Nemanja Miletić (footballer, born January 1991)

Nemanja Miletić (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Милетић; born 16 January 1991), also known as Nemanja R. Miletić, is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Partizan and the Serbia national team. He operates equally as a centre-back and right-back.

Not to be confused with Nemanja Miletić (footballer, born July 1991).
Nemanja Miletić
Miletić with Partizan in 2017
Personal information
Full name Nemanja Miletić
Date of birth (1991-01-16) 16 January 1991
Place of birth Lešak, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Partizan
Number 73
Youth career
Bane
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 87 (5)
National team‡
2018– Serbia 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2019

Club career

Sloga Kraljevo
Miletić (first from left) celebrating a goal with his Sloga Kraljevo teammates

Born in Lešak, Miletić started playing football with Bane before moving to Sloga Kraljevo as a teenager.[1] He made his first-team debut in the second half of the 2009–10 Serbian First League, appearing in two games as a substitute, as the club suffered relegation. In the following season, Miletić helped them win the Serbian League West and earn promotion back to the First League. He subsequently established himself as a first-team regular, making close to 100 appearances over the next three seasons (2011–2014).

Borac Čačak

After a trial with Vojvodina that ended without a contract, Miletić signed with Serbian SuperLiga side Borac Čačak in July 2014. He played mainly as a backup in his debut season, making 16 league appearances and helping the club narrowly avoid relegation. In the following season, Miletić became a first-team regular under manager Nenad Lalatović, helping them to a best-ever start to a league season by placing second after the initial 17 rounds. He, however, sued the club over unpaid wages in late November 2015, alongside few other teammates.[2] They subsequently eliminated league leaders Red Star Belgrade in the Serbian Cup round of 16 with a historic 5–1 away win.[3] In January 2016, Miletić forgave a portion of the debt owed to him and left for Vojvodina.[4]

Vojvodina

In January 2016, Miletić signed with fellow SuperLiga club Vojvodina until June 2018.[5] He rejoined former manager Lalatović, alongside Dušan Jovančić. Miletić played regularly for the remainder of the season, scoring once in 16 league appearances.[6]

Westerlo

After featuring regularly for Vojvodina in the opening two months of the season, Miletić was transferred to Belgian club Westerlo in late August 2016.[7] He signed a two-year contract with an option for another year. Throughout the 2016–17 Belgian First Division A, Miletić made 20 appearances but failed to help Westerlo avoid relegation.[6]

Partizan

2017–18 season

In late June 2017, Miletić returned to Serbia and joined Partizan from Westerlo for a transfer fee of €350,000.[8] He signed a three-year contract with the club and chose to wear the number 73 shirt.[9] Miletić made his official debut for Partizan on 22 July, playing the full 90 minutes in the league's opener versus Mačva Šabac and contributing to a 6–1 success at home. He scored his first goal for the club in the Serbian Cup quarter-finals against Javor Ivanjica on 14 March 2018, helping his team to a 2–0 away win, which enabled them to advance to the semi-finals.[10] Partizan would go on to win the competition, beating Mladost Lučani 2–1 in the final.

Miletić finished his debut season as the team's second-most capped player with 50 appearances across all competitions, helping Partizan advanced to the UEFA Europa League knockout stage after 13 years. He was also named in the league's best eleven due to his consistent performances in the process.[11]

2018–19 season

On 2 August 2018, Miletić scored his first goal in UEFA competitions, equalizing against Lithuanian club Trakai in a 1–1 away draw in the second leg of the Europa League second qualifying round.[12] He also netted the equalizer to set the score at 1–1 in an eventual 3–2 home win over Danish side Nordsjælland two weeks later in the return leg of the third qualifying round.[13] On 30 September, Miletić scored his first league goal for Partizan, netting a late equalizer to make it 2–2 away at Radnički Niš.[14]

On 16 May 2019, Miletić was the only Partizan player named in the league's best eleven for 2018–19.[15]

2019–20 season

On 29 August 2019, Miletić played his 100th official game for Partizan. His 80th-minute equalizer against Molde FK helped Partizan reach the group stage of UEFA Europa League for the ninth time.[16]

International career

In early October 2018, Serbia manager Mladen Krstajić invited Miletić to the team ahead of their UEFA Nations League games with Montenegro and Romania.[17] He made his international debut in the latter match, coming on as a second-half substitute for Milan Rodić in a goalless draw at Arena Națională.[18]

Statistics

Club
As of 22 September 2019[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sloga Kraljevo 2009–10 20——20
2010–11 22200—222
2011–12 310——310
2012–13 29010—300
2013–14 29110—301
Total 113320—1153
Borac Čačak 2014–15 16010—170
2015–16 20120—221
Total 36130—391
Vojvodina 2015–16 1211000131
2016–17 400080120
Total 1611080251
Westerlo 2016–17 20000—200
Partizan 2017–18 33061110501
2018–19 2935072415
2019–20 23240111383
2020–21 20000020
Total 8751512931319
Career total 2721021136332914

International
National teamYearAppsGoals
Serbia 201810
201920
Total30

Honours

Club
Sloga Kraljevo
Partizan

Individual
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References
  1. "ISPOVEST NEMANJE MILETIĆA, FUDBALSKOG REPREZENTATIVCA Martovski pogrom na Kosovu me i dalje progoni!" (in Serbian). alo.rs. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. "Расуло у Чачку: Пљуште тужбе играча против клуба у Борцу" (in Serbian). zurnal.rs. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. "Kup: Borac osramotio Zvezdu na Marakani!" (in Serbian). b92.net. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  4. "Retka, ali i lepša strana fudbala" (in Serbian). ozonpress.net. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  5. "MILETIĆ I JOVANČIĆ NOVI FUDBALERI VOJVODINE" (in Serbian). fkvojvodina.rs. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. Nemanja Miletić at Soccerway
  7. "Nemanja Miletic wordt Kemphaan" (in Dutch). kvcwesterlo.be. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  8. "KUPLJENO! Miletić u Partizanu do 2020. za 350.000 evra" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  9. "Nemanja Miletić potpisao za Partizan" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  10. "Ekspresni "nokaut" Partizana za polufinale Kupa" (in Serbian). b92.net. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  11. "Super liga: Održana manifestacija Prvi tim, priznanja u rukama najboljih" (in Serbian). superliga.rs. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  12. "REMI KAO POBEDA Partizan sa igračem manje prošao u treće kolo kvalifikacija za Ligu Evrope /FOTO/" (in Serbian). blic.rs. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  13. "KRAJ: Partizan - Nordsjiland 3:2 (VIDEO)" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  14. "KRAJ: Radnički – Partizan 2:2! Miletić izjednačio (VIDEO)" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  15. Srbije, Super liga. "Održana manifestacija Prvi tim, proglašeni najbolji akteri sezone 2018/19". Super liga Srbije (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  16. "МОЛДЕ - ПАРТИЗАН 1:1(0:0)". FK PARTIZAN (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  17. "Krstajić pozvao i Nemanju Miletića!" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  18. "Србија ни са играчем више није успела да победи у Румунији, Тадић промашио пенал" (in Serbian). zurnal.rs. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
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