Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Biography, Age, Wife, Brother, FIFA 22, Career, Net Worth & Wiki

The Serbia national team midfielder, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (born 27 February 1995), also known by his mononym Sergej, is a professional footballer who plays for the Italian club Lazio and the Serbia national team. In his early twenties, Sergej joined the Serbian professional football club Vojvodina, where he became a member of the youth squad, along with Mijat Gacinovic and Nebojsa Kosovic, which won two consecutive championship titles in Serbia.

Sergej signed a five-year contract deal with Belgian club Genk in June 2014, for which the player was given the number 20 shirt. The 31st of July 2015 marked Sergej’s arrival to the Italian football club Lazio, and on that date, he made his debut for this club by scoring a goal against Bayer Leverkusen in a 1–0 win at home. As a member of Serbia’s Under-19 national team, Sergej participated in the 2013 UEFA Under-19 Championship, winning a gold medal. It was in October 2015 that he was called up for his senior debut against Albania and Portugal in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Bio/Wiki

Birth Name	Sergej Milinković-Savić
Nick Name	Sergente
Age	28 (as in 2023) Years
Religion	Not Available
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Pisces
Born Place	Lleida, Spain
Date of Birth	27 February 1995
Nationality	• Serbian • Spanish
Residence	Lleida, Spain
Home Town	Lleida, Spain
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Hobbies	Watching Movies, Horse Riding, Swimming
Family
Mother’s Name	Milijana Savić
Father’s Name	Nikola Milinković
Brother(s)	Vanja Milinković-Savić
Sister(s)	Jana Milinković-Savić
Girlfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Girlfriends	Natalija Ilic
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse	Natalija Ilic (to be)
Children	Daughters- None Sons- None
Education
School	Not Available
College/University	Not Available
Educational Qualification	Not Available
Profession	Professional Footballer
Brands Endorsed	Nike
Career Manager/ Player Agent	Mateja Kezman
Football Career
Debut Club	• 2015: S.S. Lazio • 2014: K.R.C. Genk
Debut International	• 2015: Serbia national football team
Jersey Number	• 21 (S.S. Lazio) • 20 (Serbia national football team)
Current Team(s)	• S.S. Lazio • Serbia national football team
Coach/Mentor	Maurizio Sarri
Position	Midfielder – Central Midfield
Foot	Right
Strengths	• Tackling • Interceptions • Marking • Jumping • Passing • Crossing
Weaknesses	• Strength • Heading • Balance
Achievements	Not Available
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 191 cm in meters- 1.91 m in feet inches- 6’3”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 76 kg in pounds- 168 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	42 inches
Biceps Size	14 inches
Waist Size	32 inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	Serbian
Hair Color	Dark Brown
Eye Color	Dark Brown
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Distinctive Features	Not Available
Dress Size	10 U.S.
Shoe Size	12 U.S.
Favourite Things
Favorite Playing Position	Midfielder
Favorite Car	Not Available
Favorite Food	Fruits and Veg
Favorite Drinks	Coffee
Favorite Color	Black
Favorite Cell Phone/Brand	Iphone

Life Journey

In this article, Woodgram tells the full story of a football genius who is justly known by his nickname ‘The Sergeant’.

A full account of notable events from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic’s childhood day till today that made a lasting impact on his life can be found in this Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Childhood Story plus Untold Biography Facts.

An analysis of the person’s early life, family background, life story before fame, rise to fame story, relationship, and personal life is given.

Yes, everyone knows that he is a complete midfielder. Only a few people consider Sergej Milinkovic-Savic’s biography, however, which is quite interesting. I would like to begin this discussion now, without further ado.

I would like to begin by stating that Sergej Milinkovic-Savic was born on the 27th day of February 1995. Born to Milijana Savic and Nikola Milinkovicc in Lleida, an autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, he is the son of Milijana Savic and Nikola Milinkovicc.

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Milinkovi-Savi was born into a family of sports enthusiasts. Nikola Milinkovicc, Nikola Milinkovi’s father, was a professional football player from 1991 to 2005.

As you may be aware, Sergej’s mother, Milana Savic, was once a professional basketball player who played for Serbia.

Sergej had two surnames at the time of his birth, which is considered to be an extremely rare occurrence in Serbia. To tell you the truth, due to a Spanish Catalan error, he was given a double surname.

The Spanish birth registry office reported an incorrectly merged surname of his dad and mum instead of just choosing his mother’s surname upon his birth.

