- Milan Borjan
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Milan Borjan 
Personal information Full name Milan Borjan Date of birth October 23, 1987 Place of birth Knin, SFR Yugoslavia Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club Sivasspor Number 26 Youth career Radnički Beograd Mount Hamilton Boca Juniors Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2005-2006 Nacional Montevideo 0 (0) 2006-2007 River Plate II 2007-2009 Quilmes 0 (0) 2009-2011 FK Rad 36 (0) 2011- Sivasspor 6 (0) National team‡ 2011- Canada 5 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 June 2011Milan Borjan (Serbian Cyrillic: Mилaн Бopjaн, born 23 October 1987 in Knin) is a Canadian footballer of Serbian descent, who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish Süper Lig side Sivasspor and the Canadian National Team. He also holds Serbian Passport.
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Career
Youth
Born in Knin, SR Croatia still in Yugoslavia, he emigrated with his family to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada where his family still resides. In 2005 he moved to South America, where he began playing professionally, first in Uruguay with Club Nacional de Football, and afterwords in Argentina with Club Atlético River Plate and Quilmes Atlético Club.
Professional
In January 2009 he returned to Serbia and signed with SuperLiga club FK Rad from Belgrade. Borjan had trouble breaking into the first team since he was the 3rd string keeper from the first day signing with the team. However due to the starters trouble with work permits and the second strings injury it left Milan has the only available keeper on the roster. Milan made his debut on August 16, 2009 in a 3-2 victory over FK Smederevo. Milan continued to impress at every given opportunity and by Fall of 2010 Milan had taken hold of the starting spot with an unbeaten streak of nine games.[1] Borjan proved to be one of the top keepers in Serbian SuperLiga taking FK Rad to fourth in the league with 52 points gaining them a birth in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Qualifying Round.[2]
Following the 2011 Gold Cup and much speculation Borjan completed a move to Sivasspor, for an undisclosed fee.[3] Borjan made his debut in Turkey on September 11 in a 2-1 loss against Karabükspor.[4]
International
In November 2010, Milan said he had decided to represent Canada internationally, even with interest from Serbia.[5] On February 3, 2011 Borjan was called up to the Canadian Senior team for their friendly against Greece on February 9.[6] Milan made his debut for Canada in the friendly against Greece played in Larissa, the game ended in a 1-0 loss. Borjan was one of three Canadian players to make their international senior debut against Greece, Tosaint Ricketts and David Edgar were the other two.[7] That summer Milan was called up to the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup roster becoming his first ever international tournament participation. Borjan played his first national team game on home soil at BMO Field on June 1, 2011 during a friendly against Ecuador that ended as a 2-2 draw. Milan made his Gold Cup debut on June 11 in a 1-0 victory over Guadeloupe at Raymond James Stadium.[8]
International Stats
Canada national team Year Apps Goals 2011 5 0 Total 5 0 Statistics as of June 14, 2011
References
- ^ Borjan grateful for opportunity Canada presents; Red Nation, 24 January 2011
- ^ Canadian Exports: Hoilett helps keep Blackburn from drop; Major League Soccer, 23 May 2011
- ^ Milan Borjan u Sivasporu; FK Rad, 23 June 2011
- ^ Shelton scores on debut in Turkey; Jamaica Observer, 12 September 2011
- ^ (Serbian)Srbin iz Superlige na golu Kanade!; mondo.rs, 23 November 2010
- ^ Canada announces roster for Greece friendly; Canandasoccer.com, 3 February 2011
- ^ Canada vs. Greece stats; Canandasoccer.com, 9 February 2011
- ^ Canada edges Guadeloupe; Calgary Herald, 12 June 2011
External sources
- Sivasspor was Milan Borjan Transfer (Turkish)
- Profile at Srbijafudbal.
- Interview and life story at FK Rad official site. (Serbian)
- Profile at National-football-teams.
- Profile at Transfermarkt.
- Profile at Quilmes official website.
- Milan Borjan Stats at Utakmica.rs
Sivasspor – current squad 2 Boz · 3 Erdal · 6 Nas · 7 Zengin · 8 Bekmezci · 9 Sandro · 10 Grosicki · 11 Kılıç · 13 Rasmussen · 14 Eneramo · 15 Başel · 16 Černý · 17 Özkara · 18 Cihan · 19 Faty · 21 Navratil · 22 Akça · 25 Diallo · 26 Borjan · 30 Pedriel · 58 Yerlikaya · 66 Karakaş · 67 Kavuk · 76 Atam · 89 Şahin · 90 Konuk · 91 Erkiş · 98 Rada · Head Coach: Çalımbay
Canada squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Hirschfeld • 2 Ledgerwood • 3 Klukowski • 4 McKenna • 5 Hainault • 6 de Guzman • 7 Dunfield • 8 Johnson • 9 Friend • 10 Gerba • 11 Simpson • 12 Pacheco • 13 Hutchinson • 14 De Rosario • 15 Edgar • 16 Ricketts • 17 Jackson • 18 Borjan • 19 de Jong • 20 Peters • 21 Beaulieu-Bourgault • 22 Al-Shaïbani • 23 Nakajima • Coach: Hart
Categories:- Living people
- 1987 births
- People from Knin
- Serbs of Croatia
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canadian people of Serbian descent
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Serbian footballers
- Club Nacional de Football players
- Expatriate footballers in Uruguay
- Quilmes footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- FK Rad players
- Sivasspor footballers
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Süper Lig players
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Association football goalkeepers
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