Bora Milutinović

**Velibor "Bora" Milutinović** (Serbian Cyrillic: Велибор Милутиновић – Бора; born 7 September 1944) is a Serbian football coach and former player.

He and Carlos Alberto Parreira are the only two people to have coached five different teams at the World Cup: Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994), Nigeria (1998), and China (2002). He is also the first coach to take four different teams beyond the first round – Mexico (1986), Costa Rica(1990), the United States (1994), and Nigeria (1998) – earning the nickname of _Miracle Worker_,<sup>[1]</sup> first given to him by Alan Rothenberg, then president of the United States Soccer Federation.<sup>[2]</sup> In total Milutinović has coached eight different national football teams.

## Managerial statistics

|Year(s)|Nat|Team|||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1977–1983||align="left"|UNAM|218|96|59|63|44|406|299|
|1983-1986, 1995-1997||align="left"|Mexico|104|52|32|20|50|?|?|
|1987||align="left"|San Lorenzo|8|4|4|0|50|8|2|
|1987||align="left"|Udinese|9|3|0|6|33.33|6|10|
|1988||align="left"|Veracruz|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|
|1988–1989||align="left"|Tecos UAG|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|
|1990–1991||align="left"|Costa Rica|9|3|0|6|33.3|7|13|
|1991–1995||align="left"|United States|93|30|31|35|31.3|116|110|
|1997–1998||align="left"|Nigeria|11|3|2|6|27.3|10|22|
|1998–1999||align="left"|NY/NJ MetroStars|33|5|3|25|15.2|?|?|
|2000–2002||align="left"|China|46|20|11|15|43.5|75|50|
|2003–2004||align="left"|Honduras|10|2|4|4|20|12|14|
|2004–2005||align="left"|Al-Sadd|?|?|?|?|?|?|?|
|2006–2007||align="left"|Jamaica|6|1|1|4|16.7|5|14|
|2009||align="left"|Iraq|4|0|3|1|0|1|2|

### Player

- UNAM
- Copa MX: 1974–75
- Campeón de Campeones: 1975

### Manager

- UNAM
- Liga MX: 1980–81
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1980, 1982
- Copa Interamericana: 1981

- United States
- Gold Cup: 1991
- Gold Cup: runner-up 1993

- Mexico
- Gold Cup: 1996

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Bora Milutinović
- **fullname**: Velibor Milutinović
- **image**: Bora Milutinovic 2012 5 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Milutinovic in 2012
- **birth place**: Bajina Bašta, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1954–1958
- **youthclubs1**: FK Bor, Bor
- **years1**: 1958–1960
- **clubs1**: OFK Beograd
- **caps1**: 15
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 1960–1966
- **clubs2**: FK Partizan, Partizan
- **caps2**: 40
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 1965–1966
- **clubs3**: → OFK Beograd (loan)
- **caps3**: 12
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 1966–1967
- **clubs4**: FC Winterthur, Winterthur
- **caps4**: 20
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 1967–1969
- **clubs5**: AS Monaco, Monaco
- **caps5**: 42
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 1969–1971
- **clubs6**: OGC Nice, Nice
- **caps6**: 37
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 1971–1972
- **clubs7**: FC Rouen, Rouen
- **caps7**: 11
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 1972–1976
- **clubs8**: Club Universidad Nacional, UNAM
- **caps8**: 93
- **goals8**: 12
- **totalcaps**: 270
- **totalgoals**: 24
- **manageryears1**: 1977–1983
- **managerclubs1**: Club Universidad Nacional, UNAM
- **manageryears2**: 1983–1986
- **managerclubs2**: Mexico national football team, Mexico
- **manageryears3**: 1987
- **managerclubs3**: San Lorenzo de Almagro, San Lorenzo
- **manageryears4**: 1987
- **managerclubs4**: Udinese Calcio, Udinese
- **manageryears5**: 1988
- **managerclubs5**: C.D. Veracruz, Veracruz
- **manageryears6**: 1988–1989
- **managerclubs6**: Tecos F.C., Tecos UAG
- **manageryears7**: 1990
- **managerclubs7**: Costa Rica national football team, Costa Rica
- **manageryears8**: 1991–1995
- **managerclubs8**: United States men's national soccer team, United States
- **manageryears9**: 1995–1997
- **managerclubs9**: Mexico national football team, Mexico
- **manageryears10**: 1997–1998
- **managerclubs10**: Nigeria national football team, Nigeria
- **manageryears11**: 1998–1999
- **managerclubs11**: MetroStars
- **manageryears12**: 2000–2002
- **managerclubs12**: China national football team, China
- **manageryears13**: 2003–2004
- **managerclubs13**: Honduras national football team, Honduras
- **manageryears14**: 2004–2005
- **managerclubs14**: Al Sadd SC, Al Sadd
- **manageryears15**: 2006–2007
- **managerclubs15**: Jamaica national football team, Jamaica
- **manageryears16**: 2009
- **managerclubs16**: Iraq national football team, Iraq
- **manageryears17**: 2014
- **managerclubs17**: Shaanxi Wuzhou F.C., Shaanxi Wuzhou (sporting director)
- **manageryears18**: 2014
- **managerclubs18**: China national football team, China (advisor)
- **manageryears19**: 2014–2024
- **managerclubs19**: Shaanxi Wuzhou F.C., Shaanxi Wuzhou (sporting advisor)
- **medaltemplates**: <small>(as manager)</small>

<small>(as manager)</small>