There wasn’t much of a delay, however, before the relationship between Sergej’s parents began to break down, thus causing them to declare their divorce. Unfortunately, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic’s parents separated while he was still a child, so he lost both of his parents’ love.

The younger brother of Sergej Milinkovi-Savic, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (born on the 20th day of February 1997), is two years younger than him.

The keeper, Vanja, is a fellow footballer and a former United reject who, at the time of writing, is playing for the Italian Serie A side SPAL as a goalkeeper.

Due to the fact that his father is 6 feet 4 inches and his mother is also very tall, the Milinkovic-Savic family is known for breeding tall offspring.

While Vanja Milinkovic-Savic is a height of 2.03 m or 6 ft 8 inches, our own Sergej is a height of 1.92 m or 6 ft 4 inches (which is similar to his father’s height).

As a young man, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic grew up alongside his sister, who has the classic Orthodox name of Jana. In fact, Jana is nine years younger than her older brother.

In stark contrast to her brothers, Jana is following in the footsteps of her mother when it comes to basketball. Due to the fact that Jana was not born in Spain, the Milinokvic-Family rule is not applicable to her. She has a slightly different name than her brothers. She only bears the name Milinković.

Almost all children grow up liking football and basketball from the beginning of their lives. As soon as Sergej was able to walk, he started kicking the ball with all his might. As a child, he spent countless hours watching his father and mother play football and basketball, and all he wanted was to be like one of them.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic’s parents did not interfere too much in the selection of his sports activities. Milijana and Nikola acted even less determined about what their children were supposed to practice than they previously had.

As his dad was also a professional footballer and his mother was one of the best-known Serbian basketballers, it was a difficult decision for Sergej to choose a career so early in his life.

When Sergej spoke to the media about his career choice, he once said:

In the end, I choose football because, as a child, I preferred watching it with my father more than with my mother. However, I do love basketball, and I always throw a few baskets when I have the time.

I think one of the factors that helped him make the decision was a memorable game that he had with his dad Nikola Milinkovic in the Graz stadium (home of the Austrian football team Grazer AK).

Sergej’s decision to become a footballer was profoundly influenced by this experience. Sergej’s dad, who was a midfielder for his team, led them to win the GAK Cup in 2002 and even had a GAK double in 2004.

Sergej’s older brother, who was taller for a basketball trade, also had a change of heart as he decided he would try to become a goalkeeper. Despite today’s heights of 192 and 202 centimeters, both brothers never agreed to play mom’s basketball.

Little Sergey himself started kicking at the “Reds” in Graz immediately after he made that decision. In just a short time, he was enrolled in the rooster of the youth academy in Novi Sad.

Even when he had made up his mind to play football early in the process, Sergej’s mind remained unsettled, as he still had the habit of switching between football and basketball. It only took the intervention of his father to get his son back on the right path. This is according to Nikola Milinkovicc;

“A long time ago I had a long talk with him. I convinced him to act. To handle himself. To train, even more, to work hard to make improvements. And most importantly, I trusted his coach to believe in his abilities because If you want to get through and win the race, you certainly want to do this.”

With the help of his father, Sergej found his form and things began to turn around. Nikola Milinkovic took his son Nikola to a small field near their house after his training with his youth club to provide him with supplementary and personalized training.

It was he who taught his son how to alternately touch the ball with his right and left hand. As a consequence, Sergej was able to regain his starting position in the match.

In this moment of time, Sergej was all grown up and he had developed into an extraordinary player. The young man followed his father all over the country for his football career and he went through trials and tribulations along the way.

Sergej and his brother followed their father to Chaves, a Portuguese soccer club when he moved there. During his stay in Portugal, he was enrolled in a Sporting academy.

Sergej’s initial impression of the ball led to fans referring to him as “Earthquake” because of the way he handled the ball as if it were like a “tsunami.”.

In addition to his impressive performance for Grazer AK (an Austrian sports club), he also played for Vojvodina, a club in Serbia where he finished his youth career.

Sergei, who was later nicknamed “The winner of Vojvodina” attracted the attention of domestic football fans with another win in the league.

It was at this moment that he, his brother, and other notable Serbians (e.g. Aleksandar Mitrovic) won the gold medal title at the 2013 UEFA Under-19 Championship.

With the help of a transfer to Genk, a football club in Belgium, Milinkovic-Savic managed to establish himself as a ‘complete midfielder’.

