.hr/vijesti/197969/nogomet/umro-ante-bice-mladinic/ Umro Ante Biće Mladinić] - Sportnet {{in lang|hr}} He ended his career as a staff member for Bordeaux, where he discovered players such as Bixente Lizarazu.{{cite book|url=http://www.edition-grasset.fr/chapitres/ch_bixente.htm|author=Bixente Lizarazu |title=Bixente |access-date=20 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927020145/http://www.edition-grasset.fr/chapitres/ch_bixente.htm |archive-date=27 September 2009|publisher=Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle|location=Paris|language=fr}}
He died in Zagreb in 2002.[https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/umro-ante-bice-mladinic-717922 Umro Ante Biće Mladinić] - Vecernji {{in lang|hr}}
References
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External links
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{{Yugoslavia squad UEFA Euro 1976}}
{{Yugoslavia national football team managers}}
{{FK Partizan managers}}
{{HNK Hajduk Split managers}}
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Category:Footballers from Split, Croatia
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Yugoslav men's footballers
Category:HNK Hajduk Split players
Category:NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players
Category:Yugoslav football managers
Category:HNK Hajduk Split managers
Category:Yugoslavia national football team managers
Category:UEFA Euro 1976 managers
Category:FC Girondins de Bordeaux non-playing staff
Category:Deaths from throat cancer
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