sport.wikisort.org - Athlete

Mile Svilar (Serbian Cyrillic: Миле Свилар; born 27 August 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Roma. Born in Belgium, he represents the Serbia national team.

Mile Svilar

Svilar in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Mile Svilar[1]
Date of birth	(1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 23)
Place of birth	Antwerp, Belgium
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Roma
Number	99
Youth career
2008–2009	KFCO Wilrijk
2009–2010	Beerschot A.C.
2010–2017	Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2017	Anderlecht	0	(0)
2017–2022	Benfica	7	(0)
2019–2022	Benfica B	56	(0)
2022–	Roma	0	(0)
National team‡
2014	Belgium U15	3	(0)
2014–2015	Belgium U16	3	(0)
2016	Belgium U17	7	(0)
2016	Belgium U18	1	(0)
2016–2017	Belgium U19	5	(0)
2019–2020	Belgium U21	5	(0)
2021–	Serbia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:05, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Early career and Anderlecht

Svilar is a product of the Belgian youth teams of KFCO Wilrijk and Beerschot A.C., while in 2010 he joined the Belgian giant Anderlecht in which during the 2016–17 season, he became part of the first team as the third choice goalkeeper,[3] but he did not appear in any game.

Benfica

Svilar signed a five-year contract with Portuguese champions Benfica on 28 August 2017.[4] On 14 October, he made his debut with the club in a 1–0 victory over Olhanense,[5] becoming the youngest goalkeeper to ever play for Benfica.[6] In international competition, he broke Iker Casillas's record as the youngest goalkeeper to ever play in the Champions League on 18 October 2017, in a 1–0 home defeat to Manchester United, aged 18 years and 52 days.[7][8] In the return leg against the English side, aged 18 years and 65 days, he became the youngest goalkeeper ever to save a penalty in a Champions League match. In the same match, which ended in a 2–0 away defeat, he also became the youngest player ever to score an own goal in the competition.[9][10]

Roma

On 1 July 2022, Svilar signed a contract with Serie A club Roma until 30 June 2027.[11]

International career

Youth

Svilar was a member of Belgium U-16, Belgium U-17, Belgium U-18 national teams and was also a member of Belgium U-19. He was the first choice goalkeeper for the Belgium U-17 team at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan.

Senior

Born in Belgium to Serbian parents. Svilar is eligible to represent Belgium or Serbia.[12] On 4 November 2017, he announced that he would play his first game for the Serbia national team in March 2018, as he accepted the call from the Football Association of Serbia.[13] He debuted with Serbia in a friendly 4–0 win over Qatar on 1 September 2021.[14]

Personal life

Svilar has a Serbian passport.[15] His father, Ratko, is a former Serbian goalkeeper.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 September 2022[16][17]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Anderlecht	2016–17	Belgian First Division A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Benfica	2017–18	Primeira Liga	3	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	9	0
	2018–19		1	0	5	0	0	0	4	0	10	0
	2019–20		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2020–21		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		5	0	6	0	3	0	6	0	20	0
Benfica B	2018–19	LigaPro	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2019–20		10	0	—		—		—		10	0
	Total		11	0	—		—		—		11	0
Roma	2022–23	Serie A	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
Career total			16	0	6	0	4	0	6	0	32	0

International

As of 1 September 2021

Serbia
Year	Apps	Goals
2021	1	0
Total	1	0

Honours

Anderlecht

• Belgian Super Cup: 2017[18]

Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 2018–19

See also

• European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics
• List of association football families

References

External links

• Mile Svilar at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Belgium profile at Belgian FA

На других языках

---

[de] Mile Svilar

Mile Svilar (serbisch-kyrillisch Миле Свилар; * 27. August 1999 in Antwerpen, Flandern) ist ein belgisch-serbischer Fußballtorhüter. Er spielt beim portugiesischen Erstligisten Benfica Lissabon.

---

- [en] Mile Svilar

---

[es] Mile Svilar

Mile Svilar (Amberes, 27 de agosto de 1999) es un futbolista belga de ascendencia serbia que juega de portero en la A. S. Roma de la Serie A de Italia. Ha sido internacional con las categorías inferiores de la selección de fútbol de Bélgica.[1]

---

[fr] Mile Svilar

Mile Svilar (en serbe en écriture cyrillique : Миле Свилар), né le 27 août 1999 à Anvers en Belgique, est un footballeur belgo-serbe qui évolue au poste de gardien de but à l’AS Rome.

---

[it] Mile Svilar

Mile Svilar (Anversa, 27 agosto 1999) è un calciatore belga naturalizzato serbo, portiere del Benfica B.

---

[ru] Свилар, Миле

Миле Свилар (нидерл. Mile Svilar; родился 27 августа 1999 года, Антверпен, Бельгия) — сербский футболист бельгийского происхождения, вратарь итальянского клуба «Рома».

---

---