serbian football player
Milinković and the second or maternal family name is Savić. In this spanish name, the foremost or paternal surname isand the irregular or enate family name is Vanja Milinković-Savić ( serbian Cyrillic : Вања Милинковић-Савић, pronounced [ ʋâɲa milǐːŋkoʋitɕ sǎːʋitɕ ] ; born 20 February 1997 ) is a serbian professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for italian club Torino. Born in Spain, he plays for the Serbia national team. After failing to be awarded a UK shape license with English club Manchester United, he was released by the club in November 2015 and signed a shrink with Lechia Gdańsk. In 2017 he was signed by Torino.

Club career [edit ]

On 2 April 2014, Milinković-Savić signed his foremost professional abridge with Vojvodina, penning a three-year deal. [ 2 ] On 17 May 2014, it was announced by Manchester United that the baseball club reached an agreement with Vojvodina for the transfer of Milinković-Savić. Both clubs agreed that the musician would stay with Vojvodina for one more season. [ 3 ] The deal was completed on 5 August 2014, [ 4 ] for a transfer fee of €1.75 million. [ 5 ] Milinković-Savić made his competitive introduction for Vojvodina on 10 August 2014, keeping a clean tabloid in a 3–0 home league victory over OFK Beograd. [ 6 ] He played the full moon 90 minutes in all 15 league games in the first part of the 2014–15 temper. After the winter demote, Milinković-Savić lost his place as first-choice goalkeeper to experienced Srđan Žakula, making only two more league appearances. After failing to earn a work permit to play in England, Milinković-Savić was released by Manchester United in November 2015 and he signed a four-and-a-half-year narrow with polish club Lechia Gdańsk on 26 November ; the sign commenced on 1 January 2016. [ 7 ] On 30 January 2017, italian club Torino announced they had purchased him and he would join the club on 1 July. [ 8 ] He was the first-choice goalkeeper for the national cup, while being the second choice, behind Salvatore Sirigu, for the Serie A. During the Coppa Italia match against Carpi, he hit the crossbar with a free-kick in injury prison term. [ 9 ] On 6 July 2018, Milinković-Savić signed with S.P.A.L. on loan from Torino until 30 June 2019. [ 10 ] On 31 January 2019, Milinkovic-savic joined to Serie B side Ascoli on lend until 30 June 2019. [ 11 ]

On 29 June 2019, he joined to Belgian club Standard Liège on lend with an option to buy. [ 12 ] On 15 June 2021, Torino announced a contract extension until 30 June 2024. [ 13 ]

International career [edit ]

Milinković-Savić was selected to represent Serbia at the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship. He served as a backup to Predrag Rajković, failing to make an appearance at the tournament, as the team was eliminated by Portugal on penalties in the semi-finals of the contest. Milinković-Savić again served as a backup to Rajković at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where the serbian team won the gold decoration. [ 14 ] He made his debut for Serbia national football team on 11 November 2021 in a friendly against Qatar. [ 15 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of 7 November 2021[16]

International [edit ]

As of 11 November 2021
Serbia
Year Apps Goals
2021 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours [edit ]

Serbia U20

personal life [edit ]

Milinković-Savić was born in Ourense, Spain, to parents Nikola Milinković, who was playing professional football for CD Ourense, and Milana Savić, a professional basketball musician. [ 17 ] He is the younger brother of midfielder Sergej Milinković-Savić. [ 18 ]

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