Miloš Dimitrijević ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Димитријевић; born 16 February 1984 in Belgrade) is a Serbian

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who last played as a

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for

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of the Australian

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. In addition to possessing Serbian citizenship, he also holds

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Club career

Born in Belgrade, he arrived in France at the age of 7, with his father, who was the famous football player, the legend of

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and

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, Zoran "Čava" Dimitrijević. He joined youth system of

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in 1998. He became a professional in 2004. After Nantes, he played for

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, before he returned to his homeland. In Serbia, he played for

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, where he established himself as one of the best

s in the

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. He was brought on loan from

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in winter transfer window 2011, but he only managed to play two games. After this unsuccessful international episode, he came back to Serbia to become a new

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in ...

player. He was given number 7 shirt and he signed a contract on 10 June 2011. In April 2013, he became a free agent after managing to cut short his long-term contract due to the club's financial problems.

Sydney FC

On 16 January 2014 it was confirmed that Dimitrijević had signed for

of the

in Australia. He scored his first goal for the club on 24 October 2014 in the Rd 3 clash against Brisbane Roar which ended 2–0 with Miloš scoring the second. In this year Dimitrijević won all three of the players player of the year, members player of the year and coaches player of the year becoming the first ever person to win all three. Miloš was released by Sydney FC on 3 June 2015. It was announced on 28 July 2015 that Miloš Dimitrejivić had re-signed with

for a further two seasons. On 2 March 2016, Dimitrijević scored an 89th-minute winner against

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in the

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. On 19 October 2016, Dimitrijević scored a free kick in Sydney FC's 3–0 away win against

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in the

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On 30 June 2017, Dimitrijević was released by Sydney FC to allow him to move closer to his family.

International career

While he was playing in France, he was part of France U18 team. Then he decided to play for Serbia instead of France, so he was once capped for Serbia U21, and even was invited to play for senior team of Serbia in November 2010, but the injury forced him to miss the match against

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Career statistics

Honours

Club

; Red Star *

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(1): 2011–12 ; Sydney FC * A-League Premiership: 2016–2017 * A-League Championship: 2016–2017

Individual

; Sydney FC * Club player of the year: 2014–15 * Player's player of the Year: 2014–15 * Members player of the year: 2014–15 * A-League PFA Team of the Season: 2014–15

Trivia

As a resemblance to his father, he is often called ''Mali Čava''.

References

External links

Miloš Dimitrijević
at lfp.fr *
Miloš Dimitrijević Stats
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