When he arrived at the club, he was given a number 20 shirt as shirt 21 (his best shirt number) was not available at the time. Later in his career, Sergej had the opportunity to wear the backbone 21 shirt number when he joined Lazio.

As a result, the jersey number 21 was chosen because of Zinedine Zidane, his childhood hero, who also wore a shirt number similar to the number 21 during the time when he rose to fame at Juventus.

Sergej once said the following about his idol:

It wasn’t difficult to get to know him personally and, as a young footballer, he was clearly captivated by him. It was the Summer of 2002 when I played in Grosshausen. The club invited Real Madrid to the stadium, duly known as the “ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER” stadium, to celebrate the club’s centenary.

To mark the centennial celebrations, GrezerAK’s senior team played against the Galácticos in a game that they won 3-2. For Sergej, this was the first time he was able to see his hero Zizou with Figo, Makelele, Morientes, and Solari together. Sergej earned the nickname “The Sergent” during his time at Lazio due to the way he celebrated goals during those games.

In fact, it wasn’t only his goal celebration that gained him so much fame. In the past, Sergej has been known to provide assist platforms for Ciro Immobile to score many goals.

However, the media across Europe began to refer to Sergej as a complete midfielder who was capable of almost everything in the middle of the park.

As they say, the rest, as they say, is history now.

In addition to his activities on and off the field, Sergei Milinkovic Savic excels in all aspects of his life. It is said that behind every successful person there is a beautiful lady who has stolen his heart.

Natalija Ilic is a citizen of Novi Sad in northern Serbia, and she resides there with her family.

Apart from Sergej, Natalija Ilic does not know anything else but medicine.  It has come to our attention through his frequent posts on social media that Sergej has made the world aware that he is in a stable relationship with a pretty doctor.

Taking the example of Sergei and Natalia, after disappointing performances at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, they decided to go on holiday to recharge their batteries for the new football season.

When you look at Natalia’s beautiful features and combine them with her intellect, you can be certain that Sergej is indeed a man that has been completely satisfied in his life.

It was on the 19th of March 1968, in Sanski Most, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, that his father was born. The father of the first son of Nikola, a retired Serbian footballer, once played as a midfielder; his trade was inherited by the son.

After a good start to his career in Serbia and just before the Bosnian War started in 1991, Nikola Milinkovic moved his family to Bosnia, where he got a good start to his career before moving to other countries.

The mother of Sergej and his little brother back then was the one responsible for making sure they stayed grounded. The mother of both of them never allowed them to fly even after they both achieved their first successes.

When Sergej and Vanja lived in Serbia for eight years, both of them spent a great deal of time with their mother. In fact, it was during this time that they both learned how to speak Serbian.

A brother of his was born in Ourense, Spain, on the 20th of February 1997. Vanja is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the club Mitrovica.

His career suffered a setback once after he failed to receive a work permit in the United Kingdom when he was signed by the English club Manchester United.

However, despite a two million euro investment from Manchester United, he was released by the club in November 2015 despite the fact that the goalkeeper stood at 6 feet 8 inches tall.

Vanja, unlike his elder brother, is a very different person. He somehow managed to find a way to stay in the middle of the career path of his parents.

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His father plays football, but as a goalkeeper with his hands, which is similar to his mother’s trade-in basketball, he is a goalkeeper with his hands.

You will surely get a complete picture of Sergej Milinkovic-Savic if you get to know a little bit about his personal life. In contrast to his brother, Sergej has a calm personality, as opposed to his brother, who is more of an extrovert. When asked about his personality, Sergej once said;

I am pretty chill, whereas he is what you call a typical galoot. We both enjoy different kinds of music: I like Serbian folk music, and he liked rap music. I enjoy watching action movies, whereas he likes art films and French comedy movies.

He loves simple non-alcoholic wine, as well as eating a variety of natural foods that are never frozen or canned. He dislikes foods that are unhealthy or that are under-seasoned.

Furthermore, he dislikes eating out, especially when the snacks or drinks are full of gas. In the case of English footballer Callum Wilson, it was his unhealthy eating habit that destroyed his career.

He is also a member of his family’s football and basketball trades. He also knows how to play tennis fairly well. Obviously, you should know who he supports, and that is none other than Novac Djokovic.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Net Worth

In 2023, how much is his expected Salary?

During the month of October 2019, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic signed a contract with Lazio Roma, which netted him a whopping salary of 4.6 million Euros (3.9 million pounds) per year. Based on the numbers we’ve crunched, this means he earns €12,603 (£10,685) per day and €525 (£445) per hour!

