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Milenko Ačimovič (born 15 February 1977) is a former Slovenian footballer who last played for Austria giants Austria Wien. He was a playmaker who has a great passing range and an abundance of skill. On 15 September 2010, Ačimovič ended his football career following a persistent right knee injury. ==Club career== Born in Ljubljana, in present-day Slovenia to Serbian parents, young Milenko started his career in the youth ranks of Olimpija Ljubljana. As an extremely gifted youngster, he made three first-team appearances for Zeleznicar when he was just 17 years old. From 1996 until 1998 he found himself again playing for Olimpija, scoring 7 goals in 34 matches. He then joined Red Star Belgrade. Milenko played in Belgrade for four and a half years. He developed into quite a dependable midfielder. After successful appearances for the Slovenian national team in Euro 2000 and World Cup 2002, many bigger European clubs expressed interest in him. In the summer of 2002, he joined Tottenham Hotspur. In his first season in London, he made a few appearances, but never established himself as a first team player. In his second season, he became a fringe player. In January 2004 he joined the French club Lille on loan until the end of the season. When he arrived, the club was in 14th place in the Ligue 1, but after some good form and fine performances by Ačimovič they finished the season as runners up and therefore qualified for the Champions League. In the first year they also played in the UEFA Cup and were eliminated in the last 16. They played in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, and reached the group stages. Ačimovič was Lille's creative spark and scored against Manchester United when Lille won the game in Paris 1–0. That was Lille's only goal of the campaign. After playing for Lille in France for 2½ seasons he fell out of favor and surprisingly joined Al-Ittihad for the 2006–07 season. After failing to adapt to life in Saudi Arabia, he agreed on a mutual termination of the contract, subsequently moving back to Europe to join Austria Wien. On 15 September 2010 his football career came to an end following a persistent right knee injury. Ačimovič returned to Slovenia and has been appointed the Director of football at Olimpija Ljubljana, in January 2011, where he stayed until September 2012 when he resigned his position, due to poor results of the team in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milenko Ačimovič」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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