Milan Milanović (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, t ...

: Милан Милановић; born 31 March 1991) is a Serbian professional

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who plays for Sloga Meridian.

Career

After youth football experiences in his homeland of Serbia, Milanović moved to Russia to join

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

in 2008. In 2009, he was voted by the fans as the best player of Lokomotiv youth team, and made his professional debut in 2010 with

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feeder club

FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow FC Kazanka Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб "Казанка" Москва, ''FK Kazanka Moskva'') is a Russian association football club based in Moscow. Kazanka participated in the FNL 2 and acts as the farm club of Lokomotiv Mosco ...

Palermo

In November 2010 Milanović signed a pre-contract to join

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club Palermo. His contract with Moscow would run out in March 2011 thus Milanović was free to negotiate contract with Palermo in November. In July 2011 he was officially included in the first team squad of Palermo, and was awarded the No. 15 jersey. On 31 August 2011 he moved "on loan" to

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. It is because Palermo did not wish to use its own non-EU registration quota and borrowed Siena's instead, likes Udinese registered

Željko Brkić Željko Brkić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Бркић, born 9 July 1986) is a Serbian retired professional football goalkeeper. Club career Early career in Serbia Brkić, playing in the goalkeeper position, started his career as a professiona ...

via Siena. In the document of

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, Siena signed him from Moscow as free agent, and Siena paid Lokomotiv €270,000 as training compensation as required by FIFA regulations. His "loan" was cancelled in January 2012, and he returned to Palermo for free. Palermo also paid €1.5 million agent fee.US Città di Palermo SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 Again, Lega Serie A documented Palermo signed Milanović from Siena outright, not a loan return, likes Brkić also "signed" outright by Udinese in January 2012, as well as

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from Lecce to Udinese. Despite Siena released Milanović for free, Siena also signed Pablo Andrés González in temporary deal from Palermo as compensation on 31 August 2011 for €100,000. While Milanović did receive some first team call-up, but only able to play a few games for the reserve team. Milanović made his Serie A debut on 24 March 2012, playing the full 90 minutes in a home league game against

Udinese Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a ...

. In January 2013 he moved on loan to

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club

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. He returned to Palermo by the end of the season, after Vicenza's relegation to

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Željezničar Banja Luka

In February 2019, he joined

First League of the Republika Srpska The First League of the Republika Srpska ( sh, Prva liga Republike Srpske / ) is a second level Association football, football competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The league champion is promoted to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

club Željezničar Banja Luka until the end of the season.Milan Milanović, nekadašnji fudbaler Palerma, za “Glas Srpske”: Na Predgrađu ću da se vratim u život
glassrpske.com, 9 February 2019

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Milanovic, Milan 1991 births Living people Footballers from Mitrovica, Kosovo Kosovo Serbs Serbian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Palermo FC players Siena FC SSD players LR Vicenza players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Pisa SC players NK Triglav Kranj players FK Radnički 1923 players Serie A players Serie B players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia