Miloš Dimitrijević

Miloš Dimitrijević

Dimitrijević training with Sydney FC in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-02-16) 16 February 1984
Place of birth Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sydney FC
Number 8
Youth career
1998–2004 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Nantes 51 (1)
2007–2010 Grenoble 38 (0)
2010–2011 Rad 24 (7)
2011 → Chievo (loan) 2 (0)
2011–2013 Red Star Belgrade 37 (2)
2014– Sydney FC 62 (2)
National team‡
2003–2004 France U18 1 (0)
2005–2006 Serbia U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 March 2016

Miloš Dimitrijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Димитријевић; born 16 February 1984 in Belgrade) is a Serbian footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for Sydney FC of the Australian A-League. In addition to possessing Serbian citizenship, he also holds French citizenship.

Club career

Born in Belgrade, he arrived in France at the age of 7, with his father, who was the famous football player, the legend of Partizan and Dinamo Zagreb, Zoran "Čava" Dimitrijević. He joined youth system of Nantes in 1998. He became a professional in 2004. After Nantes, he played for Grenoble, before he returned to his homeland. In Serbia, he played for Rad, where he established himself as one of the best central midfielders in the league. He was brought on loan from Italian Chievo in winter transfer window 2011, but he only managed to play two games. After this unsuccessful international episode, he came back to Serbia to become a new Red Star Belgrade player. He was given number 7 shirt and he signed a contract on 10 June 2011. In April 2013, he became a free agent after managing to cut short his long-term contract due to the club's financial problems.

Sydney FC

On 17 January 2014 it was confirmed that Dimitrijević had signed for Sydney FC of the A-League in Australia.[1] He scored his first goal for the club in 2014 October 24 in the Rd 3 clash against Brisbane Roar which ended 2-0 with Milos scoring the second.[2]

In this year Dimitrijevič won all three of the players player of the year, members player of the year and coaches player of the year becoming the first ever person to do do.

Miloš was released by Sydney FC on 3 June 2015.[3]

It was announced on 28 July 2015 that Miloš had re-signed with Sydney FC for a further two years.

On the 2nd of March 2016, Dimitrijević scored an 88th minute winner against Guangzhou Evergrande in the Asian Champions League.

International career

While he was playing in France, he was part of France U18 team. Then he decided to play for Serbia instead of France, so he was once capped for Serbia U21, and even was invited to play for senior team of Serbia in November 2010, but the injury forced him to miss the match against Bulgaria.

Career statistics

As of 3 March 2016
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
France League Coupe de France Europe Total
2004–05NantesLigue 11104000150
2005–062412100262
2006–071603000190
2007–08GrenobleLigue 21901000200
2008–09Ligue 11905100241
Serbia League Serbian Cup Europe Total
2009–10RadSuperLiga1020000102
2010–111450000145
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
2010–11Chievo (loan)Serie A20000020
Serbia League Serbian Cup Europe Total
2011–12Red StarSuperLiga2515040341
2012–131213161213
Australia League FFA Cup Asia Total
2013–14Sydney FCA-League90----90
2014–152821000282
2015–162500021271
League Cup Continental Total
Total France 891152001043
Serbia 619811017911
Italy 20000020
Australia 6221020653
Career total 2091224312225017

Honours

Club

Serbia Red Star

Individual

Sydney FC[4]

Trivia

As a resemblance to his father, he is often called Mali Čava.

References

  1. ↑ "Sydney FC Sign Milos Dimitrijevic". Football Australia. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.a-league.com.au/article/result-brisbane-roar-0-sydney-fc-2/75em2ur1ntf21ehxvkiaa9bhr
  3. ↑ Hassett, Sebastian (3 June 2015). "All change at Sydney FC as Graham Arnold dumps key players and lose Bernie Ibini". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Bossi, Dominic (28 April 2015). "Milos Dimitrijevic's season recognised as best-ever at Sydney FC". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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