Milan Smiljanić

Lola Smiljanić

Smiljanić warming up with Espanyol in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Milan Smiljanić
Date of birth	(1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 30)
Place of birth	Kalmar, Sweden
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2007	Partizan	48	(1)
2007–2011	Espanyol	47	(0)
2010	→ Sporting Gijón (loan)	6	(0)
2010–2011	→ Partizan (loan)	18	(1)
2011–2013	Partizan	47	(1)
2013–2015	Gençlerbirliği	1	(0)
2015–2016	Maccabi Netanya	31	(0)
2016–2017	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	15	(0)
National team
2006–2009	Serbia U21	28	(2)
2007–2008	Serbia	6	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2017.

Milan "Lola" Smiljanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан 'Лола' Смиљанић; born 19 November 1986) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Smiljanić was born in Kalmar, Sweden, as his father Branko, who was also a professional footballer, was playing for Kalmar AIK FK at the time.

Smiljanić subsequently returned to Serbia and joined FK Partizan youth ranks. Under head coach Vladimir Vermezović, he made his debut for the first team in a league match against FK Sutjeska Nikšić, during the second part of 2004–05.

Smiljanić also spent some time playing for farm team FK Teleoptik and, in little more than two professional seasons, he amassed more than 50 official appearances with the club, and eventually gained club captaincy despite his age.

On 18 July 2007, Spain's RCD Espanyol agreed with Partizan for the transfer of Smiljanić for an undisclosed fee, in a five-year contract. He made his La Liga debut against Real Valladolid on 26 August, in a 0–1 home loss; most of his first two seasons in Catalonia were spent mainly appearing from the bench, even though one of his main competitors in the team, Iván de la Peña, was often injured.