Milan Vilotić

Milan Vilotić
Милан Вилотић

Vilotić with Red Star Belgrade in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Milan Vilotić
Date of birth	(1986-10-21) 21 October 1986
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	Young Boys
Number	4
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2009	Čukarički Stankom	80	(5)
2006	→ Lokomotiva (loan)	15	(1)
2009–2012	Red Star Belgrade	47	(2)
2012–2014	Grasshopper	44	(4)
2014–	Young Boys	25	(4)
National team‡
2011	Serbia	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2015. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:14, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Milan Vilotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Вилотић; born 21 October 1986 in Belgrade) is a Serbian footballer who plays as centre-back for Swiss Super League team Young Boys.

Club career

Čukarički

Vilotić first played professional football with FK Čukarički Stankom from the age of 18. He played over 80 matches for Čukarički from 2004, debuting with one of the best generation of Čukarički players which included Miloš Ninković.

Red Star Belgrade

In summer 2009 he transferred to Red Star Belgrade. In 2010, however, he was diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening condition and missed half of the 2010–11 season. After the second half of the season, Vilotić was showing promising potential and was promoted to captain of Red Star for a brief period in the 2011 summer off-season. However, at the half-time of a friendly match with F.C. Ashdod, Red Star coach Robert Prosinečki got upset at Vilotić and said in a subsequent conference that he was demoted from being Red Star's captain.^[1] By late November 2011, he was also openly accused in the media by his teammate Cristian Borja of creating a bad atmosphere in the squad with the intention of sabotaging the foreign players that were playing in Red Star at the time.^[2]

Grasshopper

In July 2012, Vilotić signed with Grasshopper Club Zürich on a bosman move. He quickly became the team's most reliable centre-back and scored a penalty after over-time in the 2013 Schweizer Cup Final.

Young boys

On 31 January 2014, Vilotić moved to the league rivals BSC Young Boys, ending a two-year playing spell with Grasshopper.^[3]

International career

Milan was part of the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Serbian squad and has played for the Serbia national under-21 football team. In April 2010 national team coach Radomir Antić selected him in Serbia squad for a friendly match against Japan in Osaka, but Vilotić failed to debut due to stomach problems. In May 2011, he received another call up and played his first game in a Serbia jersey against Australia. In November 2013 Vilotić showed interest in playing for Montenegro on international level.^[4]

Illness

In August 2010, after a medical screening he has been diagnosed with a malignant tumor on right scapula that has threatened to stop his playing career. After a surgical intervention in Bologna, and a period of recovery, during which he had undivided support of public in Serbia, in January 2011 doctors confirmed that he can play professional football again.

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 January 2014

Honours

Club

Red Star

• Serbian Cup (2): 2009–10, 2011–12

Grasshopper Zurich

• Swiss Cup (1): 2012–13

Individual

• Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season (1): 2009–10 (with Red Star)

References

External links

• Milan Vilotić Stats at Utakmica.rs
• Vilotić potpisao trogodišnji ugovor sa Zvezdom at danas.rs
• Milan Vilotić teško bolestan at b92
• Vilotić ujedinio zvezdaše i partizanovce at sportal.rs
• Vilotić se vraća at sportal.rs
• Vilotić ponovo na terenu at blic.rs
• Počele pripreme JSL selekcije at b92
• Vilotić: "Japan me više neće videti" at sportske.net
• Vilotić debituje za Srbiju at mondo.rs
• Milan Vilotić Stats at Utakmica.rs