Djordje Mihailovic

Djordje Aleksandar Mihailovic^[a] (born November 10, 1998)^[3] is an American professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids and the United States national team.

Djordje Mihailovic

Mihailovic with Chicago Fire in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Djordje Aleksandar Mihailovic[1]
Date of birth	(1998-11-10) November 10, 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team	Colorado Rapids
Number	10
Youth career
2003–2013	Chicago Blast
2013–2017	Chicago Fire
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2020	Chicago Fire	73	(7)
2021–2022	CF Montréal	61	(13)
2023–2024	AZ	23	(1)
2024–	Colorado Rapids	29	(11)
International career‡
2016–2017	United States U19	6	(3)
2019–2024	United States U23 (O.P.)	13	(3)
2019–	United States	11	(3)
Medal record Representing  United States Runner-up CONCACAF Gold Cup 2019
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 26, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 2, 2024

Personal life

As the son of former Washington Diplomats midfielder Aleksandar "Alex" Mihailović,^[4] Djordje was introduced to soccer at an early age. His sister, Aleksandra, played soccer at the University of New Mexico. He is of paternal Serbian and maternal Macedonian descent.^[5]

Club career

Early career

Mihailovic grew up playing for his father's club, Chicago Blast. He joined the Chicago Fire youth academy in the fall of 2013, starting with the under 16s, and moving up to the under 18s the following year. Mihailovic totaled 41 goals in 66 matches during his tenure with the academy.^[6]

Chicago Fire

The Chicago Fire signed Mihailovic as a homegrown player on January 27, 2017. The 18-year-old became the ninth Homegrown signing in Fire history and the first player born after the club's founding in 1997.^[7] He made his MLS debut on March 11, 2017, in a 2–0 home victory over Real Salt Lake. He was subbed on for Michael de Leeuw in the 93rd minute.^[8] He scored his first MLS goal on September 27, 2017, in a 4–1 away victory over the San Jose Earthquakes. His goal, assisted by Matt Polster, came in the 14th minute and was the first of the match.^[9] During the Knockout Round clash with the New York Red Bulls, Mihailovic was diagnosed with a ruptured ACL after a tackle that left him in serious pain. Mihailovic would miss 6–8 months before returning to the field.^[10]

CF Montréal

On December 17, 2020, Mihailovic was traded to CF Montréal in exchange for $400,000 in 2021 General Allocation Money, $400,000 in 2022 General Allocation Money, as well as $200,000 in conditional General Allocation Money. Mihailovic also signed a new three-year deal with Montréal.^[11] In 2021, he had 16 assists, establishing a new CF Montréal club record.^[12]

AZ

On August 24, 2022, Montréal announced a transfer had been agreed with Eredivisie side AZ for Mihailovic, effective January 1, 2023.^[13] He made his debut on January 7 against Vitesse.^[14]

Colorado Rapids

On January 8, 2024, Mihailovic returned to the United States, joining Colorado Rapids for a reported transfer fee of around $3 million.^[15][16] He was signed as a Designated Player due to his large transfer fee.^[17]

International career

As a U.S. Youth International who spent time in the U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida, Mihailovic scored three goals for the U-19s in 2016 including the game winners against Mauritania in the 2016 COTIF Tournament^[18] in Valencia, Spain on July 28 and against Hungary in the Stevan-Vilotic Cele Tournament in Topola, Serbia^[19] on September 5.^[7]

Mihailovic made his senior team debut on January 27, 2019, against Panama, where he scored his first senior international goal. Mihailovic was included on the 23 man roster for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup where he made two appearances during the group stage.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played February 18, 2025^[20]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chicago Fire	2017	MLS	17	1	1	0	—		1[c]	0	19	1
	2018		9	1	—		—		—		9	1
	2019		27	3	1	0	—		—		28	3
	2020		20	2	—		—		—		20	2
	Total		73	7	2	0	—		1	0	76	7
CF Montréal	2021	MLS	34	4	1	0	—		—		35	4
	2022		27	9	—		4[d]	1	2[c]	2	33	12
	Total		61	13	1	0	4	1	2	2	68	16
AZ	2022–23	Eredivisie	15	1	1	0	4[e]	0	—		20	1
	2023–24		8	0	—		8[e]	1	—		16	1
	Total		23	1	1	0	12	1	—		36	2
Colorado Rapids	2024	MLS	29	11	—		—		7	1	36	12
	2025		0	0	—		1[f]	2	0	0	1	2
	Total		29	11	1	0	1	2	7	1	37	14
Career total			186	32	4	0	17	4	10	3	217	39

