Milan Gajić (footballer, born 1996)

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Milan Gajić
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Gajić in 2018
Personal information
Full name Milan Gajić
Date of birth (1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Vukovar, Croatia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
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 66 (5)
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)
2021– Serbia 1 (0)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:50, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

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.

Club career[]

Early career[]

Born in the eastern Slavonian city of Vukovar, Croatia, 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]

He made his debut for Serbia national football team on 24 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Ireland.[8]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 25 May 2021[9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
OFK Beograd 2013–14 22 2 5 1 0 0 — 27 3
2014–15 24 2 1 0 0 0 — 25 2
Total 46 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 52 5
Bordeaux 2015–16 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 1
2016–17 14 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 21 0
2017–18 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
2018–19 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Total 28 1 4 0 5 0 3 0 40 1
Red Star Belgrade 2018–19 11 1 1 0 0 0 — 12 1
2019–20 15 1 1 0 0 0 — 16 1
2020–21 35 2 3 0 11 1 — 49 3
Total 61 4 5 0 11 1 0 0 77 5
Career total 135 9 15 1 16 1 3 0 169 11

International[]

As of 24 March 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Serbia 2021 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours[]

Club[]

Red Star Belgrade

International[]

Serbia

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Only official UEFA matches included
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "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. ^ Jump up to: a b "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. ^ "Serbia v Ireland game report". UEFA. 24 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Milan Gajic". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

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