Milan Vještica

Milan Vještica

175px Vještica with Ural in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Milan Vještica
Date of birth	(1979-11-15) 15 November 1979
Place of birth	Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2001	Novi Sad	-	(-)
2001	Vojvodina	17	(0)
2002–2006	Zenit Saint Petersburg	66	(1)
2006–2007	Rostov	42	(0)
2008	Partizan	9	(0)
2008–2010	Shinnik	70	(8)
2011	Zhemchuzhina	10	(1)
2012–2013	Ural	42	(6)
2014	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	9	(0)
International career
2001	FR Yugoslavia U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2015

Milan Vještica (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Вјештица; born 15 November 1979) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays 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. In January 2012, Vještica signed a contract with Ural. 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. On 14 February 2014, Dynamo Saint Petersburg announced the signing of Vještica on a permanent basis.

International career

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

Career statistics

As of 1 June 2015

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
	Rostov		16	0
2007			26	0
Serbia
2007–08	Partizan	D1	9	0
Russia
2008	Shinnik	D1	9	0
2009		D2	29	0
2010			32	8
2011–12	Zhemchuzhina		10	1
	Ural		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

Career honours

Zenit

• Russian Premier League Cup (1): 2003

Partizan

• Serbian SuperLiga (1): 2007–08
• Serbian Cup (1): 2007–08

Ural

• Russian National Football League (1): 2012–13

Individual

• Russian First Division Best Defender (1): 2010

External links

• RFPL profile
• Sportbox profile