‎Salary & Net Worth Updated 2023
Estimated Net Worth in 2023 (Approx)	12 Million Euro (10.5 Million Pound
Estimated Net Worth in 2022 (Approx)	7.5 Million Euro (6.4 Million Pound
Estimated Net Worth in 2021 (Approx)	Not Available
Annual Salary	4.6 million Euro (3.9 Million Pound)
Per Month Salary	€383,333 (£333,333)
Per Week Salary	€88,462 (£76,923)
Per Day Salary	€12,603 (£10,959)
Per Hour Salary	€525 (£456)
Per Minute Salary	€9 (£8)
Current Contract	With SS Lazio
Contract Signed	Aug 6, 2015
Contract Expires	Jun 30, 2024
Contract Signing Amount or Transfer Fee	$4.40 Million
Market Value	$77.00 Million
Highest Market Value	$99.00 Million (Jun 7, 2018)
Endorsements	$1-$5 Million
Income Source	Professional Footballer
Cars Collection	Not Available

Lazio recently locked down Sergej Milinkovic-Savic with a contract that will keep him with the Rome-based club until the year 2024. His net worth is estimated to be about 12 million Euros, and his current market value is 70 million Euros, although it peaked at 90 million Euros in 2018.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Stats/ Rating In FIFA 22

Serbian midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is currently 28 years old and plays for the Italian team Latium as a central midfielder. Currently, he has an overall rating of 85 in FIFA 22, with a potential rating of 86. The skillmoves rating for Milinkovic-Savic is 4 stars.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic FIFA 22 Stats
Overall Rating In FIFA 22	85	Potential In FIFA 22	86
Attacking		Skill
64	Crossing	84	Dribbling
80	Finishing	80	Curve
86	Heading Accuracy	78	FK Accuracy
85	Short Passing	85	Long Passing
74	Volleys	86	Ball Control
Power		Movement
83	Shot Power	66	Acceleration
85	Jumping	70	Sprint Speed
91	Stamina	62	Agility
87	Strength	83	Reactions
80	Long Shots	63	Balance
Mentality		Goalkeeping
79	Aggression	7	GK Diving
78	Interceptions	10	GK Handling
79	Positioning	7	GK Kicking
82	Vision	16	GK Positioning
56	Penalties	7	GK Reflexes

As a rule, he prefers to shoot with his right foot. His work rate is considered to be high/medium. As per our database, Milinkovic-Savic is 191 cm tall and he weighs 76 kg according to his height and weight. For the time being, Sergej Milinković-Savić is playing with the number 21.

Club Career

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic career startup with Vojvodina

• Milinković-Savić was a member of the youth academy of Vojvodina.
• The midfielder was one of three players who emerged from the youth squad that won two consecutive national youth championship titles, alongside Mijat Gaćinović and Nebojša Kosović.
• Therefore, Milinkovic-Savic signed his first professional contract with the club on 26 December 2012 and signed a three-year contract.
• On 23 November 2013, Milinkovic-Savic made his senior debut in a 3–0 away loss to Jagodina on the road.
• During a match against Spartak Subotica on 9 March 2014, he scored his first goal in a 1-1 draw away from home.
• As a result, Milinkovic-Savic made 13 league appearances and scored three goals during the 2013–14 season.
• He also helped Vojvodina win the Serbian Cup in 2013-14, which was the club’s centennial year.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic in Genk

• As of June 2014, Milinkovi-Savic signed a five-year contract with Belgian club Genk and was given the number 20 shirt.
• In the club’s home league match against Cercle Brugge on 2 August 2014, he made his competitive debut in a 1-1 draw.
• As of 18 January 2015, Milinkovic-Savic has scored his first goal for Genk in a 1–1 away league draw against Lokeren.
• A total of five league goals were scored by Rooney in 24 appearances during the 2014-15 season.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic with Lazio

• In late July of 2015, it was announced that Milinkovic-Savi was going to join the Italian club Lazio.
• In the first leg of the Champions League play-off round on 18 August 2015, he made his debut for the team as they defeated Bayer Leverkusen by 1–0 at home.
• In Lazio’s 1–1 Europa League draw with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on 17 September 2015, Milinkovic-Savic scored his first goal for the club.
• It was during a 3–1 away win against Fiorentina on 9 January 2016 that he scored his first Serie A goal.
• During his debut season with Lazio, Milinkovic-Savic made 35 appearances and scored three goals for the team in all competitions.
• It was during his second season at Lazio that Milinković-Savić scored seven goals from 39 appearances (league and cup).
• As of Sunday, 5th December, Milinkovic Savic has become the most prolific midfielder at SS Lazio after scoring against Sampdoria.
• As a result, Milinkovic Savic was able to surpass the previous record holder Pavel Nedved, who had held the record with 33 goals for over a decade.

