Milan Rodić

Milan Rodić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Родић, pronounced [mǐlan rǒːditɕ]; born 2 April 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for FC Zürich and the Serbia national football team.

Milan Rodić

Rodić with Red Star Belgrade in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-04-02) 2 April 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Titov Drvar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	FC Zürich
Number	23
Youth career
	OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	OFK Beograd	71	(3)
2013–2015	Zenit Saint Petersburg	7	(1)
2013–2014	→ Volga Nizhny Novgorod (loan)	18	(0)
2015	→ Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg (loan)	4	(0)
2015–2017	Krylia Sovetov	33	(2)
2017–2025	Red Star Belgrade	196	(14)
2025–	FC Zürich	0	(0)
International career‡
2011–2012	Serbia U21	8	(0)
2018–2019	Serbia	7	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2019

Club career

OFK Beograd

Rodić played his first professional match for OFK Beograd on 26 April 2009, against Partizan at the age of 18. Almost two years later, on 25 April 2012, he was named left-back in Sportal's ideal team of Round 26 in the 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga.^[2]

Zenit Saint Petersburg

On 31 January 2013, Rodić signed a contract with Zenit Saint Petersburg. On 21 February 2013, coach Luciano Spalletti deployed Rodić in the 85th minute as a substitute for Sergei Semak against Liverpool in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.^[3] However, Rodić ended up playing only five matches for Zenit before being loaned out to FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod and Zenit's reserve team, after which he transferred to Krylia Sovetov.^[4]

Krylia Sovetov

In August 2015, Rodić signed with Krylia Sovetov. Over the course of two seasons, Rodić got back into competitive shape.^[4] After two years with Krylia Sovetov, Rodić thanked the fans and commented that he was happy to play for Krylia, but that he missed his family in Serbia.^[4]

Red Star Belgrade

On 21 July 2017, Rodić signed a three-year contract with Serbian side Red Star Belgrade.^[5] Red Star had paid approximately €250,000 to Krylia Sovetov for Rodić's transfer.^[4] He played in Red Star's 2017–18 UEFA Europa League campaign under coach Vladan Milojević. On 19 October 2017, Rodić got a red card in the Group H home match against Arsenal, which Red Star lost 1–0.^[6] On 12 March 2019, he extended his contract with Red Star to the summer of 2022.^[7]

FC Zürich

In July 2025, Rodić signed for Swiss Super League club FC Zürich.^[8]

International career

On 6 June 2011, Rodić made his debut with the Serbia national under-21 football team against Sweden's U-21 team. Five years later, Rodić got his first call up to the senior Serbia squad for a friendly match against Russia on 5 June 2016.^[9]

In May 2018 he was named in Serbia's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[10] On 4 June, he made his international debut in a friendly match against Chile, coming on as a substitute for Aleksandar Kolarov in the 80th minute.^[11]

Rodić was selected in Serbia’s squad for the 2018 World Cup,^[12] but he failed to make any appearances there.

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 May 2025^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental[b]		Other[c]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
OFK Beograd	2008–09	Serbian SuperLiga	1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
	2009–10		12	0	1	0	–		–		13	0
	2010–11		20	2	1	0	3[d]	0	–		24	2
	2009–12		25	1	2	0	–		–		27	1
	2012–13		13	0	3	2	–		–		16	2
	Total		71	3	7	2	3	0	–		81	5
Zenit	2012–13	Russian Premier League	4	0	0	0	2[d]	0	0	0	6	0
	2014–15		1	0	2	1	1[d]	0	0	0	4	1
	Total		5	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	10	1
Volga (loan)	2013–14	Russian Premier League	18	0	0	0	–		–		18	0
Zenit-2 (loan)	2015–16	Russian National Football League	4	0	–		–		–		4	0
Krylia Sovetov	2015–16	Russian Premier League	16	1	1	1	–		–		17	2
	2016–17		15	1	1	0	–		–		16	1
	2017–18	Russian National Football League	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	Total		33	2	2	1	–		–		35	3
Red Star	2017–18	Serbian SuperLiga	29	3	1	0	9[d]	0	–		39	3
	2018–19		18	1	3	0	13[e]	0	–		34	1
	2019–20		18	0	2	0	13[e]	0	–		33	0
	2020–21		28	1	3	0	8[f]	0	–		39	1
	2021–22		33	3	5	0	13[g]	1	–		51	4
	2022–23		26	1	3	0	9	0	–		38	1
	2023–24		26	3	2	0	6[e]	0	–		34	3
	2024–25		18	2	4	0	4	0	–		26	2
	Total		195	14	23	0	75	1	–		294	15
Career total			327	24	34	4	81	0	0	0	442	28

1. Includes Serbian Cup, Russian Cup
2. Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League
3. Includes Russian Super Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
6. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
7. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 17 November 2019^[13]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Serbia	2018	5	0
	2019	2	0
Total		7	0

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg

• Russian Football Premier League: 2014–15

Red Star Belgrade

• Serbian SuperLiga (8): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
• Serbian Cup (4): 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

Individual

• Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Week: 2021–22 (Round 13^[14])
• Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2023–24^[15]