Nemanja Miletić (footballer, born January 1991)

Nemanja R. Miletić
Personal information
Full name Nemanja Miletić[1]
Date of birth (1991-01-16) 16 January 1991[2]
Place of birth Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia[3]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position Centre-back / Right-back[4]
Club information
Current team
 Partizan
Number 73
Youth career
Bane Raška
Sloga Kraljevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Sloga Kraljevo 113 (3)
2014–2015 Borac Čačak 36 (1)
2016 Vojvodina 16 (1)
2016–2017 Westerlo 20 (0)
2017– Partizan 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 July 2017.

Nemanja Miletić (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Милетић; born 16 January 1991) is a Serbian footballer, playing as a defender for Partizan. His trademark is a very high jump. Also, he has great explosive power and can put the ball at the opponent side.

Club career

Sloga Kraljevo

As a youth player, Miletić moved from football club Bane to Sloga Kraljevo. He started playing for first team as a youngster in the 2009–10 Serbian First League season.[3] Miletić played in friendly matches on winter break against Mladost Oplanići[5] and Jedinstvo Putevi,[6] and made his First League debut against Proleter in Novi Sad. He played in home win against Bežanija at the Kraljevo City Stadium, too.[7]

Season 2010–11 was his first fully senior season. He made 22 league caps, mostly in the second half of the season, and was a backup for then defensive line which consisted of such players as Jovica Vasilić, Aleksandar Gojković, Momir Desnica, captain Rašo Babić and Radoslav Vlašić. Miletić also played Lav Cup Serbia match against Red Star Belgrade. He scored 2 goals for season.[8][9]

The 2011–12 Serbian First League was a season of his full affirmation. He noted on 31 league matches, usually as centre-back, forming a strong pair with the most experienced player in team Boban Dmitrović. On few of the matches he was used as a right-back. He wore number 4 jersey on home matches.

In the 2012–13 season Miletić took over number 20 jersey, worn by Boban Dmitrović in the previous season. He started season as a first choice along with Zoran Marušić on Centre-back positions. After Marušić's injury, Miletić was paired with Stefan Drašković. He played on 29 First League matches and was one of the most important players in the team.[10] He also played on one Lav Cup game, away against OFK Beograd on Omladinski Stadium, where Sloga lost 5:0.[11][12]

Tandem Miletić-Drašković continued playing in the new season, but during the winter break Drašković left to join Borac Čačak. In the second half of the season Miletić played in defense first with Danijel Gašić and later with Miloš Nikolić, after Gašić's departure. He was the most standard player in team with 29 league appearances. The only match he missed, because of the yellow cards accumulation, was Sloga's away loss to Metalac in Gornji Milanovac. With result 3:0, it was a confirmation that he was the most important player in Sloga's defense.[13][14] He also played cup match against Vojvodina, and scored a goal in penalty shootout,[15][16] but Sloga lost,[17] because of Žakula, Vojvodina's goalkeeper, who saved 3 penalties.[18] Although there were speculations about his transfer to Belgium, he remained in the club, playing the full season.[19] In some matches he wore the armband as a 3rd captain after Aleksandar Božović and Marko Gobeljić.

He was on trial in Vojvodina in summer 2014,[20][21] and played some friendly matches, against Ceahlăul 2 times,[22][23] Lokeren,[24] and Borussia Fulda.[25]

Borac Čačak

After he did not sign for Vojvodina, Miletić joined Borac Čačak, on 29 July 2014, joining his former teammates Aleksandar Gojković, Stefan Drašković and Dejan Radosavljević.[26] He played against Sloboda Užice in friendly match the same day.[27] He also played on memorial tournament Živorad Bija Stanković, against Metalac.[28] He made his Serbian SuperLiga debut in 2–0 home win over Donji Srem on 9 August 2014.[29][30] Miletić colected 17 league appearances and 1 cup match[31] until the end of season.

