Manuel David Milinković (Serbian Cyrillic: Мануел Давид Милинковић, pronounced [mǎnuel dǎʋid milǐːŋkoʋitɕ]; born 20 May 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger.

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David Milinković
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Full name Manuel David Milinković[1]
Date of birth (1994-05-20) 20 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Antibes, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2010–2011 AS Cannes
2012 Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Rad 0 (0)
2013BASK (loan)
2013–2014 BASK
2015 Ternana 3 (0)
2015 Salernitana 9 (0)
2016–2018 Genoa 0 (0)
2016Virtus Lanciano (loan) 7 (0)
2016–2017Messina (loan) 34 (7)
2017Foggia (loan) 0 (0)
2017–2018Heart of Midlothian (loan) 24 (6)
2018–2021 Hull City 8 (0)
2020–2021Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan) 16 (1)
2021 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 (0)
2021–2022 Messina 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2021
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Born in Antibes,[2] France,[3] 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.[4] Mirko's grandson, Igor's son, David, started playing football in the youth team of AS Cannes.[5]

During the winter transfer window of the 2011–12 season he moved to Serbia and joined the youth team of Red Star Belgrade.[5] He then joined FK Rad, who loaned him to third level side FK BASK[5] in the 2012–13 winter-break. In summer 2013 he joined BASK permanently[6] 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 AS Roma,[7] he joined Ternana Calcio,[8] playing with them in the second half of the 2014–15 Serie B season.[9] In summer 2015, he joined another Serie B side, Salernitana.[5]

In the winter-break of the 2015–16 season, he signed with Genoa CFC[5] which immediately loaned him to Serie B side Virtus Lanciano[5] where he played the second half of the 2015–16 Serie B.[9] In summer 2016, Genoa loaned him to Messina[5] playing in the Lega Pro, before signing a season long loan with the Scottish side Heart of Midlothian F.C. in 2017.

On 9 July 2018, he signed a three-year deal, with an option for an additional year, with English side Hull City.[10] 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 1–3 defeat.[11]

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.[12] On 1 February 2021 the loan was made permanent with the triggering of a clause in his loan contract.[13] However, on 2 February 2021, it was announced that Milinković and the Whitecaps FC mutually agreed to part ways.[14]

On 31 August 2021, he returned to Italy and ACR Messina, signing a two-year deal.[15]

Career statistics

As of 14 October 2020[9]
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Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ternana 2014–15 Serie B 30000030
Salernitana 2015–16 Serie B 901000100
Genoa 2015–16 Serie A 00000000
Virtus Lanciano (loan) 2015–16 Serie B 70000070
Messina (loan) 2016–17 Serie C 3472000367
Foggia (loan) 2017–18 Serie B 00210021
Heart of Midlothian (loan) 2017–18 Scottish Premiership 2462000266
Hull City 2018–19 Championship 80102000110
2019–20 Championship 0000110011
Whitecaps (loan) 2020 Major League Soccer 161000000161
Career total 1011481310011216
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