David Milinković
{{short description|French footballer (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = David Milinković
| image =
| full_name = Manuel David Milinković{{Cite web |title=Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Hull City |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/efl-professional-retain-list--free-transfers---2018-19.pdf |access-date=5 September 2019 |publisher=English Football League |page=14}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|5|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Antibes, France
| height = 1.80 m
| position = Winger
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2010–2011
| youthclubs1 = Cannes
| youthyears2 = 2012
| youthclubs2 = Red Star Belgrade
| years1 = 2013
| clubs1 = Rad
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2013
| clubs2 = → BASK (loan)
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2013–2014
| clubs3 = BASK
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2015
| clubs4 = Ternana
| caps4 = 3
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2015
| clubs5 = Salernitana
| caps5 = 9
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2016–2018
| clubs6 = Genoa
| caps6 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2016
| clubs7 = → Virtus Lanciano (loan)
| caps7 = 7
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2016–2017
| clubs8 = → Messina (loan)
| caps8 = 34
| goals8 = 7
| years9 = 2017
| clubs9 = → Foggia (loan)
| caps9 = 0
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2017–2018
| clubs10 = → Heart of Midlothian (loan)
| caps10 = 24
| goals10 = 6
| years11 = 2018–2021
| clubs11 = Hull City
| caps11 = 8
| goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2020–2021
| clubs12 = → Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan)
| caps12 = 16
| goals12 = 1
| years13 = 2021
| clubs13 = Vancouver Whitecaps FC
| caps13 = 0
| goals13 = 0
| years14 = 2021–2022
| clubs14 = Messina
| caps14 = 3
| goals14 = 0
| club-update = 22 December 2021
}}
Manuel David Milinković ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Мануел Давид Милинковић}}, {{IPA|sh|mǎnuel dǎʋid milǐːŋkoʋitɕ|pron}}; born 20 May 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger.
Career
Born in Antibes, France,{{Worldfootball.net|manuel-milinkovic}} Milinković has Serbian origins. His grandfather Mirko came to France from the outskirts of Sarajevo. Already in France, David's father Igor was born. He worked at Partus Corporation, a company dedicated to casinos, hotels, thermal centers, restaurants, and so on.[https://vesti-online.com/Sport/Fudbal/686582/Srbin-sam-od-glave-do-pete Srbin sam od glave do pete] at vesti-online.com, 12 February 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018 {{in lang|sr}} Mirko's grandson, Igor's son, David, started playing football in the youth team of Cannes.[http://www.genoanews1893.it/vetrina/manuel-milinkovic-la-scheda-3297 MANUEL MILINKOVIC: LA SCHEDA] at genoanews1893.it, 14 June 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016 {{in lang|it}}
During the winter transfer window of the 2011–12 season he moved to Serbia and joined the youth team of Red Star Belgrade. He then joined Rad, who loaned him to third level side BASK in the 2012–13 winter-break. In summer 2013 he joined BASK permanentlyManuel David Milinkovic at srbijafudbal.net. Retrieved 31 August 2013 and played with them until the winter-break of the 2014–15 season.
Then he moved to Italy, where, after a short time spent in Troma,[http://cagliarinews24.org/cagliari-in-prova-il-giovane-milinkovic-un-passato-alla-roma-9895.html Cagliari: in prova il giovane Milinkovic, un passato alla Roma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923040356/http://cagliarinews24.org/cagliari-in-prova-il-giovane-milinkovic-un-passato-alla-roma-9895.html |date=23 September 2016 }} at cagliarinews24.org, 17 July 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016 {{in lang|it}} he joined Ternana,[http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio_mercato/2015/01/28-393929/Calciomercato+Ternana,+ufficiale+il+colpo+Milinkovic Calciomercato Ternana, ufficiale il colpo Milinkovic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923043311/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio_mercato/2015/01/28-393929/Calciomercato+Ternana,+ufficiale+il+colpo+Milinkovic |date=23 September 2016 }} at corrieredellosport.it, 28 January 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016 {{in lang|it}} playing with them in the second half of the 2014–15 Serie B season.[https://int.soccerway.com/players/manuel-david-milinkovic/395189/ Manuel Milinkovic] at Soccerway In summer 2015, he joined another Serie B side, Salernitana.
In the winter-break of the 2015–16 season, he signed with Genoa which immediately loaned him to Serie B side Virtus Lanciano where he played the second half of the 2015–16 Serie B. In summer 2016, Genoa loaned him to Messina playing in the Lega Pro, before signing a season long-loan with the Scottish side Heart of Midlothian in 2017.
On 9 July 2018, he signed a three-year deal, with an option for an additional year, with English side Hull City.{{Cite web |title=Milinkovic signed with Hull City |url=https://m.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a/ufficiale-genoa-saluta-milinkovic-triennale-con-l-hull-city-1132437 |access-date=9 July 2018}} He made his debut in the first match of the 2018–19 season on 6 August 2018 at home to Aston Villa, coming off the bench as a 67th-minute substitute for Todd Kane, in a 3–1 defeat.{{Cite news |date=6 August 2018 |title=Hull City v Aston Villa |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45001925 |access-date=6 August 2018}}
He was acquired on a one-year loan, with an option to buy, by Canadian Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps FC on 27 January 2020, for their 2020 season.{{Cite web |title=Whitecaps FC acquire winger David Milinković on loan from Hull City | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |url=https://www.whitecapsfc.com/post/2020/01/27/wfc-acquire-milinkovic}} On 1 February 2021, the loan was made permanent with the triggering of a clause in his loan contract.{{Cite news |date=1 February 2021 |title=Departure Update |publisher=Hull City A.F.C. |url=https://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/2021/february/departure-update/ |access-date=1 February 2021}} However, on 2 February 2021, it was announced that Milinković and the Whitecaps FC mutually agreed to part ways.{{Cite news |date=2 February 2021 |title=Whitecaps FC and winger David Milinković mutually agree to part ways |work=Vancouver Whitecaps FC |url=https://www.whitecapsfc.com/post/2021/02/02/milinkovic |access-date=2 February 2021}}
On 31 August 2021, he returned to Italy and Messina, signing a two-year deal.{{cite web|publisher=ACR Messina|url=https://www.facebook.com/MessinaOfficialPage/posts/1189325254888029|title=Bentornato David!|date=31 August 2021|accessdate=23 November 2021|language=it}}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Ternana
|3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Salernitana
|Serie B |9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Genoa
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virtus Lanciano (loan)
|Serie B |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Messina (loan)
|34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | ||
| Foggia (loan)
|Serie B |0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heart of Midlothian (loan)
|24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Hull City
|8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2019–20
|Championship |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| Whitecaps (loan)
|2020 |16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!101 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 16 |
References
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Category:French people of Serbian descent
Category:Sportspeople from Antibes
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Alpes-Maritimes
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Scottish Professional Football League players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Major League Soccer players
Category:Ternana Calcio players
Category:US Salernitana 1919 players
Category:SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 players
Category:Calcio Foggia 1920 players
Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Category:Hull City A.F.C. players
Category:Vancouver Whitecaps FC players
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in England
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