Milan Vještica
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Milan Vještica (
Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was significantly reformed in the 19th cen ...
: Милан Вјештица; born 15 November 1979) is a retired Serbian professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a defender.


Club career

Vještica began his professional football career with
Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...
in the late 1990s. He spent several seasons with the Canaries playing in the lower leagues, before moving to their cross-town rivals
Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...
in the summer of 2001. Vještica stayed just a half a season there, joining Russian club
Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (, ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Pr ...
during the 2002 winter transfer window. He spent five seasons at
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between 2002 and 2006. In January 2008, Vještica signed a contract with Partizan. In January 2012, Vještica signed a contract with Ural Yekaterinburg. The following year, he helped Ural to win promotion to the
Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...
. After the first part of the 2013–14 season, his contract with the club was terminated by mutual consent. On 14 February 2014, Dynamo Saint Petersburg announced the signing of Vještica on a permanent basis.


International career

Vještica made one appearance for the Yugoslav national under-21 team during the qualification campaign for the 2002 UEFA Under-21 Championship.


Statistics


Honours


Club

;Zenit Saint Petersburg * Russian Premier League Cup: 2003 ;Partizan *
Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...
: 2007–08 *
Serbian Cup The Serbian Cup ( Serbian: Куп Србије / Kup Srbije), also known as Mozzart Serbian Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round. ...
: 2007–08 ;Ural Yekaterinburg *
Russian Football National League The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Russian football league system. The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used t ...
: 2012–13


Individual

*
Russian Football National League The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Russian football league system. The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used t ...
Best Defender: 2010


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External links


RFPL profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vjestica, Milan Men's association football defenders Expatriate men's footballers in Russia FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Rostov players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi players RFK Novi Sad 1921 players FK Partizan players FK Vojvodina players Russian Premier League players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Russia Serbia and Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Serbian men's footballers Serbian SuperLiga players Footballers from Novi Sad 1979 births Living people