Milan_Rodić

Milan Rodić

Milan Rodić

Serbian footballer (born 1991)


Milan Rodić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Родић, pronounced [mǐlan rǒːditɕ]; born 2 April 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serbian club Red Star Belgrade and the Serbia national football team.

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Club career

OFK Beograd

Rodić played his first professional match for OFK Beograd on 26 April 2009, against Partizan at the age of 18. Almost two years later, on 25 April 2012, he was named left-back in Sportal's ideal team of Round 26 in the 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga.[2]

Zenit Saint Petersburg

On 31 January 2013, Rodić signed a contract with Zenit Saint Petersburg. On 21 February 2013, coach Luciano Spalletti deployed Rodić in the 85th minute as a substitute for Sergei Semak against Liverpool in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.[3] However, Rodić ended up playing only five matches for Zenit before being loaned out to FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod and Zenit's reserve team, after which he transferred to Krylia Sovetov.[4]

Krylia Sovetov

In August 2015, Rodić signed with Krylia Sovetov. Over the course of two seasons, Rodić got back into competitive shape.[4] After two years with Krylia Sovetov, Rodić thanked the fans and commented that he was happy to play for Krylia, but that he missed his family in Serbia.[4]

Red Star Belgrade

On 21 July 2017, Rodić signed a three-year contract with Serbian side Red Star Belgrade.[5] Red Star had paid approximately 250,000 to Krylia Sovetov for Rodić's transfer.[4] He played in Red Star's 2017–18 UEFA Europa League campaign under coach Vladan Milojević. On 19 October 2017, Rodić got a red card in the Group H home match against Arsenal, which Red Star lost 1–0.[6] On 12 March 2019, he extended his contract with Red Star to the summer of 2022.[7]

International career

On 6 June 2011, Rodić made his debut with the Serbia national under-21 football team against Sweden's U-21 team. Five years later, Rodić got his first call up to the senior Serbia squad for a friendly match against Russia on 5 June 2016.[8]

In May 2018 he was named in Serbia's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[9] On 4 June, he made his international debut in a friendly match against Chile, coming on as a substitute for Aleksandar Kolarov in the 80th minute.[10] He was selected in Serbia’s squad for the 2018 World Cup,[11] but he failed to make any appearances there.

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 April 2024[12]
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  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 17 November 2019[12]
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Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Red Star Belgrade

Individual


References

  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. "Tim 26. kolo JSL". 26 April 2012. Archived from the original (via Wayback Machine) on 5 May 2012.
  3. Team Lineups: Liverpool 3-1 Zenit St Petersburg (agg 3-3). 21 February 2013.
  4. "Arena Sport: Milan Rodić: Evo zašto sam izabrao Crvenu zvezdu" (in Serbian). 21 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  5. Mihajlo Vidojević. Sportske: Pao još jedan potpis - Rodić je Zvezdin! (in Serbian) 21 July 2017. Accessed 30 July 2017.
  6. Richard Martin (19 October 2017). "Everton lose to Lyon, Giroud lifts Arsenal". Reuters. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  7. Nemanja Lazić (12 March 2019). "I ZVANIČNO: Milan Rodić do 2022. godine". HotSport.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  8. Један тим, срцем свим – Младен Крстајић одабрао [One team, with all their hearts – Mladen Krstajić selects]. FSS.rs (in Serbian). Football Association of Serbia. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  9. "M.Rodić on Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

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