Djordje_Mihailovic
Djordje Mihailovic
American soccer player
Djordje Aleksandar Mihailovic[lower-alpha 1] (born November 10, 1998) 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.
 Mihailovic with Chicago Fire in 2017 | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Djordje Aleksandar Mihailovic[1] | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1998-11-10) November 10, 1998 (age 25) | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | ||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||||||||||
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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 | 7 | (2) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | United States U19 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||
| 2019–2021 | United States U23 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2019– | United States | 11 | (3) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 6, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 12, 2023 | |||||||||||
As the son of former Washington Diplomats midfielder Aleksandar "Alex" Mihailović,[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
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 Montreal.[10] In 2021, he had 16 assists, establishing a new CF Montréal club record.[11]
AZ
On August 24, 2022, Montreal announced a transfer had been agreed with Eredivisie side AZ for Mihailovic, effective January 1, 2023.[12] He made his debut on January 7 against Vitesse.[13]
Colorado Rapids
On January 8, 2024, Mihailovic returned to the United States, joining Colorado Rapids for a reported transfer fee of around $3 million.[14][15]
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[16] in Valencia, Spain on July 28 and against Hungary in the Stevan-Vilotic Cele Tournament in Topola, Serbia[17] on September 5.[6]
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.
Club
- As of match played April 6, 2024[18]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chicago Fire | 2017 | MLS | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 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[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 33 | 12 | |||
| Total | 61 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 68 | 16 | ||
| AZ | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | 8 | 0 | — | 8[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 36 | 2 | |||
| Colorado Rapids | 2024 | MLS | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 164 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 187 | 27 | ||
- Serbian: Ђорђе Александар Михаиловић, romanized: Đorđe Aleksandar Mihailović; Macedonian: Ѓорѓе Александар Михаиловиќ
- Includes U.S. Open Cup, Canadian Championship and KNVB Cup
- Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
- Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
- As of match played July 12, 2023[19]
| 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.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 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 |
CF Montreal
- "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: United States" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 16. Retrieved May 21, 2019 – via Bernews.
- "Djordje Mihailovic". CF Montréal. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
- "NASL-Aleks Mihailovich". www.nasljerseys.com.
- 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.
- "Profile at US Soccer Development Academy". chic.ussoccerda.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
- "Djordje Mihailovic". Chicago Fire. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- "Chicago Fire vs. Real Salt Lake – 11 March 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- "San Jose Earthquakes vs. Chicago Fire – 27 September 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- "More bad news for Fire as Djordje Mihailovic's injury 'doesn't look good'". nbcsports.com. October 26, 2017.
- Montréal, C. F. "Impact acquires midfielder Djordje Mihailovic from Chicago Fire". CF Montréal.
- Montréal, C. F. "Djordje Mihailovic transferred to AZ Alkmaar". CF Montréal. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- Bogert, Tom (August 24, 2022). "Official: CF Montréal star Djordje Mihailovic moving to AZ Alkmaar in January".
- Henry Jr, Larry (January 7, 2023). "Djordje Mihailovic makes AZ Alkmaar debut". SBI Soccer.
- Rapids, Colorado. "Colorado Rapids acquire U.S. international midfielder Djordje Mihailovic as Designated Player". Colorado Rapids.
- "U-19 MNT Defeats Mauritania to Stay Alive in Group A". ussoccer.com.
- Djordje Mihailovic at Soccerway
- Djordje Mihailovic at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Montreal beats Toronto FC 1-0 to win Canadian Championship Voyageurs Cup". Retrieved November 21, 2021.[permanent dead link]
- Djordje Mihailovic at Major League Soccer
- Djordje Mihailovic at Soccerway
- Djordje Mihailovic at National-Football-Teams.com