Milorad Arsenijević 1906 – 1987

Biography

Milorad Arsenijević was born on June 6, 1906, in Smederevo, a town along the Danube River in Serbia. He came of age during a formative period for Serbian athletics, when football was establishing itself as a beloved sport across the region. Throughout his life, Arsenijević remained connected to this passion, dedicating himself to the sport as a footballer during a time when the game was still developing its modern structure and following in Serbia and the wider Balkans.

Over the course of his career, Arsenijević contributed to the early history of Serbian football, a legacy that would grow in significance as the sport flourished in the decades to come. He lived through extraordinary changes in twentieth-century Europe, witnessing the transformation of his nation and the evolution of athletics within it.

Arsenijević spent his final years in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, where he passed away on March 18, 1987, at an advanced age. He left behind a life connected to the sport he loved and the community that shaped him. Though details of his later years remain limited, his place in Serbian football history endures as part of the sport’s rich and storied past.