Marko Milinković ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Милинковић; born 16 April 1988) is a Serbian

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who plays as a

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Career

From July 2007 until December 2010, he played for

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. In February 2011, Milinković signed a contract with Slovan Bratislava. In May 2016 he signed with

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On 3 September 2021, Alashkert announced the signing of Milinković.

International

Milinković was a member of the

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. He debuted against

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at the Play-off for Final Tournament 2009 Euro U-21 Championship on 11 October 2008. In second leg against

he scored his first goal. Milinković played first half against

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at the 2009 Euro U-21 Championship. On 12 August 2009, Marko made his senior international debut in a 3–1 away win against

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in a friendly.

Personal life

His father

Duško Milinković Dušan "Duško" Milinković (; born 2 December 1960) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a forward. Club career After starting out at Borac Čačak, Milinković joined Rad, becoming the Yugoslav First League top scorer in the 1987� ...

was also a footballer, playing for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

;Košice *

Slovak Cup The Slovak Cup (), currently named Slovnaft Cup due to sponsorship agreement with Slovnaft, is the only nationwide Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in Football in Slovakia, Slovak football. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Euro ...

: 2008–09 ;Slovan * Fortuna Liga:

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2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

, 2013–14 *

Slovak Super Cup The Slovak Super Cup (''Slovenský Superpohár'' in Slovak), in the past named as or , was a match between the champion of the Slovak First Football League and winner of the Slovak Cup. The match was played annually besides years when a club cl ...

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;Alashkert *

Armenian Supercup The Armenian Supercup is a match that is played between the Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League (, known as the Armenian Fastex Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Ar ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

References

External links

Slovan Bratislava profile
* 1988 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football wingers Serbian men's footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers Serbia men's international footballers FC VSS Košice players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Eskişehirspor footballers Giresunspor footballers FC Alashkert players FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac players FK Borac Čačak players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Armenian Premier League players Serbian First League players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia {{Serbia-footy-midfielder-stub