Milan Vještica

Milan Vještica
	Vještica with Ural in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Milan Vještica
Date of birth	15 November 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2001	Novi Sad
2001	Vojvodina
2002–2006	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2006–2007	Rostov
2008	Partizan
2008–2010	Shinnik Yaroslavl
2011	Zhemchuzhina-Sochi
2012–2013	Ural Yekaterinburg
2014	Dynamo Saint Petersburg
Total
International career
2001	FR Yugoslavia U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Milan Vještica (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Вјештица; born 15 November 1979) is a retired Serbian professional footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Vještica began his professional football career with Novi Sad in the late 1990s. He spent several seasons with the Canaries playing in the lower leagues, before moving to their cross-town rivals Vojvodina in the summer of 2001. Vještica stayed just a half a season there, joining Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg during the 2002 winter transfer window. He spent five seasons at Petrovsky Stadium between 2002 and 2006. In January 2008, Vještica signed a contract with Partizan.^[1] In January 2012, Vještica signed a contract with Ural Yekaterinburg.^[2] The following year, he helped Ural to win promotion to the Premier League. After the first part of the 2013–14 season, his contract with the club was terminated by mutual consent.^[3] On 14 February 2014, Dynamo Saint Petersburg announced the signing of Vještica on a permanent basis.^[4]

International career

Vještica made one appearance for the Yugoslav national under-21 team during the qualification campaign for the 2002 UEFA Under-21 Championship.

Statistics

Season	Club	Division	Apps	Goals
Yugoslavia
2001–02	Vojvodina	D1	17	0
Russia
2002	Zenit Saint Petersburg	D1	7	0
2003			28	0
2004			15	0
2005			12	1
2006			4	0
2006	Rostov		16	0
2007	Rostov		26	0
Serbia
2007–08	Partizan	D1	9	0
Russia
2008	Shinnik Yaroslavl	D1	9	0
2009		D2	29	0
2010			32	8
2011–12	Zhemchuzhina-Sochi		10	1
2011–12	Ural Yekaterinburg		5	2
2012–13			24	4
2013–14		D1	13	0
2013–14	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	D2	9	0
Yugoslavia			17	0
Russia			239	16
Serbia			9	0
Total			265	16

Honours

Club

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Russian Premier League Cup: 2003

Partizan

Serbian SuperLiga: 2007–08
Serbian Cup: 2007–08

Ural Yekaterinburg

Russian Football National League: 2012–13

Individual

Russian Football National League Best Defender: 2010

References

^ "Vještica predstavljen javnosti!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
^ "Спартак Гогниев и Милан Вьештица стали игроками "Урала"" (in Russian). fc-ural.ru. 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
^ "Милан Вьештица покидает "Урал"" (in Russian). fc-ural.ru. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ "Милан Вьештица стал динамовцем" (in Russian). fc-dynamospb.ru. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.

External links

RFPL profile
Milan Vještica at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)

[1] "Vještica predstavljen javnosti!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2013.

[2] "Спартак Гогниев и Милан Вьештица стали игроками "Урала"" (in Russian). fc-ural.ru. 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.

[3] "Милан Вьештица покидает "Урал"" (in Russian). fc-ural.ru. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

[4] "Милан Вьештица стал динамовцем" (in Russian). fc-dynamospb.ru. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.

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