After Nenad Lalatović took over coach position in Borac, Miletić started season in tandem with Miljan Jablan. After 3 wins in SuperLiga, Miletić was named in the team of the 3rd round, after the match against Čukarički, by Sportski žurnal.[32] He scored his first goal for Borac in the 9th round, against Novi Pazar.[33] Miletić collected 20 league and 1 cup match, and will be remembered as a member of the generation which caused one of the worst defeats of Red Star Belgrade on the Rajko Mitić Stadium.[34] He sued the club, together with Stefan Živković and Dušan Jovančić in November 2015, over unpaid wages.[35] Miletić and Jovančić forgive part of the debt and moved to Vojvodina.[36]

Vojvodina

On 25 January 2016, Miletić signed two-and-a-half year deal with Vojvodina.[37] He scored 2 goals in first friendly match played in Belek, against Oleksandriya.[38] During the spring half of 2015–16 season, coach Nenad Lalatović used him mostly as a right-back. He scored a goal in 34 fixture match against Čukarički.[39] Nemanja was selected in the team of the season by Sportski žurnal.[40] Miletić also started 2016–17 as a right-back. He assisted to Nikola Trujić for one of his goals against Bokelj in 2nd leg of the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.[41] After Vojvodina failed to qualify for Europa League, Miletić left the club, making 25 apperarances at total.[42] He also renounced the arrears to him for the benefit of youth school.[43]

Westerlo

Miletić signed a two-year contract with Westerlo on 27 August 2016.[44] Playing for the club, Miletić collected 20 caps during the season, including 12 matches as a central defender and 8 as a right-back.[45] After the club relegated to the Belgian First Division B, Miletić had been sold to Partizan.[46]

Partizan

In summer 2017, Miletić returned to Serbia, signing a three-year contract with SuperLiga side Partizan for a €350k fee.[47] He also chose to wear 73 jersey in new club.[4] Miletić made his debut for new club as a right-back in 6–1 victory over Mačva Šabac in first fixture of the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga season, played on 22 July 2017.[48] In the next fixture match he started as a centre-back, Miletić noted an assist to Seydouba Soumah foar a second goal on the match.[49]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 July 2017[50]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sloga Kraljevo 2009–10[3] First League 20———20
2010–11[3] League West 22210——232
2011–12[3] First League 310———310
2012–13[3] 29010——300
2013–14[3] 29110——301
Total 113330——1163
Borac Čačak 2014–15 SuperLiga 16010——170
2015–16 20120——221
Total 36130——391
Vojvodina 2015–16 SuperLiga 12110——131
2016–17 40—80—120
Total 1611080—251
Westerlo 2016–17 First Division A 20000——200
Partizan 2017–18 SuperLiga 300010—40
Career total 18857090—2045

