Mateja Milovanović
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 April 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Vlaardingen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Heerenveen | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2018 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| 2018–2021 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Jong Ajax | 12 | (0) |
| 2024– | Heerenveen | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2023 | Serbia U19 | 7 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:49, 19 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 November 2022 | |||
Mateja Milovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Матеја Миловановић; born 18 April 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club Heerenveen. Born in the Netherlands, he is a youth international for the Serbia U19s.
Personal life
[edit]Milovanović was born in Vlaardingen in 2004. His father Viktor Milovanović was playing for Sparta Rotterdam at the time. Mateja has captained the Netherlands at youth level but has eligibility for Serbia through his family.[1]
Club career
[edit]Milovanović signed a first professional contract with Ajax in 2021 to take him through to 2024. He had been with Ajax youth teams since 2018 when he switched from Sparta Rotterdam.[2] He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Jong Ajax in a 1–0 defeat against Roda JC Kerkrade on 12 August 2022.[3]
On 11 July 2024, Milovanović joined Heerenveen on a two-year deal.[4]
International career
[edit]Having previously been called up for the under-15 and under-18 teams of the Netherlands, Milovanović made his debut for the Serbia under-19 team under manager Dejan Branković on 7 June 2021, in a friendly fixture against Romania under-19 which resulted in a 1–0 victory at home.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 14 November 2022
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Ajax | 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Style of play
[edit]According to La Gazzetta dello Sport both AS Roma and S.S.C. Napoli were attracted to Milovanović as he was left footed, tall and strong but with good technique, they felt his style of play was comparable to Matthijs de Ligt.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "The captain of the Netherlands could play for the "eagles"! The Serbian son is the MAIN TOPIC in Amsterdam, and here hardly anyone has heard of him!". sportal.blic.rs.
- ^ "Ajax signs Mateja Milovanovic". ajax.nl.
- ^ "RODA JC VS. AJAX II-Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ^ "SC HEERENVEEN HAALT MATEJA MILOVANOVIC" [SC HEERENVEEN SIGNS MATEJA MILOVANOVIC] (in Dutch). Heerenveen. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Toate detaliile despre naționala Italiei, adversarul de astăzi al tricolorilor" (in Romanian). Federația Română de Fotbal. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "They call him the new De Ligt: the 17-year-old Milovanovic already in the sights of Rome and Naples". Gazzetta.It.
External links
[edit]- Mateja Milovanović at Soccerway
- Netherlands U18 stats at OnsOranje
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Vlaardingen
- Dutch people of Serbian descent
- Serbian men's footballers
- Dutch men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Serbia men's youth international footballers
- Eerste Divisie players
- Jong Ajax players
- SC Heerenveen players
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen