Milan Gajić (footballer, born 1996)

Milan Gajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Гајић; born 28 January 1996) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serbian club Red Star Belgrade.

Milann Gajić
Milan Gajić in 2018
Personal information
Full name Milan Gajić
Date of birth (1996-01-28) 28 January 1996
Place of birth Vukovar, Croatia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Red Star Belgrade
Number 2
Youth career
Dinamo Pančevo
OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 OFK Beograd 46 (4)
2015–2019 Bordeaux 28 (1)
2019– Red Star Belgrade 26 (2)
National team‡
2012–2013 Serbia U17[1] 6 (0)
2014–2015 Serbia U19[1] 11 (0)
2014–2015 Serbia U20 9 (0)
2015–2019 Serbia U21 27 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2019

Club career

Early career

Born in the Eastern Slavonian city of Vukovar, Gajić spent his childhood in the northern Serbian city of Pančevo. He began practicing football at the age of six with Dinamo Pančevo.[2] He was subsequently recruited by OFK Beograd, making his senior debut in the 2013–14 campaign. Afterwards, Gajić was a first team regular for two seasons, collecting 46 league appearances and scoring four goals.

Bordeaux

On 22 July 2015, Gajić signed a five-year contract with French club Bordeaux.[3] His transfer from OFK Beograd reportedly cost Bordeaux €800,000.[4] Initially, Gajić saw little playing time[4] as he was the team's second choice to starting right back Youssouf Sabaly.[2]

Red Star Belgrade

On 4 February 2019, Gajić signed a 3.5-year contract with Red Star Belgrade.[5] Although Red Star qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, coach Vladan Milojević and Red Star's management opted not to register Gajić in their 23-man Champions League squad, ultimately choosing Marko Gobeljić as the starting right-back.[6]

International career

Gajić represented Serbia at the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship, as the team was eliminated in the semi-final by Portugal. He was also a member of the team that won the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]

Career statistics
As of 16 August 2019[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
OFK Beograd 2013–14 2225100—273
2014–15 2421000—252
Total 464610000525
Bordeaux 2015–16 91003000121
2016–17 140400030210
2017–18 4000100050
2018–19 1000100020
Total 281405030401
Red Star Belgrade 2018–19 1111000—121
2019–20 100000—10
Total 121100000131
Career total 86611150301057

Honours

Club
Red Star Belgrade

International
Serbia

References
  1. Only official UEFA matches included
  2. "Mozzart Sport: INTERVJU - Milan Gajić: Bek je nacrtan da pravi razliku" (in Serbian). June 19, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  3. "Transfert - Milan Gajić est bordelais !" (in French). girondins.com. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. "Butasport.rs: Milan Gajić za BUTASPORT.RS: Prija interesovanje najvećeg srpskog kluba" (in Serbian). November 16, 2016. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  5. "Гајић потписао за Звезду". Red Star Belgrade. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  6. Nebojša Todorović (4 September 2019). "SPISAK IZNENAĐENJA ILI NE? Zvezda prijavila igrače za Ligu šampiona". Meridian Sport (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  7. "Ecstasy in Auckland as Serbia make history". fifa.com. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  8. "Milan Gajic". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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