International

As of match played July 12, 2023^[21]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
United States	2019	5	1
	2020	1	0
	2021	0	0
	2022	0	0
	2023	5	2
Total		11	3

Scores and results list United States' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mihailovic goal.

List of international goals scored by Djordje Mihailovic

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	January 27, 2019	State Farm Stadium, Glendale, United States	Panama	1–0	3–0	Friendly
2	June 28, 2023	CityPark, St. Louis, United States	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–0	6–0	2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3				6–0

Honors

CF Montréal

• Canadian Championship: 2021^[22]

Notes

1. /ˈdʒɔːrdʒi mɪˈhaɪləvɪtʃ/ JOR-jee mih-HY-lə-vitch; Serbian: Ђорђе Александар Михаиловић, romanized: Đorđe Aleksandar Mihailović; Macedonian: Ѓорѓе Александар Михаиловиќ, romanized: Ǵorǵe Aleksandar Mihailoviḱ.
2. Includes U.S. Open Cup, Canadian Championship and KNVB Cup
3. Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
4. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
6. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup

References

1. "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: United States" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 16. Retrieved May 21, 2019 – via Bernews.
2. "Djordje Mihailovic". CF Montréal. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
3. "MIHAILOVIC Djordje". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on October 7, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024. (alternate link)
4. "NASL-Aleks Mihailovich". www.nasljerseys.com.
5. M. Topalović (March 2, 2020). "Stojanović nova uzdanica kluba u kom su bili Paunović, Katai, Nikolić i Švajnštajger". Alo! (in Serbian). Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
6. "Profile at US Soccer Development Academy". chic.ussoccerda.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
7. "Djordje Mihailovic". Chicago Fire. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
8. "Chicago Fire vs. Real Salt Lake – 11 March 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
9. "San Jose Earthquakes vs. Chicago Fire – 27 September 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
10. "More bad news for Fire as Djordje Mihailovic's injury 'doesn't look good'". nbcsports.com. October 26, 2017.
11. Montréal, C. F. "Impact acquires midfielder Djordje Mihailovic from Chicago Fire". CF Montréal.
12. Montréal, C. F. "Djordje Mihailovic transferred to AZ Alkmaar". CF Montréal. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
13. Bogert, Tom (August 24, 2022). "Official: CF Montréal star Djordje Mihailovic moving to AZ Alkmaar in January".
14. Henry Jr, Larry (January 7, 2023). "Djordje Mihailovic makes AZ Alkmaar debut". SBI Soccer.
15. Rapids, Colorado. "Colorado Rapids acquire U.S. international midfielder Djordje Mihailovic as Designated Player". Colorado Rapids.
16. "Colorado Rapids sign USMNT midfielder Djordje Mihailovic from AZ Alkmaar | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
17. Calabrese, Alex. "The latest on the Fire's offseason targets as preseason looms". MIR97 Media.
18. "U-19 MNT Defeats Mauritania to Stay Alive in Group A". ussoccer.com.
19. "Friedel Names 24 Player Roster for Chula Vista Training Camp". ussoccer.com.
20. Djordje Mihailovic at Soccerway
21. Djordje Mihailovic at National-Football-Teams.com
22. "Montreal beats Toronto FC 1-0 to win Canadian Championship Voyageurs Cup". Retrieved November 21, 2021.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Djordje Mihailovic at Major League Soccer
• Djordje Mihailovic at U.S. Soccer
• Djordje Mihailovic at Team USA
• Djordje Mihailovic at Olympics.com
• Djordje Mihailovic on Instagram