International Career

• During the 2013 UEFA Under-19 Championship, Milinkovic-Savic represented Serbia and won the gold medal.
• He played the entire 90 minutes in four out of five games, which included the final match of the tournament against France Serbia won by a score of 1–0.
• Milinkovic-Savic made his debut at the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship, where he was part of a team that was eliminated in the semi-finals after penalties by Portugal.
• In the penalty shoot-out, he missed Serbia’s last chance to score a penalty.
• During the summer of the following year, Milinkovic’s-Savic was one of Serbia’s most influential players at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was won by their team.
• The player played in six of the seven games played in the group stage and scored one goal against Mali in one of them.
• In recognition of his performance during the tournament, Milinković-Savić was awarded the Bronze Ball.
• In the summer of 2017, Lazio prevented Milinković-Savić from playing in the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in France.
• As of October 2015, Milinković-Savić received his first call-up to the full squad by manager Radovan Ćurčić for Serbia’s UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers against Albania and Portugal.
• Despite this, he remained an unused substitute in both games.
• Slavoljub Muslin, the new manager of the team, selected Milinkovic-Savic for the friendly matches against Cyprus, Israel, and Russia in May of 2016.
• After missing out on any playing time in the first two games, Milinkovic-Savic decided to leave the team in agreement with Muslin, who stated that some other players would better fit into his tactic formations.
• Mladen Krstajic, the caretaker manager of Serbia, included Milinkovic-Savic in the squad for the friendlies against China and South Korea which will take place on 30 October 2017.
• In June 2018 he was selected for the Serbian squad for the 2018 World Cup, playing all three matches in the group stage.
• On 8 October 2020, Milinkovic-Savic scored both of his first two senior international goals in settling a 2–1 win over Norway in the semi-finals of the Euro 2020 qualification play-off.

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Facts About Sergej Milinkovic-Savic

• In his early years, Milinkovic-Savi was born into a sporting family in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, where his father Nikola Milinkovicc played football professionally at the time.
• It was because of Milana Savic, his mother, that he was able to play basketball professionally.
• As a child, Sergej also made his first steps in the world of football with Sporting CP while his father was playing in Portugal.
• Following that, he spent a few years at Grazer AK in Austria before moving back to his family roots in Serbia, where he got his big break as a footballer.
• Milinković-Savić is the elder brother of Vanja Milinkovic-Savic who is also a footballer and who plays as a goalkeeper.
• Along with his Serbian citizenship, he is also a citizen of both Spain and Serbia at the same time.
• The Serbian striker, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is a versatile central midfielder, who is capable of playing in several roles, including as a trequartista, or as a holding midfielder, although he is usually deployed as a central midfielder, in the mezzala position.
• Zinedine Zidane and Yaya Touré have been compared to his style of play as he plays with a blend of the traditional attacking movement, positional sense, and finishing ability of an attacking midfielder, with the height and physicality of a target man or a midfield defensive midfielder.
• Thus, he has also shown his ability to perform well in the air and is also capable of scoring goals with both his head and foot, by making late runs from behind into the penalty area, or by hitting from distance.
• In spite of his limited speed, he possesses good technique, tactical intelligence, vision, and passing ability, as well as tenacity and excellent work rate in defense, which makes him an asset at both ends of the field, enabling him to carry the ball and start offensive plays after winning possession of the ball.
• As a result of his charisma, physical dominance, and to lend assonance to his name, he has been nicknamed ‘il Sergente’ (the Sergeant) by Lazio fans.

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Conclusion

A look at Sergej Milinkovic-Savic’s life story reveals that our career path is not solely dependent on our childhood dreams when it comes to our career path. The fact that kids compelled him to stay in the post against his wishes was an opportunity for him to build himself up.

In our opinion, the parents should be commended for the fact that they have devoted a large part of their money to enrolling Sergej Milinkovic-Savic in a sports academy. It is true they will be very proud of the fact that he never wasted the opportunity he had to succeed in his endeavors.

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