Luka Milunović

Luka Milunović
Лука Милуновић
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-12-21) 21 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Perak F.C.
Number 30
Youth career
FK Zvezdara
OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 OFK Beograd 1 (0)
2011–2012 Zulte Waregem 12 (0)
2012–2014 Red Star Belgrade 46 (10)
2014–2016 Platanias 47 (9)
2016–2018 Aris 34 (5)
2018 Voždovac 11 (0)
2019 Melaka United 11 (7)
2019 → Sabah FA (loan) 10 (3)
2020 Debrecen 8 (0)
2020–2021 Napredak Kruševac 26 (5)
2021–2022 Kukësi 37 (7)
2022–2023 Niki Volos 9 (2)
2023 Radnički Kragujevac 15 (3)
2023– Perak 5 (4)
International career
2011–2015 Serbia U21 16 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2023

Luka Milunović (Serbian Cyrillic: Лука Милуновић; born 21 December 1992) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malaysian club Perak F.C. in Malaysia Super League. In international competition he has played for the Serbia national under-21 football team.

Club career

Early career

Premature going abroad, he made earlier this player gaming mature. He can play the wing as well as the farthest forward. He was a member of all standard youth teams Serbia national team. Weak physical constitution in the younger categories made him uncompromising fighter, and this characteristic is now kept as a first team player. He joined the OFK Beograd senior team in the 2010–11 season, but made only 1 league appearances that season.

Zulte Waregem

In summer of 2011 he signed with Belgian Pro League team S.V. Zulte Waregem. For them he made 12 league appearances in the first half of 2011–12 season.

Red Star Belgrade

After only 6 months in Belgium he returned to Serbia to play for Red Star Belgrade.[1] On 21 March 2012, he scored a goal against Red Star's arch rivals Partizan in the Eternal derby.

Aris

After 2 years with Platanias, he was released in July 2016.[2] Despite some speculation linking him with AEK and PAOK he decided to join Aris on a three-year deal.[3] On 25 October 2016 he made his debut in an away Cup win against Aiginiakos, scoring two goals and giving one assist.[4] On 10 December 2017 he scored his first league goal in an easy 3–1 away win against Panelefsiniakos.[5] On 8 January he scored the winner in a 2–1 home win against Panegialios.[6] Ten days later he sealed a 4–0 home win against Panserraikos.[7] On 28 January 2017 he scored the only goal in a home derby win against OFI.[8] On 31 August 2018, he terminated his contract by mutual consent.[9]

Sabah FA

In 2019 season of Malaysian Premier League, he sign with Sabah FA on 1-year contract. He joined another Serbia Rodoljub Paunović and South Korean defender Park Tae-soo as a foreign player at the club.

International career

On 5 September 2013, Milunović scored two goals against Cyprus U21 playing for Serbia U21 in the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification.[10] Just a month later on 15 October 2013, he continued his good form in the same tournament scoring a goal against Northern Ireland U21.

Career statistics

As of 12 March 2018
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Serbia League Serbian Cup Europe Total
2010–11 OFK Beograd SuperLiga 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Belgium League Belgian Cup Europe Total
2011–12 Zulte Waregem Pro League 12 0 1 0 0 0 13 0
Serbia League Serbian Cup Europe Total
2011–12 Red Star SuperLiga 11 4 3 1 0 0 14 5
2012–13 27 6 2 1 6 2 35 9
2013–14 8 0 2 0 2 0 12 0
Greece League Greek Cup Europe Total
2014–15 Platanias Superleague 23 3 1 1 0 0 24 4
2015–16 Platanias Superleague 24 6 0 0 0 0 24 6
2016–17 Aris Football League 25 4 4 2 0 0 29 6
2017–18 Aris Football League 9 1 2 1 0 0 11 2
League Cup Continental Total
Total Serbia 47 10 7 2 9 2 63 14
Belgium 12 0 1 0 0 0 13 0
Total Greece 81 14 7 4 0 0 88 17
Career total 140 24 15 6 9 2 164 31

Honours

Red Star

References

  1. ^ Zvezda dovela Luku Milunovića iz Varegema Archived 4 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine at www.mozzartsport.com, 1-2-2012 (in Serbian)
  2. ^ "Τέλος ο Μιλούνοβιτς από τον Πλατανιά". sport24.gr. 15 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Τριετές στον Άρη ο Μιλούνοβιτς". sport24.gr. 8 August 2016.
  4. ^ Αιγινιακός – Άρης 0-3! (in Greek). Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Διπλό ο Άρης με ανατροπή στην Ελευσίνα και 3 στα 3". sport24.gr. 10 December 2016.
  6. ^ Άρης – Παναιγιάλειος 2-1! (in Greek). Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Χορεύοντας στη βροχή ο Άρης 4-0 τον Πανσερραϊκό". sport24.gr. 18 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Με Μιλούνοβιτς ο Άρης 1-0 τον ΟΦΗ". sport24.gr. 28 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Επίσημο: Στον Άρη ο Πέδρο Βίτορ, λύθηκαν τα συμβόλαια Μπαργκάν και Μιλούνοβιτς". sport24.gr. 31 August 2018.
  10. ^ [1] Zurnal: Luka Milunović za pobedu Orlića nad Kipranima (VIDEO) – 5 September 2013 (in Serbian)

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