David Milinković

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.

David Milinković

Personal information
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)
2013	→ BASK (loan)
2013–2014	BASK
2015	Ternana	3	(0)
2015	Salernitana	9	(0)
2016–2018	Genoa	0	(0)
2016	→ Virtus Lanciano (loan)	7	(0)
2016–2017	→ Messina (loan)	34	(7)
2017	→ Foggia (loan)	0	(0)
2017–2018	→ Heart of Midlothian (loan)	24	(6)
2018–2021	Hull City	8	(0)
2020–2021	→ Vancouver 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

Club career

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]

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ternana	2014–15	Serie B	3	0	0	0	—		0	0	3	0
Salernitana	2015–16	Serie B	9	0	1	0	—		0	0	10	0
Genoa	2015–16	Serie A	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Virtus Lanciano (loan)	2015–16	Serie B	7	0	0	0	—		0	0	7	0
Messina (loan)	2016–17	Serie C	34	7	2	0	—		0	0	36	7
Foggia (loan)	2017–18	Serie B	0	0	2	1	—		0	0	2	1
Heart of Midlothian (loan)	2017–18	Scottish Premiership	24	6	2	0	—		0	0	26	6
Hull City	2018–19	Championship	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	11	0
	2019–20	Championship	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Whitecaps (loan)	2020	Major League Soccer	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	1
Career total			101	14	8	1	3	1	0	0	112	16

References

1. "Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Hull City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 14. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
2. David Milinkovic at footballdatabase.eu
3. Manuel Milinkovic at Worldfootball
4. Srbin sam od glave do pete at vesti-online.com, 12 February 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018 (in Serbian)
5. MANUEL MILINKOVIC: LA SCHEDA at genoanews1893.it, 14 June 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016 (in Italian)
6. Manuel David Milinkovic at srbijafudbal.net. Retrieved 31 August 2013
7. Cagliari: in prova il giovane Milinkovic, un passato alla Roma Archived 23 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine at cagliarinews24.org, 17 July 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016 (in Italian)
8. Calciomercato Ternana, ufficiale il colpo Milinkovic Archived 23 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine at corrieredellosport.it, 28 January 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016 (in Italian)
9. Manuel Milinkovic at Soccerway
10. "Milinkovic signed with Hull City". Retrieved 9 July 2018.
11. "Hull City v Aston Villa". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
12. "Whitecaps FC acquire winger David Milinković on loan from Hull City | Vancouver Whitecaps FC".
13. "Departure Update". Hull City A.F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
14. "Whitecaps FC and winger David Milinković mutually agree to part ways". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
15. "Bentornato David!" (in Italian). ACR Messina. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.