Milan Rodić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Родић, ; born 2 April 1991) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a

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for Serbian club

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and the

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Club career

OFK Beograd

Rodić played his first professional match for

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on 26 April 2009, against Partizan at the age of 18. Almost two years later, on 25 April 2012, he was named left-back in

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's ideal team of Round 26 in the

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Zenit Saint Petersburg

On 31 January 2013, Rodić signed a contract with

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. On 21 February 2013, coach

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deployed Rodić in the 85th minute as a substitute for

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against

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in the

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. However, Rodić ended up playing only five matches for Zenit before being loaned out to

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and Zenit's reserve team, after which he transferred to Krylia Sovetov.

Krylia Sovetov

In August 2015, Rodić signed with Krylia Sovetov. Over the course of two seasons, Rodić got back into competitive shape. After two years with Krylia Sovetov, Rodić thanked the fans and commented that he was happy to play for Krylia, but that he missed his family in Serbia.

Red Star Belgrade

On 21 July 2017, Rodić signed a three-year contract with Serbian side

. Red Star had paid approximately

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250,000 to Krylia Sovetov for Rodić's transfer. He played in Red Star's

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campaign under coach

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. On 19 October 2017, Rodić got a

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in the Group H home match against

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, which Red Star lost 1–0. On 12 March 2019, he extended his contract with Red Star to the summer of 2022.

International career

On 6 June 2011, Rodić made his debut with the

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against Sweden's U-21 team. Five years later, Rodić got his first call up to the senior Serbia squad for a friendly match against

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on 5 June 2016. In May 2018 he was named in Serbia's preliminary squad for the

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in Russia. On 4 June, he made his international debut in a friendly match against

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, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 80th minute. Rodić was selected in Serbia’s squad for the

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, but he failed to make any appearances there.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg *

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: 2014–15 Red Star Belgrade *

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(8): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

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(4): 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 Individual *

Player of the Week: 2021–22 (Round 13) *

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: 2023–24

References

External sources

Milan Rodić
at Utakmica.rs * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodic, Milan 1991 births Living people People from Drvar Footballers from Canton 10 Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Men's association football defenders Serbian men's footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers Serbia men's international footballers 2018 FIFA World Cup players OFK Beograd players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players Red Star Belgrade footballers Serbian SuperLiga players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia