# Mladen Mladenović

Mladen Mladenović (born 13 September 1964) is a Croatian professional football manager and retired player who played as a midfielder.

## Playing career
### Club

During his career he played for Rijeka, Zadar, Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split in Croatia, CD Castellón in Spain, SV Austria Salzburg in Austria, and with Gamba Osaka in Japanese J.League. Known for his explosive shooting, Mladenović scored a total of 115 goals in 374 league games. When at Rijeka, he severely injured Hajduk's debutant player Nenad Gračan in 1986, breaking Gračan's leg.

### International

He made his debut for Croatia in an October 1990 friendly match against the United States, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute for Aljoša Asanović, and earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 3 goals. Since Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia at the time, his first 3 games are unofficial. Mladenović participated at UEFA Euro 1996 and his final international was at that tournament in the quarter finals against eventual winners Germany.

## Managerial career

Following his retirement from playing professional football, Mladenović started a career as a referee, as well as a manager. Since 2002, he managed NK Žminj, Rijeka, NK Halubjan, NK Cres and Orijent.

## Club statistics

| Season | Club | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1982 | Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| 1982–83 | Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 |
| 1984–85 | Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | Zadar (loan) | Yugoslav Second League | 16 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 6 |
| 1985–86 | Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 2 |
| 1986–87 | Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 1987–88 | Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 5 |
| 1988–89 | Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 33 | 13 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 13 |
| 1989–90 | Dinamo Zagreb | Yugoslav First League | 30 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 11 |
| 1990–91 | Dinamo Zagreb | Yugoslav First League | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 9 |
| 1991–92 | Castellón | Segunda División | 36 | 12 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 40 | 13 |
| 1992–93 | Castellón | Segunda División | 30 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 8 |
| 1993–94 | Rijeka | Croatian First Division | 31 | 20 | 9 | 3 | – | – | 40 | 23 |
| 1994–95 | Austria Salzburg | Austrian Bundesliga | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 12 |
| 1995 | Austria Salzburg | Austrian Bundesliga | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 |
| 1996 | Gamba Osaka | J1 League | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 23 | 12 |
| 1997 | Gamba Osaka | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | Rijeka | Croatian First Division | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 11 | 3 |
| 1998 | Hajduk Split | Croatian First Division | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 14 | 5 |
| Yugoslavia total | Yugoslavia total | Yugoslavia total | 190 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 205 | 54 |
| Spain total | Spain total | Spain total | 66 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 21 |
| Austria total | Austria total | Austria total | 46 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 58 | 19 |
| Japan total | Japan total | Japan total | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 |
| Croatia total | Croatia total | Croatia total | 52 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 31 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 374 | 115 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 421 | 130 |

## National team statistics

Croatia national team :
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 2 |
| 1995 | 5 | 1 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 3 |

## International goals

| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1–2 | 18 May 1994 | ETO, Győr | Hungary | 1 – 1 | 2 – 2 | Friendly |
| 1–2 | 18 May 1994 | ETO, Győr | Hungary | 2 – 1 | 2 – 2 | Friendly |
| 3 | 3 September 1995 | Maksimir, Zagreb | Estonia | 1 – 0 | 7 – 1 | Euro 1996 Qualifying |

## Managerial statistics

| Team | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | From | To | G | W | D | L | Win % |
| HNK Rijeka | November 2002 | March 2003 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 011.11 |

## Honours

Rijeka
* Yugoslav Youth Cup: 1982
Salzburg
* Austrian Bundesliga: 1994–95
* Austrian Supercup: 1994, 1995
Individual
* SN Yellow Shirt Award: 1994
* HNK Rijeka all time XI by Novi list