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

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who plays as a winger.

Career

Born in

Antibes Antibes (, , ; ) is a seaside city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice; its cape, the Cap d'Antibes, along with Cap Ferrat in Saint-Jean-Ca ...

, 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

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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 referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

. He then joined Rad, who loaned him to third level side

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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

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, he joined

Ternana Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria and currently compete in the Serie C. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A ...

, playing with them in the second half of the

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at Soccerway In summer 2015, he joined another

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side,

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

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which immediately loaned him to Serie B side Virtus Lanciano where he played the second half of the

2015–16 Serie B The 2015–16 Serie B (known as the Serie B ConTe.it for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 16 returning from the 2014–15 season, 4 promoted from Lega Pro, and 2 ...

. 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 Heart of Midlothian in 2017. On 9 July 2018, he signed a three-year deal, with an option for an additional year, with English side

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. 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 3–1 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 Messina, signing a two-year deal.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milinković, David 1994 births Living people French people of Serbian descent Sportspeople from Antibes French men's footballers Footballers from Alpes-Maritimes Men's association football midfielders Serie B players Serie C players Scottish Professional Football League players English Football League players Major League Soccer players 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 French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland French expatriate sportspeople in Monaco 21st-century French sportsmen