Mihailo Ivanović (footballer)

For the manager, see Mihailo Ivanović (football manager).

Mihailo Ivanović
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-11-29) 29 November 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-forward
Team information
Current team
 Millwall
Number 26
Youth career
2008–2017[1] Krila Krajine
2017–2022 Vojvodina
2022–2023 → Sampdoria (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 Vojvodina 38 (10)
2022–2023 → Sampdoria (loan) 1 (0)
2024– Millwall 13 (2)
International career‡
2020 Serbia U17 2 (0)
2021– Serbia U18 2 (1)
2024– Serbia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:09, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2024

Mihailo Ivanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаило Ивановић; born 29 November 2004) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for EFL Championship club Millwall and the Serbia national team.

Club career

Vojvodina

At the end of March 2021, Ivanović signed his first professional contract with Vojvodina.[2] On 22 May 2022, Ivanović made his first-team debut, replacing Veljko Simić in the 90th minute in a 0:2 away win against TSC Bačka Topola.[1]

Sampdoria (loan)

On 8 August 2022, Ivanović joined Serie A side Sampodria on a season-long loan, with the option to buy.[3]

Return from loan

After Sampodria failed to activate the option to buy Ivanović, he returned from loan and signed a new three-year deal with the club.[4] On 18 April 2024, Ivanović signed an extension to the existing contract, keeping him at the club until June 2027.[5]

Millwall

On 30 August 2024, Ivanović signed a multi-year deal with EFL Championship club Millwall for a reported fee of £2.5 million.[6]

International career

Youth

Ivanović was called-up in the Serbia U-17 team during 2020, and played two friendly games.[7] After that, he was member of a national U18 team.[7]

Senior

Ivanović was called up to the senior Serbia national team for the first time for the Nations League games against Spain and Denmark in September 2024.[8]

He made his debut on 18 November 2024 in a Nations League game against Denmark at the Dubočica Stadium. He substituted Andrija Živković in the 82nd minute of a scoreless draw.[9]

Career statistics

As of 13 January 2025[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vojvodina 2021–22[11] Serbian SuperLiga 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
2022–23[12] Serbian SuperLiga 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
2023–24[13] Serbian SuperLiga 32 9 5 0 — 1[c] 0 — 38 9
2024–25 Serbian SuperLiga 5 1 0 0 — 4[d][c] 0 — 9 1
Total 38 10 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 48 10
Sampdoria (loan) 2022–23[14] Serie A 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
Millwall 2024–25 EFL Championship 13 2 1 1 0 0 — — 14 3
Career total 52 12 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 63 13
  1. ^ Includes Serbian Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 18 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Serbia 2024 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Ivanović: I will remember my debut forever, I want to leave a deep mark in Voša". FK Vojvodina website. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Voša potpisala profesionalne ugovore sa petoricom omladinaca". Portal 021 (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ Berlingheri, Federico (7 August 2022). "Ivanovic è blucerchiato: temporaneo con opzione dal Vojvodina". U.C. Sampdoria (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  4. ^ Црномарковић и Тањга нови чланови Војводине, нови уговор за Михаила Ивановића! at FK Vojvodina official website, 1 July 2023 (in Serbian)
  5. ^ Михаило Ивановић потписао нови уговор са Вошом! at FK Vojvodina official website, 18 April 2024 (in Serbian)
  6. ^ "Mihailo Ivanović signs for Millwall". Millwall F.C. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b Mihailo Ivanović at WorldFootball.net
  8. ^ "HEAD COACH DRAGAN STOJKOVIĆ ANNOUNCES THE FINAL LIST OF PLAYERS FOR THE NATIONS LEAGUE MATCHES WITH SPAIN AND DENMARK". Football Association of Serbia. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Serbia v Denmark game report". ESPN. 18 November 2024.
  10. ^ Mihailo Ivanović at Soccerway
  11. ^ "Ivanović, Mihailo 2021–22 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Ivanović, Mihailo 2022-23 season". Superliga website (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Ivanović, Mihailo 2023-24 season". Superliga website (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  14. ^ "38 Ivanović, Mihailo". UC Sampdoria official website (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Najbolji igrač 10. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Mihailo Ivanović". www.superliga.rs. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  16. ^ "Najbolji igrač 27. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Mihailo Ivanović". www.superliga.rs. Retrieved 1 April 2024.