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Vanja Milinković-Savić (Serbian Cyrillic: Вања Милинковић-Савић, pronounced [ʋâɲa milǐːŋkoʋitɕ sǎːʋitɕ]; born 20 February 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Torino FC and the Serbia national team. His elder brother Sergej plays for Al Hilal.
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Full name | Vanja Milinković-Savić[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 February 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ourense, Galicia, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Torino | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 32 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Grazer AK | |||||||||||||||||
2006–2014 | FK Banjane | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | → Vojvodina (loan) | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Lechia Gdańsk | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2017– | Torino | 107 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | → SPAL (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | → Ascoli (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | → Standard Liège (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Serbia U17 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Serbia U19 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Serbia U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Serbia U21 | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Serbia | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:32, 18 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:39, 4 June 2024 (UTC) |
After failing to be awarded a UK work permit with English club Manchester United, he was released by the club in November 2015 and signed a contract with Lechia Gdańsk.[3] In 2017 he was signed by Torino.
On 2 April 2014, Milinković-Savić signed his first professional contract with Vojvodina, penning a three-year deal.[4] On 17 May 2014, it was announced by Manchester United that the club reached an agreement with Vojvodina for the transfer of Milinković-Savić. Both clubs agreed that the player would stay with Vojvodina for one more season.[5] The deal was completed on 5 August 2014,[6] for a transfer fee of €1.75 million.[7]
Milinković-Savić made his competitive debut for Vojvodina on 10 August 2014, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 home league victory over OFK Beograd.[8] He played the full 90 minutes in all 15 league games in the first part of the 2014–15 season. After the winter break, Milinković-Savić lost his place as first-choice goalkeeper to experienced Srđan Žakula, making only two more league appearances.
After failing to earn a work permit to play in England, Milinković-Savić was released by Manchester United in November 2015 and he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Polish club Lechia Gdańsk on 26 November; the contract commenced on 1 January 2016.[9]
On 30 January 2017, Italian club Torino announced they had purchased him and he would join the club on 1 July.[10] He was the first-choice goalkeeper for the national cup, while being the second choice, behind Salvatore Sirigu, for the Serie A. During the Coppa Italia match against Carpi, he hit the crossbar with a free-kick in injury time.[11]
On 6 July 2018, Milinković-Savić signed with SPAL on loan from Torino until 30 June 2019.[12]
On 31 January 2019, Milinković-Savić joined to Serie B side Ascoli on loan until 30 June 2019.[13]
On 29 June 2019, he joined to Belgian club Standard Liège on loan with an option to buy.[14]
On 15 June 2021, Torino announced a contract extension until 30 June 2024.[15]
Milinković-Savić was selected to represent the Serbia U19 national team at the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship. He served as a backup to Predrag Rajković, failing to make an appearance at the tournament, as the team was eliminated by Portugal on penalties in the semi-finals of the competition.
Milinković-Savić again served as a backup to Rajković at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where the Serbian team won the gold medal.[16]
He made his debut for the senior national team on 11 November 2021 in a friendly against Qatar.[17]
In November 2022, he was selected in Serbia's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[18] He played in all three group stage matches, against Brazil,[19] Cameroon,[20] and Switzerland.[21] Serbia finished fourth in the group.[22]
Milinković-Savić was selected in Serbia's squad for the UEFA Euro 2024, but didn't make any appearances in the tournament.
Milinković-Savić was born in Ourense, Galicia, Spain, to parents Nikola Milinković, who was playing professional football for CD Ourense, and Milana Savić, a professional basketball player.[23] He is the younger brother of midfielder Sergej Milinković-Savić.[24]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vojvodina (loan) | 2014–15 | Serbian SuperLiga | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Lechia Gdańsk | 2015–16 | Ekstraklasa | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |
2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | ||
Total | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | |||
Torino | 2017–18 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Serie A | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Serie A | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 42 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Serie A | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 37 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 107 | 0 | 13 | 0 | – | 120 | 0 | |||
SPAL (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
Ascoli (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |
Standard Liège (loan) | 2019–20 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Career total | 163 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 182 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Serbia | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | 9 | 0 | |
2023 | 8 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 19 | 0 |
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