Manuel David Milinković (Serbian Cyrillic: Мануел Давид Милинковић, pronounced [mǎnuel dǎʋid milǐːŋkoʋitɕ]; born 20 May 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel David Milinković[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Antibes, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2011 | AS Cannes | ||
| 2012 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013 | Rad | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | → BASK (loan) | ||
| 2013–2014 | BASK | ||
| 2015 | Ternana | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | Salernitana | 9 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Genoa | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Virtus Lanciano (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Messina (loan) | 34 | (7) |
| 2017 | → Foggia (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 24 | (6) |
| 2018–2021 | Hull City | 8 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2021 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Messina | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2021 | |||
Club career
editBorn in Antibes,[2] France,[3] Milinković has Serbian origins. His grandfather Mirko came to France from the outskirts of Sarajevo. Already in France, David's father Igor was born. He worked at Partus Corporation, a company dedicated to casinos, hotels, thermal centers, restaurants, and so on.[4] Mirko's grandson, Igor's son, David, started playing football in the youth team of AS Cannes.[5]
During the winter transfer window of the 2011–12 season he moved to Serbia and joined the youth team of Red Star Belgrade.[5] He then joined FK Rad, who loaned him to third level side FK BASK[5] in the 2012–13 winter-break. In summer 2013 he joined BASK permanently[6] and played with them until the winter-break of the 2014–15 season.
Then he moved to Italy, where, after a short time spent in AS Roma,[7] he joined Ternana Calcio,[8] playing with them in the second half of the 2014–15 Serie B season.[9] In summer 2015, he joined another Serie B side, Salernitana.[5]
In the winter-break of the 2015–16 season, he signed with Genoa CFC[5] which immediately loaned him to Serie B side Virtus Lanciano[5] where he played the second half of the 2015–16 Serie B.[9] In summer 2016, Genoa loaned him to Messina[5] playing in the Lega Pro, before signing a season long loan with the Scottish side Heart of Midlothian F.C. in 2017.
On 9 July 2018, he signed a three-year deal, with an option for an additional year, with English side Hull City.[10] He made his debut in the first match of the 2018–19 season on 6 August 2018 at home to Aston Villa, coming off the bench as a 67th-minute substitute for Todd Kane, in a 1–3 defeat.[11]
He was acquired on a one-year loan, with an option to buy, by Canadian Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps FC on 27 January 2020, for their 2020 season.[12] On 1 February 2021 the loan was made permanent with the triggering of a clause in his loan contract.[13] However, on 2 February 2021, it was announced that Milinković and the Whitecaps FC mutually agreed to part ways.[14]
On 31 August 2021, he returned to Italy and ACR Messina, signing a two-year deal.[15]
Career statistics
edit- As of 14 October 2020[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ternana | 2014–15 | Serie B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Salernitana | 2015–16 | Serie B | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Genoa | 2015–16 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Virtus Lanciano (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Messina (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie C | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | |
| Foggia (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 2017–18 | Scottish Premiership | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | |
| Hull City | 2018–19 | Championship | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Whitecaps (loan) | 2020 | Major League Soccer | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Career total | 101 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 16 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Hull City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 14. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ David Milinkovic at footballdatabase.eu
- ^ Manuel Milinkovic at Worldfootball
- ^ Srbin sam od glave do pete at vesti-online.com, 12 February 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018 (in Serbian)
- ^ a b c d e f g MANUEL MILINKOVIC: LA SCHEDA at genoanews1893.it, 14 June 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016 (in Italian)
- ^ Manuel David Milinkovic at srbijafudbal.net. Retrieved 31 August 2013
- ^ Cagliari: in prova il giovane Milinkovic, un passato alla Roma Archived 23 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine at cagliarinews24.org, 17 July 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016 (in Italian)
- ^ Calciomercato Ternana, ufficiale il colpo Milinkovic Archived 23 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine at corrieredellosport.it, 28 January 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016 (in Italian)
- ^ a b c Manuel Milinkovic at Soccerway
- ^ "Milinkovic signed with Hull City". Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Hull City v Aston Villa". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "Whitecaps FC acquire winger David Milinković on loan from Hull City | Vancouver Whitecaps FC".
- ^ "Departure Update". Hull City A.F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Whitecaps FC and winger David Milinković mutually agree to part ways". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Bentornato David!" (in Italian). ACR Messina. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.