Milan Milanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Милановић;[1] born 31 March 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Bosnian Premier League club Sloga Meridian.

Milan Milanović
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-03-31) 31 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4+12 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Sloga Meridian
Number 28
Youth career
Zemun
Red Star Belgrade
2008–2010 Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Lokomotiv Moscow 0 (0)
2011–2016 Palermo 23 (1)
2011–2012Siena (loan) 0 (0)
2013Vicenza (loan) 13 (0)
2015–2016Ascoli (loan) 34 (1)
2017 Pisa 11 (0)
2019 Željezničar Banja Luka 13 (3)
2019–2020 Triglav Kranj 23 (7)
2021–2022 Radnički Kragujevac 8 (0)
2022– Sloga Meridian 62 (1)
International career
Serbia U17
Serbia U19
Serbia U21 14 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 May 2023

Career

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After youth football experiences in his homeland of Serbia, Milanović moved to Russia to join Lokomotiv Moscow in 2008.[citation needed] In 2009, he was voted by the fans as the best player of Lokomotiv youth team,[2] and made his professional debut in 2010 with Russian Second Division feeder club FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.[3]

Palermo

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In November 2010 Milanović signed a pre-contract to join Serie A club Palermo. His contract with Moscow would run out in March 2011 thus Milanović was free to negotiate contract with Palermo in November.[4] In July 2011 he was officially included in the first team squad of Palermo, and was awarded the No. 15 jersey.[3]

On 31 August 2011 he moved "on loan" to Siena.[5] It is because Palermo did not wish to use its own non-EU registration quota and borrowed Siena's instead, likes Udinese registered Željko Brkić via Siena. In the document of Lega Serie A, Siena signed him from Moscow as free agent, and Siena paid Lokomotiv €270,000 as training compensation as required by FIFA regulations.[6] His "loan" was cancelled in January 2012, and he returned to Palermo for free.[7] Palermo also paid €1.5 million agent fee.[8] Again, Lega Serie A documented Palermo signed Milanović from Siena outright, not a loan return, likes Brkić also "signed" outright by Udinese in January 2012, as well as Luis Muriel from Lecce to Udinese. Despite Siena released Milanović for free, Siena also signed Pablo Andrés González in temporary deal from Palermo as compensation on 31 August 2011 for €100,000.[8] While Milanović did receive some first team call-up, but only able to play a few games for the reserve team. Milanović made his Serie A debut on 24 March 2012, playing the full 90 minutes in a home league game against Udinese.

In January 2013 he moved on loan to Serie B club Vicenza.[9] He returned to Palermo by the end of the season, after Vicenza's relegation to Lega Pro Prima Divisione.

Željezničar Banja Luka

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In February 2019, he joined First League of the Republika Srpska club Željezničar Banja Luka until the end of the season.[10]

References

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  1. ^ In Russian, the name is spelled Милан Миланович.
  2. ^ [1] (in Russian)
  3. ^ a b "Milan Milanovic" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. Retrieved 11 August 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Milanovic, è fatta E ora Maxi Lopez". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 12 November 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Gonzalez e Milanovic sono del Siena" [Gonzalez and Milanovic to Siena]. AC Siena. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  6. ^ AC Siena SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (in Italian)
  7. ^ AC Siena SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
  8. ^ a b US Città di Palermo SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
  9. ^ "MILANOVIC IN PRESTITO AL VICENZA" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  10. ^ Milan Milanović, nekadašnji fudbaler Palerma, za “Glas Srpske”: Na Predgrađu ću da se vratim u život, glassrpske.com, 9 February 2019
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