Honours

Sloga Kraljevo

Personal life

Nemanja is also called "Ćola", by his father, Radosav[1] "Laćo" Miletić, known as a popular Serbian singer at Kosovo and Metohia. He was born in Kosovska Mitrovica,[51] but growned up in Lešak, as the neighbour of Milan Biševac.[52] Throw the professional career, Miletić usually wore jersey numbers 33 & 73 due to his sister's birth date.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Miletić, Nemanja". Serbian First League (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 Nemanja Miletic. K.V.C. Westerlo official website (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Miletic, Nemanja". srbijafudbal.net (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Nemanja Miletić potpisao za Partizan". FK Partizan official website (in Serbian). 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Prijateljska fudbalska: Sloga (K) - Mladost (O) 1:0". srbijasport.net (in Serbian). 11 February 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Prijateljska utakmica: Sloga (K) - Jedinstvo Putevi 3:0". srbijasport.net (in Serbian). 24 February 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Prva liga Srbije: Sloga – Bežanija 3:0". srbijasport.net (in Serbian). 2 June 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "SLOGA - CRVENA ZVEZDA 0:2". Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 22 September 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Sloga zadovoljila igrom, Zvezda ide dalje". srbijasport.net (in Serbian). 22 September 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Fudbaleri Sloge uspešno okončali tešku prvoligašku sezonu i promovisali nekoliko odličnih mladih fudbalera". srbijasport.net (in Serbian). 20 June 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "OFK BEOGRAD DEKLASIRAO SLOGU IZ KRALJEVA". akter.co.rs (in Serbian). 26 September 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "KS: OFK Beograd - Sloga 5:0". sportal.rs (in Serbian). 26 September 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "PLS: Metalac izrešetao Slogu, Teleoptik ubedljiv protiv Timoka". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 8 March 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "Metalac-Sloga 3-0,video". fudbalsrbija.net (in Serbian). 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "SLOGA (Kraljevo)-VOJVODINA 1 : 1 (penalima 2 : 3)". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 26 September 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Kup Srbije, 1/16 finala, Sloga (Kr) - Vojvodina 1:1, penalima 2:3". webtv.rs (in Serbian). 26 September 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  17. ↑ "Sloga stala na penalu". srbijasport.net (in Serbian). 26 September 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  18. ↑ КУП СРБИЈЕ: Жакула одбранио три пенала. Dnevnik (in Serbian). 26 September 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  19. ↑ "Fudbaleri kraljevačke Sloge počeli pripreme za drugi deo sezone". srbijasport.net (in Serbian). 15 January 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  20. ↑ Никшићани први Вошин ривал на Златибору. Dnevnik (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  21. ↑ "Nemanja Miletić, Srđan Vujaklija i Marko Mazalica na probi u Vojvodini (VIDEO)". butasport.rs (in Serbian). 6 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  22. ↑ "Drugi remi Vojvodine". fudbalsrbija.net (in Serbian). 6 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "Vojvodina – Čelaul 3:0". fudbalsrbija.net (in Serbian). 10 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  24. ↑ Војводину минут делио до ремија са Локереном. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 12 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  25. ↑ "Vojvodina-Borusija 04 4-0". fudbalsrbija.net (in Serbian). 20 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  26. ↑ "Debitovao i Miletić". FK Borac Čačak official website (in Serbian). 29 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  27. ↑ "Ubedljivo protiv Užičana". FK Borac Čačak official website (in Serbian). 29 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  28. ↑ "Reflektori, vatromet, gol, pobeda". FK Borac Čačak official website (in Serbian). 2 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  29. ↑ "Premijera za pamćenje". FK Borac Čačak official website (in Serbian). 9 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  30. ↑ "1.Kolo: Borac - Donji Srem". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 10 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  31. ↑ "KUP SRBIJE: Borac namučio Zvezdu (VIDEO)". hotsport.rs (in Serbian). 24 September 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  32. ↑ "Tim 3. kola". Sportski žurnal (printed version) (in Serbian). 3 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  33. ↑ "Zasluženo i ubedljivo". FK Borac Čačak official website (in Serbian). 13 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  34. ↑ "Kup: Borac osramotio Zvezdu na Marakani!". B92 (in Serbian). 2 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  35. ↑ "Расуло у Чачку: Пљуште тужбе играча против клуба у Борцу". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 11 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  36. ↑ "Retka, ali i lepša strana fudbala". FK Borac Čačak official website (in Serbian). 26 January 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  37. ↑ MILETIĆ I JOVANČIĆ NOVI FUDBALERI VOJVODINE at FK Vojvodina official website, 25-1-2016 (in Serbian)
  38. ↑ "VOŠA KRENULA: Pala Oleksandrija, dva gola novajlije Miletića". hotsport.rs (in Serbian). 28 January 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  39. ↑ "Čukarički 1 - 2 Vojvodina". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 3 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  40. ↑ "Доминација црвено-белих". Sportski žurnal, detail from printed edition (in Serbian). 13 June 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  41. ↑ "LE: Vojvodina 'petardom' do drugog kola". B92 (in Serbian). 7 July 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  42. ↑ NEMANJA MILETIĆ PREŠAO U VESTERLO at FK Vojvodina official website, 27-8-2016 (in Serbian)
  43. ↑ MILETA, LJUDINO, HVALA TI ZA SVE! at FK Vojvodina official website, 27-8-2016 (in Serbian)
  44. ↑ "Nemanja Miletic wordt Kemphaan". K.V.C. Westerlo official website (in Dutch). 27 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  45. ↑ "Miletić uzeo 73: Još ćemo se pojačati, bićemo ozbiljni". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  46. ↑ "Miletic versiert transfer naar FK Partizan". K.V.C. Westerlo official website (in Dutch). 28 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  47. ↑ "KUPLJENO! Miletić u Partizanu do 2020. za 350.000 evra". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 28 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  48. ↑ "ПАРТИЗАН – MAЧВА 6:1 (4:0)". FK Partizan official website (in Serbian). 22 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  49. ↑ "Partizan - šest, pa dva: Igra ista, napadačka! Dade ga i Suma (VIDEO)". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  50. ↑ Nemanja Miletić at Soccerway
  51. ↑ MILETIĆ: PUNO MI JE SRCE ZBOG PRELASKA U VOJVODINU at FK Vojvodina official website, 29-1-2016 (in Serbian)
  52. ↑ "Деби као из бајке". Sportski žurnal, detail from printed edition (in Serbian). 30 January 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
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