Miloš Dimitrijević

Miloš Dimitrijević

Dimitrijević training with Sydney FC in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	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. † Appearances (goals) ‡ 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
2004–05	Nantes	Ligue 1	11	0	4	0	0	0	15	0
2005–06			24	1	2	1	0	0	26	2
2006–07			16	0	3	0	0	0	19	0
2007–08	Grenoble	Ligue 2	19	0	1	0	0	0	20	0
2008–09		Ligue 1	19	0	5	1	0	0	24	1
Serbia			League		Serbian Cup		Europe		Total
2009–10	Rad	SuperLiga	10	2	0	0	0	0	10	2
2010–11			14	5	0	0	0	0	14	5
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		Europe		Total
2010–11	Chievo (loan)	Serie A	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Serbia			League		Serbian Cup		Europe		Total
2011–12	Red Star	SuperLiga	25	1	5	0	4	0	34	1
2012–13			12	1	3	1	6	1	21	3
Australia			League		FFA Cup		Asia		Total
2013–14	Sydney FC	A-League	9	0	-	-	-	-	9	0
2014–15			28	2	1	0	0	0	28	2
2015–16			20	0	0	0	2	1	22	1
			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Total	France		89	1	15	2	0	0	104	3
	Serbia		61	9	8	1	10	1	79	11
	Italy		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Australia		57	2	1	0	2	0	59	3
Career total			209	12	24	3	12	2	242	17

Honours

Club

Red Star

• Serbian Cup (1): 2011–12

Individual

Sydney FC^[4]

• Club player of the year: 2014-15
• Player's player of the Year: 2014-15
• Members player of the year: 2014-15
• A-League PFA Team of the Season: 2014-15

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.

External links

• Miloš Dimitrijević at lfp.fr
• Miloš Dimitrijević at lequipe.fr
• Miloš Dimitrijević Stats at utakmica.rs