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Ante Milicic (born April 4, 1974 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club Queensland Roar. He is of Croatian origin.

He played for a variety of sides in two stints in the National Soccer League. The first stint was played entirely for Sydney United, for whom he played as a junior, and which culminated in playing in their runner-up 1996/97 side. After that season he moved to NAC Breda in Holland, and after 2 seasons there went to Croatia's Rijeka. On his return to the NSL in season 2001/02, he rejoined Sydney United for a brief stay, before moving to city rival Sydney Olympic during the same season. He would spend the rest of the season and the next playing there, including scoring the only goal of the 2001/02 Grand Final against Perth Glory. In the final he was awarded the Joe Marston Medal, delivering Sydney Olympic their second NSL title, as well as playing in the runner up side the following season against Perth Glory.

In season 2003/04, the NSL's last, Milicic moved once again, this time to Parramatta Power, where he would once again taste Grand Final defeat against the Glory. After the NSL was disbanded, Milicic played in the Malaysian League for Pahang. It was widely felt that with the $1.5 million salary caps imposed on all Hyundai A-League clubs, Milicic would not be able to be brought back to Australia. However, he joined the Newcastle United Jets, who finished 4th on the Hyundai A-League ladder in 2005/2006, also joining close friends Labinot Haliti and Ned Zelic.

Ante Milicic was the first player in the Hyundai A-League to score a Hat-Trick in the game New Zealand Knights vs Newcastle Jets on November 4, 2005 in round 11.

In May 2006 Ante signed to transfer to rival A-League team Queensland Roar FC.

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