Mile Svilar

I'll be honest — I didn't really start paying close attention to Mile Svilar until Roma made it clear they were building their goalkeeping future around this guy, and once I did, I got it immediately. Born in Antwerp to Serbian parents in 1999, he's got this quietly commanding presence between the posts — 189 cm of composed authority who doesn't need theatrics to make you feel like the goal is sealed. He came up through Anderlecht and had a rough early stint at Benfica, which could have derailed a lesser keeper, but he regrouped, found his footing at Roma, and by 2024 was genuinely one of the more reliable shot-stoppers in Serie A. What I find compelling is the dual-identity thread — Belgian-born, Serbian international — and how that outsider's resilience seems baked into how he plays. Still only in his mid-twenties, he's got the ceiling of someone who could be competing for a top European club for the next decade.

Name (English)

Mile Svilar

Name (Japanese)

ミレ・スヴィラル

Reading

みれ・すゔぃらる

Born

August 27, 1999 (age 26)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rabbit

Origin

Antwerp, Province of Antwerp, Belgium

Height

189 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile%20Svilar
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38245742

Tags

• Province of Antwerp
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.