| Vanja Milinković-Savić | |
| Full Name: | Vanja Milinković-Savić[1] |
| Birth Date: | 20 February 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Ourense, Galicia, Spain |
| Height: | 2.02 m[2] |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Torino |
| Clubnumber: | 32 |
| Youthclubs1: | Grazer AK |
| Youthyears2: | 2006–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | FK Banjane |
| Years1: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Manchester United |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs2: | → Vojvodina (loan) |
| Caps2: | 17 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs3: | Lechia Gdańsk |
| Caps3: | 29 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2017– |
| Clubs4: | Torino |
| Caps4: | 118 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs5: | → SPAL (loan) |
| Caps5: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2019 |
| Clubs6: | → Ascoli (loan) |
| Caps6: | 8 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs7: | → Standard Liège (loan) |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalteam1: | Serbia U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2014–2016 |
| Nationalteam2: | Serbia U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014–2015 |
| Nationalteam3: | Serbia U20 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam4: | Serbia U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam5: | Serbia |
| Nationalcaps5: | 19 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 23:27, 9 November 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 23:39, 4 June 2024 (UTC) |
Vanja Milinković-Savić (Serbian: Вања Милинковић-Савић, pronounced as /sh/; born 20 February 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Torino FC and the Serbia national team. His elder brother Sergej plays for Al Hilal.
After failing to be awarded a UK work permit with English club Manchester United, he was released by the club in November 2015 and signed a contract with Lechia Gdańsk.[3] In 2017 he was signed by Torino.
On 2 April 2014, Milinković-Savić signed his first professional contract with Vojvodina, penning a three-year deal.[4] On 17 May 2014, it was announced by Manchester United that the club reached an agreement with Vojvodina for the transfer of Milinković-Savić. Both clubs agreed that the player would stay with Vojvodina for one more season.[5] The deal was completed on 5 August 2014,[6] for a transfer fee of €1.75 million.[7]
Milinković-Savić made his competitive debut for Vojvodina on 10 August 2014, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 home league victory over OFK Beograd.[8] He played the full 90 minutes in all 15 league games in the first part of the 2014–15 season. After the winter break, Milinković-Savić lost his place as first-choice goalkeeper to experienced Srđan Žakula, making only two more league appearances.
After failing to earn a work permit to play in England, Milinković-Savić was released by Manchester United in November 2015 and he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Polish club Lechia Gdańsk on 26 November; the contract commenced on 1 January 2016.[9]
On 30 January 2017, Italian club Torino announced they had purchased him and he would join the club on 1 July.[10] He was the first-choice goalkeeper for the national cup, while being the second choice, behind Salvatore Sirigu, for the Serie A. During the Coppa Italia match against Carpi, he hit the crossbar with a free-kick in injury time.[11]
On 6 July 2018, Milinković-Savić signed with SPAL on loan from Torino until 30 June 2019.[12]
On 31 January 2019, Milinković-Savić joined to Serie B side Ascoli on loan until 30 June 2019.[13]
On 29 June 2019, he joined to Belgian club Standard Liège on loan with an option to buy.[14]
On 15 June 2021, Torino announced a contract extension until 30 June 2024.[15]
Milinković-Savić was selected to represent the Serbia U19 national team at the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship. He served as a backup to Predrag Rajković, failing to make an appearance at the tournament, as the team was eliminated by Portugal on penalties in the semi-finals of the competition.
Milinković-Savić again served as a backup to Rajković at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where the Serbian team won the gold medal.[16]
He made his debut for the senior national team on 11 November 2021 in a friendly against Qatar.[17]
In November 2022, he was selected in Serbia's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[18] He played in all three group stage matches, against Brazil,[19] Cameroon,[20] and Switzerland.[21] Serbia finished fourth in the group.[22]
Milinković-Savić was selected in Serbia's squad for the UEFA Euro 2024, but didn't make any appearances in the tournament.
Milinković-Savić was born in Ourense, Galicia, Spain, to parents Nikola Milinković, who was playing professional football for CD Ourense, and Milana Savić, a professional basketball player.[23] He is the younger brother of midfielder Sergej Milinković-Savić.[24]
| Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vojvodina (loan) | 2014–15 | Serbian SuperLiga | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Lechia Gdańsk | 2015–16 | Ekstraklasa | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Torino | 2017–18 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 42 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 118 | 0 | 14 | 0 | – | 132 | 0 | ||||
| SPAL (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ascoli (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| Standard Liège (loan) | 2019–20 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 174 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 194 | 0 | |||
| Serbia | 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|