Milosevic: Dejan (Danny)

2000-2003 (Player Details)

Goalkeeper

Born: Melbourne, Australia: 26-06-1978

Debut: None

6’1” 14st 12lb (2003)

Milosevic started off his professional career with the Canberra Cosmos in the old NSL and captained the Under-Twenty Australian side to the World Youth Cup in 1997 as well as playing in Germany for Arminia Bielefeld and Preussen Munster before joining Perth Glory where he was a high profile signing in 1998. Whilst having a strong start to his time in Perth and gaining cult hero status. Danny moved to Leeds for £110,000 in January 2000 after only one season at the Perth Glory. He hardly ever got a chance with the likes of England number two Nigel Martyn and future England number one Paul Robinson ahead of him. He was loaned out by Leeds to Wolverhampton Wanderers for the second half of the 2001-02 season and later to Plymouth Argyle for one game in November 2002, followed by a spell at Crewe Alexandra for the second half of the 2002-03 season but he only played one game. Both spells at Plymouth and Crewe were cut short by injury. After a short loan spell with Hull City, where he did not play a game, he was released by Leeds in September 2003 following the emergence of Scott Carson as deputy to Paul Robinson, and was signed up on a pay as you play contract in Scotland with Celtic. After only a couple of weeks and with the two better keepers at Celtic unavailable, he was set for a call up for the starting eleven but decided that he wasn't being paid enough and decided to walk out on the club. Danny never returned to Glasgow, and was without a club until he joined the New Zealand Knights for the inaugural A-League season on the advice of former Leeds and Perth Glory team mate Danny Hay. The Knights first season was a disaster, despite Milosevic's often valiant efforts in keeping scorelines below 10-0 and more like 3-0. A change in management for the second season saw two able goalkeepers, Mark Paston and Michael Turnbull, brought in as competition, yet Milosevic still started the season as the club's number one. However the poor morale at the club and increasing strain on them to promote more New Zealand players saw Milosevic demoted to the bench with All-White’s keeper Paston ahead of him. Before the close of the A-League's second season Milosevic was released from his contract.He moved to Inglewood United in Western Australia in January 2007 and was there until December 2007 apart from being loaned to Perth Glory in September 2007. He made a surprise appearance on ex-Leeds star Robbie Fowler's North Queensland Fury substitute bench in their friendly agauinst Perth Glory on 18th July 2009. He joined Perth SC in August 2009. Milosevic was capped by Australia at Under-Seventeen, Under-Twenty and Under-Twenty-three levels and represented Australia in the 2000 Olympic Games. While Milosevic never played a game for Leeds in the first team he was an unused substitute for the first three games of the 2001-02 season against Southampton at Elland Road and the away fixtures at Arsenal and West Ham United. He was also the unused substitute on fourteen consecutive games in 2000-01, at Besiktas, Manchester United, Barcelona at home, Bradford City, Tranmere in the League Cup, Liverpool at home, AC Milan, Chelsea, Home games with West Ham United, Real Madrid and Arsenal, and away to Leicester City, Lazio and Southampton.