David Milinković

David Milinković
Personal information
Full name Manuel David Milinković[1]
Date of birth (1994-05-20) 20 May 1994 (age 30)
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

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.

Club career

Born 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

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

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Hull City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 14. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  2. ^ David Milinkovic at footballdatabase.eu
  3. ^ Manuel Milinkovic at Worldfootball
  4. ^ Srbin sam od glave do pete at vesti-online.com, 12 February 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018 (in Serbian)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g MANUEL MILINKOVIC: LA SCHEDA at genoanews1893.it, 14 June 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016 (in Italian)
  6. ^ Manuel David Milinkovic at srbijafudbal.net. Retrieved 31 August 2013
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ 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)
  9. ^ a b c Manuel Milinkovic at Soccerway
  10. ^ "Milinkovic signed with Hull City". Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Hull City v Aston Villa". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Whitecaps FC acquire winger David Milinković on loan from Hull City | Vancouver Whitecaps FC".
  13. ^ "Departure Update". Hull City A.F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Whitecaps FC and winger David Milinković mutually agree to part ways". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Bentornato David!" (in Italian). ACR Messina. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.