Sergej Milinković-Savić ( serbian Cyrillic : Сергеј Милинковић-Савић, pronounced [ serɡêj milǐːŋkoʋitɕ sǎːʋitɕ ] ; born 27 February 1995 ), besides known mononymously as Sergej, is a serbian professional football player who plays as a midfielder for italian golf club Lazio and the Serbia national team .
early life sentence [edit ]
Milinković-Savić was born into a sporting syndicate in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, [ 2 ] where his forefather Nikola Milinković [ 3 ] played football professionally at the time. His beget, Milana Savić, was a professional basketball musician. Sergej besides made his first football steps with Sporting CP, while his father was playing in Portugal. [ 4 ] He then spent a few years at Grazer AK in Austria before moving to his class roots in Serbia where he broke through as a football player.
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Milinković-Savić is the older brother of Vanja Milinković-Savić, a boyfriend football player who plays as a goalkeeper. In extra to his serbian citizenship, he is besides a citizen of Spain .
Club career [edit ]
Vojvodina [edit ]
Milinković-Savić came through the youth academy of Vojvodina. He was one of the midfielders who emerged from the young person police squad that won two straight national young backing titles, aboard Mijat Gaćinović and Nebojša Kosović. consequently, Milinković-Savić signed his first professional contract with the club on 26 December 2012, penning a three-year distribute. [ 5 ] Milinković-Savić made his senior debut in a 3–0 away loss to Jagodina on 23 November 2013. [ 6 ] He scored his first goal in a 1–1 away draw with Spartak Subotica on 9 March 2014. In total, Milinković-Savić made 13 league appearances and scored three goals in the 2013–14 season. He besides helped Vojvodina win the 2013–14 serbian Cup in the club ‘s centennial class. [ 7 ]
Genk [edit ]
In June 2014, Milinković-Savić signed a five-year contract with belgian club Genk and was given the number 20 shirt. [ 8 ] He made his competitive debut for the clubhouse in a 1–1 home league guide with Cercle Brugge on 2 August 2014. Milinković-Savić scored his first goal for Genk in a 1–1 away league draw against Lokeren on 18 January 2015. He scored a sum of five league goals in 24 appearances during the 2014–15 season .
latium [edit ]
Milinković-Savić lining up for Lazio in 2015 On 31 July 2015, it was announced that Milinković-Savić would join italian club Lazio. [ 9 ] He made his debut for the side in a 1–0 home gain over Bayer Leverkusen in the first stage of the Champions League play-off round on 18 August 2015. [ 10 ] Milinković-Savić scored his beginning goal for Lazio in a 1–1 Europa League draw with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on 17 September 2015. [ 11 ] He scored his foremost Serie A finish in a 3–1 away win over Fiorentina on 9 January 2016. Throughout his debut season, Milinković-Savić made 35 appearances and scored three goals for Lazio in all competitions. In his second season at Lazio, Milinković-Savić scored seven goals from 39 appearances ( league and cup ). On Sunday 5th December Milinkovic Savic became the most prolific midfielder at S.S. Lazio scoring against Sampdoria. Milinkovic Savic surpassed previous holder Pavel Nedved who held the record with 51 goals for over a decade .
International career [edit ]
youth [edit ]
Milinković-Savić represented Serbia at the 2013 UEFA Under-19 Championship, winning the gold decoration. He played the full 90 minutes in four out of five games, including the final catch of the contest against France that Serbia won 1–0. [ 12 ] Subsequently, Milinković-Savić appeared at the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship, as the team was eliminated in the semi-final by Portugal after penalties. He missed Serbia ‘s last spot-kick in the penalty shoot-out. [ 13 ] The pursue summer, Milinković-Savić was one of Serbia ‘s most influential players at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, as the team won the tournament. [ 14 ] He appeared in six out of seven games and scored one goal against Mali in the group stage. ascribable to his performances during the tournament, Milinković-Savić was awarded the Bronze Ball. [ 15 ] In the summer of 2017, Lazio prevented Milinković-Savić from playing at the 2017 UEFA european Under-21 Championship .
senior [edit ]
In October 2015, Milinković-Savić received his first call-up to the full moon team by director Radovan Ćurčić for Serbia ‘s UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers against Albania and Portugal. [ 16 ] He remained an fresh substitute in both games. In May 2016, Milinković-Savić was selected by newly appointed director Slavoljub Muslin for friendly matches against Cyprus, Israel, and Russia. [ 17 ] however, after failing to receive any play meter in the inaugural two games, Milinković-Savić left the team in agreement with Muslin who said that some other players better meet into his tactical formations. [ 18 ]
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On 30 October 2017, it was announced that Serbia caretaker director Mladen Krstajić included Milinković-Savić in the police squad for friendlies against China and South Korea. [ 19 ] In June 2018, he was selected in the serbian police squad for the 2018 World Cup, [ 20 ] playing all three group degree matches. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Milinković-Savić scored his inaugural two senior international goals on 8 October 2020, settling a 2–1 win over Norway in the semi-finals of the Euro 2020 qualifying play-off. [ 24 ]
stylus of bring [edit ]
Sergej Milinković-Savic is a versatile central midfield actor and is capable of playing in respective roles, including as a trequartista, or in a holding character, although he is normally deployed as a cardinal midfielder, in the mezzala function. His style of play has drawn comparisons to Zinedine Zidane and Yaya Touré, as he blends the traditional attack movement, positional sense, and finishing ability of an attacking midfielder, with the acme and animalism of a target man or defensive midfielder ; as such, he besides is effective in the air, and is able of scoring goals with his head adenine well as either foot, by making deep runs from behind into the penalty area, or striking from distance. He possesses good proficiency, tactical intelligence, sight, and passing ability, despite his limited pace, angstrom well as doggedness and excellent defensive work-rate, which enables him to help out at both ends of the pitch, carry the ball, and start attacking plays after winning possession. He has been nicknamed ‘ forty-nine Sergente ’ ( the Sergeant ) by Lazio fans for his charisma, physical authority and for the assonance with his identify. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ]
career statistics [edit ]
cabaret [edit ]
- As of match played 5 December 2021[29]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
Cup
Continental
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Vojvodina
2013–14
Serbian SuperLiga
13
3
3
1
0
0
—
16
4
Genk
2014–15
Belgian Pro League
24
5
0
0
—
—
24
5
Lazio
2015–16
Serie A
25
1
2
0
8
2
0
0
35
3
2016–17
34
4
5
3
—
—
39
7
2017–18
35
12
4
0
8
2
1[a]
0
48
14
2018–19
31
5
5
2
5
0
0
0
41
7
2019–20
37
7
1
0
4
1
1[a]
0
43
8
2020–21
32
8
2
0
7
0
—
41
8
2021–22
16
5
0
0
2
0
—
18
5
Total
210
42
19
5
34
5
2
0
265
52
Career total
247
50
22
6
34
5
2
0
305
61
International [edit ]
- As of match played 14 November 2021[30]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Serbia
2017
2
0
2018
8
0
2019
5
0
2020
5
3
2021
8
2
Total
28
5
- As of match played 11 November 2021[30]
- Scores and results list Serbia’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Milinković-Savić goal.
Honours [edit ]
cabaret [edit ]
Vojvodina [ 29 ]
Lazio [ 29 ]
International [edit ]
Serbia U19 [ 29 ]
Serbia U20 [ 29 ]