Nikola Milenković

Nikola Milenković (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Миленковић; born 12 October 1997) is a Serbian football defender who plays for Partizan.

Club career

Partizan

2015–16 season

Passing the youth categories of Partizan, Milenković was loaned to Teleoptik for the 2015–16 season. Beginning of 2016, he joined the first team of Partizan under coach Ivan Tomić and signed five-year contract, and has also stayed with Teleoptik on dual registration until the end of season. Several days after debut for U19 national team, he made his debut for Partizan in the SuperLiga match against Mladost Lučani played on 10 April 2016. Milenković also started match against Čukarički in 32 fixture match of the same season, but he got the red card and suspension for next 4 matches after one brutal foul on Petar Bojić. Milenković scored his first senior goal for Partizan in the last fixture of the 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga, against Vojvodina, which was the hundredth goal for the season.

2016–17 season

Milenković started new season pairing with Cédric Gogoua for the second qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League against Zagłębie Lubin. He also started SuperLiga competition in the first fixture match against Bačka Bačka Palanka, but later he spent next 2 rounds sitting on the bench. After several bad results and some injuries of the players in defense line, Milenković has started playing continuously from the 4th fixture match against Javor Ivanjica. He scored his first season goal in a match against Rad, played on 27 August 2016. Milenković also made his Serbian Cup debut in the first round match, against Napredak Kruševac, played on 21 September 2016. After Miroslav Vulićević's injury in a cup match against Žarkovo, played on 25 October 2016, Milenković succeeded a captain's armbrand.

International Career

Milenković was a member of Serbia U19 in early 2016. He made his international debut for the Serbia national football team in a friendly 3-0 loss to Qatar. Later, same year, Milenković was called in Serbia U20 national squad by coach Nenad Lalatović, and made his debut for the team in a match against Montenegro.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 December 2016

Honours

Partizan

• Serbian Cup: 2015–16