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Miloš Dimitrijević
Dimitrijević training with Sydney FC in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-02-16) 16 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1998–2004 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Nantes 51 (1)
2007–2010 Grenoble 38 (0)
2010–2011 Rad 24 (7)
2011Chievo (loan) 2 (0)
2011–2013 Red Star Belgrade 37 (2)
2014–2017 Sydney FC 76 (2)
Total 218 (12)
International career
2003–2004 France U18 1 (0)
2005–2006 Serbia U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 March 2016

Miloš Dimitrijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Димитријевић; born 16 February 1984) is a Serbian retired footballer who last played as a central midfielder for Sydney FC of the Australian A-League.

Early life

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Born in Belgrade, he arrived in France at the age of 7, with his father, who was the famous football player, the legend of Partizan and Dinamo Zagreb, Zoran "Čava" Dimitrijević. He joined youth system of Nantes in 1998. He acquired French nationality on 28 April 2000 through the naturalization of his mother.[1]

Club career

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He became a professional in 2004. After Nantes, he played for Grenoble, before he returned to his homeland. In Serbia, he played for Rad, where he established himself as one of the best central midfielders in the league. He was brought on loan from Italian Chievo in winter transfer window 2011, but he only managed to play two games. After this unsuccessful international episode, he came back to Serbia to become a new Red Star Belgrade player. He was given number 7 shirt and he signed a contract on 10 June 2011. In April 2013, he became a free agent after managing to cut short his long-term contract due to the club's financial problems.

Sydney FC

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On 16 January 2014 it was confirmed that Dimitrijević had signed for Sydney FC of the A-League in Australia.[2] He scored his first goal for the club on 24 October 2014 in the Rd 3 clash against Brisbane Roar which ended 2–0 with Miloš scoring the second.[3]

In this year Dimitrijević won all three of the players player of the year, members player of the year and coaches player of the year becoming the first ever person to win all three.

Miloš was released by Sydney FC on 3 June 2015.[4]

It was announced on 28 July 2015 that Miloš Dimitrejivić had re-signed with Sydney FC for a further two seasons.

On 2 March 2016, Dimitrijević scored an 89th-minute winner against Guangzhou Evergrande in the Asian Champions League.

On 19 October 2016, Dimitrijević scored a free kick in Sydney FC's 3–0 away win against Canberra Olympic at Viking Park in the FFA Cup[5]

On 30 June 2017, Dimitrijević was released by Sydney FC to allow him to move closer to his family.[6]

International career

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While he was playing in France, he was part of France U18 team. Then he decided to play for Serbia instead of France, so he was once capped for Serbia U21, and even was invited to play for senior team of Serbia in November 2010, but the injury forced him to miss the match against Bulgaria.

Career statistics

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As of 8 April 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Divisioin Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nantes 2004–05 Ligue 1 11 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15 0
2005–06 24 1 1 0 1 0 26 1
2006–07 16 0 3 0 0 0 19 0
Total 51 1 6 0 3 0 0 0 60 1
Grenoble 2007–08 Ligue 2 19 0 1 0 1 0 21 0
2008–09 Ligue 1 19 0 4 0 1 1 24 1
Total 38 0 5 0 2 1 45 1
Rad 2009–10 Serbian SuperLiga 10 2 10 2
2010–11 14 5 1 0 15 5
Total 24 7 1 0 25 7
Chievo (loan) 2010–11 Serie A 2 0 0 0 2 0
Red Star Belgrade 2011–12 SuperLiga 25 1 5 0 4 0 34 1
2012–13 12 1 3 1 6 1 21 3
Total 37 2 8 1 10 1 55 4
Sydney FC 2013–14 A-League 9 0 9 0
2014–15 28 2 1 0 0 0 29 2
2015–16 25 0 0 0 2 1 27 1
2016–17 14 0 1 0 15 0
Total 76 2 2 0 2 1 80 3
Career total 228 12 22 1 5 1 12 2 267 16

Honours

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Club

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Red Star
Sydney FC

Individual

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Sydney FC[7]

Trivia

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As a resemblance to his father, he is often called Mali Čava.

References

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  1. ^ "JORF n° 0103 du 3 mai 2000 - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Sydney FC Sign Milos Dimitrijevic". Football Australia. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  3. ^ Colasimone, Dan (24 October 2014). "Result: Brisbane Roar 0 Sydney FC 2". Hyundai A-League. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ^ Hassett, Sebastian (3 June 2015). "All change at Sydney FC as Graham Arnold dumps key players and lose Bernie Ibini". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Canberra Olympic vs Sydney FC, FFA Cup, Semi-Finals, 19th Oct 2016". 31 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Sydney part ways with Serbian star". FourFourTwo. 30 June 2017.
  7. ^ Bossi, Dominic (28 April 2015). "Milos Dimitrijevic's season recognised as best-ever at Sydney FC". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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