Degenek with VfB Stuttgart in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Miloš Degenek | ||
Date of birth | 28 April 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Knin, Croatia | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position |
Centre-back / Right-back Defensive Midfielder |
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Club information | |||
Current team
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Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
Number | 34 | ||
Youth career | |||
Bonnyrigg White Eagles | |||
–2012 | AIS | ||
2012–2013 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | VfB Stuttgart II | 9 | (0) |
2015–2016 | 1860 Munich | 33 | (1) |
2017– | Yokohama F. Marinos | 12 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2009–2011 | Australia U17 | 7 | (1) |
2012 | Serbia U19 | 8 | (0) |
2015– | Australia U23 | 4 | (0) |
2016– | Australia | 7 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 |
Milos Degenek (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Дегенек, born 28 April 1994) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Yokohama F. Marinos in the J1 League.
Degenek represented both Serbia and Australia at youth levels before making his senior international debut for Australia against England in 2016.
Degenek was born in 1994 in Knin, Croatia. His family was part of the Serbian population of Croatia and fled the Croatian War of Independence to Yugoslav and Serbian capital Belgrade in 1995, were they lived as refugees in poverty and were subject to NATO-airstrikes during the Kosovo War in 1999. A year later he and his parents migrated to Sydney, Australia.
Degenek played for the Westfields Sports High School and the Australian Institute of Sport. In 2012, he joined the under-19 team of VfB Stuttgart.
Miloš Degenek made his first appearance for VfB Stuttgart II on 26 July 2013 in the 3. Liga against SV Darmstadt 98.
At the start of the 2015–16 season Degenek signed a two-year contract with 2. Bundesliga club 1860 Munich.