Milan Gajić (footballer, born 1996)

Milan Gajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Гајић; born 28 January 1996) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or left-back for Russian club CSKA Moscow.

Milan Gajić

Gajić with CSKA Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Vukovar, Croatia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right-back/Left-back
Team information
Current team	CSKA Moscow
Number	22
Youth career
	Dinamo Pančevo
	OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	OFK Beograd	46	(4)
2015–2019	Bordeaux	28	(1)
2019–2022	Red Star Belgrade	92	(5)
2022–	CSKA Moscow	81	(4)
International career‡
2012–2013	Serbia U17[2]	6	(0)
2014–2015	Serbia U19[2]	11	(0)
2014–2015	Serbia U20	9	(0)
2015–2019	Serbia U21	27	(2)
2021–	Serbia	2	(0)
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Serbia FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015 New Zealand U-20 Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 March 2024

Club career

Early career

Born in the eastern Slavonian city of Vukovar, Croatia, Gajić spent his childhood in the northern Serbian city of Pančevo where he began practicing football at the age of six with Dinamo Pančevo.^[3] He was subsequently recruited by OFK Beograd, making his senior debut in the 2013–14 campaign. Afterwards, Gajić was a first team regular for two seasons, collecting 46 league appearances and scoring four goals.

Bordeaux

On 22 July 2015, Gajić signed a five-year contract with French club Bordeaux.^[4] His transfer from OFK Beograd reportedly cost Bordeaux €800,000.^[5] Initially, Gajić saw little playing time^[5] as he was the team's second choice to starting right back Youssouf Sabaly.^[3]

Red Star Belgrade

On 4 February 2019, Gajić signed a 3.5-year contract with Red Star Belgrade.^[6] Although Red Star qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, coach Vladan Milojević and Red Star's management opted not to register Gajić in their 23-man Champions League squad, ultimately choosing Marko Gobeljić as the starting right-back.^[7]

CSKA Moscow

On 17 June 2022, Gajić signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow.^[8] On 8 October 2023, he scored twice in a Main Moscow derby game against FC Spartak Moscow which ended in a 2–2 draw.^[9]

International career

Gajić represented Serbia at the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship, as the team was eliminated in the semi-final by Portugal. He was also a member of the team that won the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[10] In May 2017, head coach of the Serbia U21 side Nenad Lalatović included Gajić in the final squad for the 2017 UEFA Under-21 Championship in Poland.^[11]

He made his debut for Serbia national football team on 24 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Ireland.^[12][13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 August 2025^[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
OFK Beograd	2013–14	Serbian SuperLiga	22	2	5	1	0	0	—		27	3
	2014–15	Serbian SuperLiga	24	2	1	0	0	0	—		25	2
	Total		46	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	52	5
Bordeaux	2015–16	Ligue 1	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	1
	2016–17	Ligue 1	14	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	21	0
	2017–18	Ligue 1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	2018–19	Ligue 1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		28	1	4	0	5	0	3	0	40	1
Red Star Belgrade	2018–19	Serbian SuperLiga	11	1	1	0	0	0	—		12	1
	2019–20	Serbian SuperLiga	15	1	1	0	0	0	—		16	1
	2020–21	Serbian SuperLiga	35	2	3	0	11	1	—		49	3
	2021–22	Serbian SuperLiga	31	1	4	0	8	0	—		43	1
	Total		92	5	9	0	19	1	0	0	120	6
CSKA Moscow	2022–23	Russian Premier League	29	0	13	1	—		—		42	1
	2023–24	Russian Premier League	26	3	12	2	—		1[a]	0	39	5
	2024–25	Russian Premier League	21	0	10	0	—		—		31	0
	2025–26	Russian Premier League	5	1	2	1	—		1[a]	0	8	2
	Total		81	4	37	4	—		2	0	120	8
Career total			247	14	56	5	24	1	5	0	332	20

Notes

1. Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International

As of 21 March 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Serbia	2021	1	0
	2022	0	0
	2023	0	0
	2024	1	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Club

Red Star Belgrade

• Serbian SuperLiga (4): 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Serbian Cup (2): 2020–21, 2021–22

CSKA Moscow

• Russian Cup (2): 2022–23,^[15] 2024–25^[16]
• Russian Super Cup: 2025^[17]

International

Serbia

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2015