
Photo: Elemaki / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Milan Smiljanić is the sort of understated professional I have a soft spot for. Though the records place his birth in Kalmar, Sweden, he's a Serbian midfielder at heart, a reliable distributor who turned out for Rad in Belgrade. What draws me in is the dual identity: a player who later stepped into coaching, passing on what the game taught him. Footballers who eventually give back as mentors quietly sustain the sport's culture far from the spotlight. He may never have been a household name, but careers like his are the connective tissue that keeps football alive.
Overview
Milan Smiljanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Смиљанић, pronounced [mǐlan smǐʎanitɕ]; born 19 November 1986) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rad.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Milan Smiljanić
- Name (Japanese)
- ミラン・スミリャニッチ
- Reading
- みらん・すみりゃにっち
- Born
- November 19, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Tiger
- Origin
- Kalmar, Kalmar County, Sweden
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Sweden →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.