Deni Milošević (; born 9 March 1995) is a professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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. Born in Belgium, he played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Milošević started his professional career at

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège ( ; ; ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgium, having won t ...

, who loaned him to

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in 2015. The following year, he joined

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. In 2021, he switched to Antalyaspor, who sent him on loan to Sakaryaspor in 2022. Milošević represented

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and Bosnia and Herzegovina at youth levels, but decided to represent the latter at the senior level. He made his senior international debut in 2018, earning 11

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until 2020.

Club career

Standard Liège

Milošević came through the youth academy of his hometown club

. He made his professional debut in a

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game against Elfsborg on 12 December 2013 at the age of 18. A month later, he made his league debut against Oostende. In September 2015, he was sent on a season-long loan to

. On 20 September, he scored his first professional goal against Club Brugge.

Konyaspor

In June 2016, Milošević was transferred to Turkish outfit

for an undisclosed fee. He made his official debut for the team against Rizespor on 20 August. On 20 October, he scored his first goal for Konyaspor in a

tie against

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. Three months later, he scored his first league goal in a triumph over Rizespor. He won his first title with Konyaspor, club's first trophy ever, on 31 May 2017, by beating İstanbul Başakşehir in the

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final. Milošević played his 100th match for the squad against Kahramanmaraşspor on 31 October 2018. In January 2019, he extended his contract with the team until June 2022.

Antalyaspor

In July 2021, Milošević moved to

on a three-year deal. He made his competitive debut for the side on 15 August against Göztepe. On 28 October, he scored his first goal for Antalyaspor in a

fixture against Diyarbakırspor. In September 2022, he was loaned to Sakaryaspor until the end of the season.

International career

Despite representing

at various youth levels, Milošević decided to play for

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

at the senior level. He was first part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 team. In August 2015, his request to change sports citizenship from Belgian to Bosnian was approved by

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. Subsequently, he received his first senior call up in August 2017, for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against

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and

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, but had to wait until 23 March 2018 to make his debut in a friendly game against

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. On 23 March 2019, in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier against

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, Milošević scored his first senior international goal.

Personal life

Milošević's father Cvijan was also a professional footballer.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Milošević goal.''

Honours

Konyaspor *

: 2016–17 * Turkish Super Cup:

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