David Milinković


Manuel David Milinković is a French professional footballer who plays as a Winger for Canadian Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC, on loan from Hull City.

Club career

Born in Antibes, France, Milinković has Serbian origins. His grandfather Mirko came to France from the outskirts of Sarajevo. Already in France, David´s father Igor was born, who worked at Partus corporation dedicated to casinos, hotels, thermal centers, restaurants, etc. Mirko´s grandson, Igor´s son, David, started playing football in the youth team of AS Cannes.
During the winter-break of the 2011–12 season he moved to Serbia and joined the youth team of Red Star Belgrade. He then joined FK Rad which loaned him to third level side FK BASK in the 2012–13 winter-break. In summer 2013 he joined BASK permanently and played with them until the winter-break of the 2014–15 season.
Then he moved to Italy, where, after a short time spent in A.S. Roma, he joined Ternana Calcio, playing with them in the second half of the 2014–15 Serie B season. In summer 2015, he joined another Serie B side, Salernitana.
In the winter-break of the 2015–16 season, he signed with Genoa C.F.C. which immediately loaned him to Serie B side Virtus Lanciano where he played the second half of the 2015–16 Serie B. In summer 2016, Genoa loaned him to Messina playing in the Lega Pro, before signing a season long loan with the Scottish side Heart of Midlothian F.C. in 2017.
On 9 July 2018, he signed a three-year deal, with an option for an additional year, with English side Hull City. He made his debut in the first match of the 2018–19 season on 6 August 2018 at home to Aston Villa, coming off the bench as a 67th-minute substitute for Todd Kane, in a 1–3 defeat.
He was acquired on a one-year loan, with an option to buy, by Canadian Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps FC on 27 January 2020, for their 2020 season.

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