Vanja Milinkovic-Savic

Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Serbian Cyrillic: Вања Милинковић-Савић, pronounced [ʋaɲa miliːŋkoʋitɕ saːʋitɕ]; born 20 February 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Torino.

He was born in Ourense, Spain. After failing to be awarded a UK work permit with English club Manchester United, he was released by the club in November 2015 and signed a contract with Lechia Gdansk. In 2017 he was signed by Torino.

Club Career

On 2 April 2014, Milinkovic-Savic signed his first professional contract with Vojvodina, penning a three-year deal. On 17 May 2014, it was announced by Manchester United that the club reached an agreement with Vojvodina for the transfer of Milinkovic-Savic. Both clubs agreed that the player would stay with Vojvodina for one more season. The deal was completed on 5 August 2014, for a transfer fee of €1.75 million.

Milinkovic-Savic made his competitive debut for Vojvodina on 10 August 2014, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 home league victory over OFK Beograd. He played the full 90 minutes in all 15 league games in the first part of the 2014–15 season. After the winter break, Milinkovic-Savic lost his place as first-choice goalkeeper to experienced Srdan Zakula, making only two more league appearances.

After failing to earn a work permit to play in England, Milinkovic-Savic was released by Manchester United in November 2015 and he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Polish club Lechia Gdansk on 26 November; the contract commenced on 1 January 2016.

On 30 January 2017, Italian club Torino announced they had purchased him and he would join the club on 1 July. He was the first-choice goalkeeper for the national cup, while being the second choice, behind Salvatore Sirigu, for the Serie A. During the Coppa Italia match against Carpi, he hit the crossbar with a free-kick in injury time.

On 6 July 2018, Milinkovic-Savic signed with S.P.A.L. on loan from Torino until 30 June 2019.

On 31 January 2019, Milinkovi

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