Miloš Dimitrijević (; born 16 February 1984) is a Serbian retired footballer who last played as a central midfielder for Sydney FC of the Australian A-League.
Early life Born in Belgrade, he arrived in France at the age of 7, with his father, who was the famous football player, the legend of Partizan and Dinamo Zagreb, Zoran "Čava" Dimitrijević. He joined youth system of Nantes in 1998. He acquired French nationality on 28 April 2000 through the naturalization of his mother.
Club career He became a professional in 2004. After Nantes, he played for Grenoble, before he returned to his homeland. In Serbia, he played for Rad, where he established himself as one of the best central midfielders in the league. He was brought on loan from Italian Chievo 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 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 Sydney FC of the A-League 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 Sydney FC for a further two seasons.
On 2 March 2016, Dimitrijević scored an 89th-minute winner against Guangzhou Evergrande in the Asian Champions League.
On 19 October 2016, Dimitrijević scored a free kick in Sydney FC's 3–0 away win against Canberra Olympic at Viking Park in the FFA Cup
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 Bulgaria.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total Divisioin Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsNantes2004–05Ligue 11102020001502005–06Ligue 12411010—2612006–07Ligue 11603000—190 Total511603000601Grenoble2007–08Ligue 21901010—2102008–09Ligue 11904011—241 Total3805021—451Rad2009–10Serbian SuperLiga102———1022010–11Serbian SuperLiga14510——155 Total24710——257Chievo (loan)2010–11Serie A2000——20Red Star Belgrade2011–12Serbian SuperLiga25150—403412012–13Serbian SuperLiga12131—61213 Total37281—101554Sydney FC2013–14A-League90———902014–15A-League28210——2922015–16A-League25000—813312016–17A-League14010——150 Total76220—81863 Career total228122215118227316
Honours
Club Red Star Serbian Cup (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 at Utakmica.rs