Milan Susak (, born 29 January 1984) is an Australian retired

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who last played for

Yangon United Yangon United Football Club ( my, ရန်ကုန် ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း ) is a Burmese football club, based at Yangon United Sports Complex, in Yangon, Myanmar. Owned by Tay Za, a prominent Bu ...

as a defender. He is currently a trainer at the youth soccer team of western Sydney.

Club career

Early years

Susak is also of

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

n descent. He penned a one-year deal on 26 July 2007 after impressing coach

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in pre-season games against

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and

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. Susak's previous club was

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second la ...

in the

Meridian Superliga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

, for whom he made 22 appearances having also played on loan in two lower league clubs, FK Veternik and

FK ČSK Čelarevo Fudbalski klub ČSK Pivara (Serbian Cyrillic: ЧСК Пивара) is a football club from Čelarevo, a village near Bačka Palanka, Serbia. It was founded in 1925 as ČOSK ( sr, Čebski Omladinski Sportski Klub or ЧОСК, Чебски Ом� ...

. In April 2008, he was able to go out on a high by playing the full 90 minutes of Adelaide's successful

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campaign while not conceding a goal to allow the Reds to advance to the quarter finals of the competition. On 5 June 2008, Susak signed a one-year contract with the German club

SpVgg Unterhaching Spielvereinigung Unterhaching () is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich. The club is widely known for playing in the first-division association football league B ...

with the option of another year after being recommended for a trial by fellow Australian

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. After two years at Unterhaching he returned home and signed for

Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat. Brisba ...

in the

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In the same year he won the Premiership and Championship going undefeated in 26 matches. In 2011, he stated on his

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account that he signed a loan deal with

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outfit Minangkabau FC. On 27 September 2011, he signed a two-year contract with his old club

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returning to Australia after a short stint in Indonesia. In October 2011, Holger Osieck selected Susak for the upcoming national team training camp.

Later years

In February 2012, it was announced that

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club

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had signed Susak for $200,000. He made his official debut for Tianjin on 25 February, in a 2–1 CFA Super Cup defeat against

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. On 5 December 2012, he signed a contract with Iranian champions

Sepahan Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی فولاد مبارکه سپاهان اصفهان, ''Bâšgâh-è Varzeši-ye Fulâd-è Mobârake-ye Sepâhân''), commonly known as Sepahan S.C., are an Iranian spor ...

. Susak is the only Australian footballer who has played in three Asian Champions League campaign's with three clubs in different countries. In June 2013 it was announced that

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club Al Wasl had signed Susak from

for an estimated $500,000 transfer fee.

East Bengal

In November 2014, Susak signed for I-League giant

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for one year. He said that he wanted to win trophies for the club besides the opportunity to play in the

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attracted him to join the Kolkatan outfit.

Yangon United

On 10 December 2015, he transferred to Yangon United FC.

Club statistics

Honours

;Brisbane Roar *

Premiership:

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Championship:

;Sepahan *

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Winner:

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References

External links

OzFootball profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Susak, Milan 1984 births Living people Australian people of Serbian descent Australian expatriate soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Iran A-League Men players 3. Liga players Sydney Olympic FC players Adelaide United FC players Brisbane Roar FC players Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC players FK Vojvodina players FK ČSK Čelarevo players Expatriate footballers in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Indonesia SpVgg Unterhaching players Expatriate footballers in Germany Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Chinese Super League players Expatriate footballers in China Australian expatriate sportspeople in China Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Iran Al-Wasl F.C. players Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Association football defenders Australian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro Expatriate footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Soccer players from Sydney Sportsmen from New South Wales UAE Pro League players Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC managers Australian soccer coaches Australian soccer players