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
Club Brugge

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.