Milan Lešnjak

Milan Lešnjak

Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-09-09) 9 September 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Čukarički (assistant coach)
Youth career
	Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1994	Red Star Belgrade	5	(0)
1994–1998	Obilić	89	(3)
1998–2002	Club Brugge	59	(2)
2003–2005	Saturn Ramenskoye	27	(0)
Total		180	(5)
International career
1996–1997	FR Yugoslavia U21	7	(0)
Managerial career
2012–2013	Serbia U17
2013	Napredak Kruševac
2014	Sinđelić Beograd
2016	Čukarički
2017	Rudar Pljevlja
2017–2018	Red Star Belgrade (U19)
2019–2020	Serbia U19
2022	Čukarički
2022–	Čukarički (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Milan Lešnjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Лешњак; born 9 September 1975) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is an assistant coach of Čukarički.

Career

During his playing career, Lešnjak represented Red Star Belgrade, Obilić, Club Brugge and Saturn Ramenskoye. He was also capped for FR Yugoslavia at under-21 level.

In 2013, Lešnjak served as manager of Napredak Kruševac. He was appointed manager of Čukarički in March 2016.^[1]

Honours

Obilić

• First League of FR Yugoslavia: 1997–98

Club Brugge

• Belgian Cup: 2001–02
• Belgian Super Cup: 1998

Political activities

In November 2021, Lešnjak was appointed vice president of the Alliance 90/Greens of Serbia political party in charge of sports issues.^[2] In August 2023, Lešnjak stated his support for Rade Basta and his European Way Movement.^[3]

References

1. "Milan Lešnjak umesto Zorana Popovića" (in Serbian). fkcukaricki.rs. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
2. "Milan Lešnjak potpredsednik Saveza 90/Zelenih Srbije za sport | Politika". Direktno (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
3. "Fudbalski trener Lešnjak podržao Bastin pokret | Politika". Direktno (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 August 2023.

External links

• Milan Lešnjak at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)