Danijel Milićević

Danijel Milićević

Milićević playing for Gent in 2015
Personal information
Full name Danijel Milićević
Date of birth (1986-01-05) 5 January 1986
Place of birth Bellinzona, Switzerland
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Gent
Number 77
Youth career
Bellinzona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Lugano 27 (4)
2006–2009 Yverdon 72 (6)
2009–2011 Eupen 81 (16)
2011–2014 Charleroi 75 (10)
2014– Gent 66 (14)
National team‡
2004–2005 Switzerland U19 2 (1)
2005–2006 Switzerland U20 8 (1)
2006–2007 Switzerland U21 2 (0)
2016– Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 February 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 February 2007

Danijel Milićević (born 5 January 1986) is a Bosnian[2] professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club K.A.A. Gent.

Club career

Milićević played in two teams in his home country before moving to Belgium. He played mostly in second division.

Eupen

Milićević's first foreign team was Eupen. He helped the team to promote to the First Division in Belgium. When Eupen degraded again after one season, Milićević moved to Charleroi, the then-Second Division team.

Charleroi

After one year in Second Division, Milićević became champion with Charleroi. One year later, in one and a half seasons in First Division, he made a good impression on other teams, together with Onur Kaya and David Pollet. Kaya was contracted by Lokeren, Pollet by Anderlecht and Milićević went to Gent.

Gent

Gent was looking for more creativity during the winter break of the 2013–14 season, which it thought to have found with Milićević.[3] He became an important player and he remained so in the next season. His first goals were against Zulte-Waregem, against whom he scored twice. Gent won three points thanks to him. The next season, he scored six goals in 17 games.[4]

On 29 January 2016, he extended his contract until 2019.[5]

International career

Milićević has never played senior international football, despite being eligible to represent three nations: Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

In 2015, he expressed his desire to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina under Mehmed Baždarević.[6]

In June 2016, he received FIFA approval to be eligible for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. [7] As a result in August 2016, Milićević was named in Bosnia's squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Estonia.[8]

Personal life

His family is from Ugljevik, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[9]

Honours

Club

Charleroi
Gent

References

  1. ↑ "Danijel Milicevic Gent profile".
  2. ↑ http://www.rtvbn.com/3822676/bazdarevic-sad-imam-razne-solucije-za-tim-bih
  3. ↑ "Milicevic gent profile".
  4. ↑ "Milicevic soccerway profile".
  5. ↑ "Milicevic signs until 2019" (in Dutch).
  6. ↑ http://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/danijel-milicevic-zeli-dres-zmajeva/150102002
  7. ↑ http://sportsport.ba/bh_fudbal/danijel-milicevic-stekao-pravo-nastupa-za-bih/198244
  8. ↑ "Bazdarevic announced the List of Players for Match against Estonia". sarajevotimes.com. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  9. ↑ http://scsport.ba/vijest/50676
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