Manuel David Milinković (, ; born 20 May 1994) is a French professional

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who plays as a winger.

Club career

Born in

Antibes Antibes (, also , ; oc, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal, Antíbol) is a coastal city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department of southeastern France, on the French Riviera, Côte d'Azur between Cannes and Nice. The town of ...

, France, Milinković has Serbian origins. His grandfather Mirko came to France from the outskirts of

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. Already in France, David's father Igor was born. He worked at ''Partus Corporation'', a company dedicated to casinos, hotels, thermal centers, restaurants, and so on. Mirko's grandson, Igor's son, David, started playing football in the youth team of AS Cannes.MANUEL MILINKOVIC: LA SCHEDA
at genoanews1893.it, 14 June 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016 During the winter transfer window of the 2011–12 season he moved to Serbia and joined the youth team of

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

. He then joined FK Rad, who loaned him to third level side FK BASK in the 2012–13 winter-break. In summer 2013 he joined BASK permanently and played with them until the winter-break of the 2014–15 season. Then he moved to Italy, where, after a short time spent in AS Roma, he joined

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, playing with them in the second half of the

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season.Manuel Milinkovic
at Soccerway In summer 2015, he joined another

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side, Salernitana. In the winter-break of the 2015–16 season, he signed with

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which immediately loaned him to Serie B side

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where he played the second half of the

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. In summer 2016, Genoa loaned him to

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playing in the

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, before signing a season long loan with the Scottish side

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in 2017. On 9 July 2018, he signed a three-year deal, with an option for an additional year, with English side Hull City. He made his debut in the first match of the 2018–19 season on 6 August 2018 at home to

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, coming off the bench as a 67th-minute substitute for

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, in a 1–3 defeat. He was acquired on a one-year loan, with an option to buy, by Canadian

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side

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on 27 January 2020, for their 2020 season. On 1 February 2021 the loan was made permanent with the triggering of a clause in his loan contract. However, on 2 February 2021, it was announced that Milinković and the Whitecaps FC mutually agreed to part ways. On 31 August 2021, he returned to Italy and

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, signing a two-year deal.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milinković, David 1994 births Living people People from Antibes French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FK Rad players FK BASK players Ternana Calcio players US Salernitana 1919 players Genoa CFC players SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 players ACR Messina players Calcio Foggia 1920 players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Vancouver Whitecaps FC players Serie B players Serie C players Scottish Professional Football League players English Football League players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland French people of Serbian descent Major League Soccer players French expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Footballers from Alpes-Maritimes