Mateja_Milovanović
Mateja Milovanović
Serbian footballer (born 2004)
Mateja Milovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Матеја Миловановић; born 18 April 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Jong Ajax. Born in the Netherlands, he is a youth international for the Serbia U19s.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mateja Milovanović | ||
| Date of birth | (2004-04-18) 18 April 2004 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Vlaardingen, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jong Ajax | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2018 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| 2018–2021 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Jong Ajax | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2023 | Serbia U19 | 7 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:49, 27 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 November 2022 | |||
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]
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]
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 June 7, 2021, in a friendly fixture against Romania under-19 which resulted in a 1–0 victory at home.[4]
- 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 | ||
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.[5]
- "Ajax signs Mateja Milovanovic". ajax.nl.
- "RODA JC VS. AJAX II-Soccerway". Soccerway.
- "Toate detaliile despre naționala Italiei, adversarul de astăzi al tricolorilor" (in Romanian). Federația Română de Fotbal. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- Mateja Milovanović at Soccerway
- Netherlands U18 stats at OnsOranje