Danijel Milićević

Danijel Milićević

Milićević playing for Gent in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Danijel Milićević
Date of birth	(1986-01-05) 5 January 1986 (age 31)
Place of birth	Bellinzona, Switzerland
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Gent
Number	77
Youth career
	Biaschesi
	Bellinzona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2006	Lugano	27	(4)
2006–2008	Yverdon	72	(6)
2009–2011	Eupen	81	(16)
2011–2014	Charleroi	75	(10)
2014–	Gent	109	(20)
National team‡
2004–2005	Switzerland U19	2	(1)
2005–2006	Switzerland U20	8	(1)
2006–2007	Switzerland U21	2	(0)
2016–	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:17, 22 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:17, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Danijel Milićević (born 5 January 1986) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Gent and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Milićević played for two teams in his home country, Switzerland, before moving to Belgium. He played mostly in second division.

Milićević's first foreign team was Eupen. He helped the team win the promotion to the First Division in Belgium. When Eupen were relegated after one season, Milićević moved to Charleroi, then-Second Division team.

Milićević came to Charleroi in the summer of 2011. After one season in Second Division, Charleroi were promoted by winning the league, with Milićević impressing and attracting the interest of bigger clubs.

Milićević transferred to Gent in January 2014. He made his debut later that month, coming off the bench against Kortrijk. His first goals came against Zulte-Waregem, in a 3–1 win on 17 August 2014. Danijel helped Gent win their first ever Belgian champions title in season 2014–15.

On 29 January 2016, he extended his contract until 2019.

Milićević was eligible to represent three nations on senior level: Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, having played for Switzerland on youth levels.

In 2015, he expressed his desire to play for Bosnia and Herzegovina under Mehmed Baždarević.

In June 2016, FIFA gave Bosnia and Herzegovina its approval to select Milićević. As a result, in August 2016, Milićević was named in Bosnia's squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier with Estonia, against whom he made his official debut.