Djordje Mihailovic

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Djordje Mihailovic
Djordje Mihailovic September 2017.jpg
Mihailovic with Chicago Fire in 2017
Personal information
Full name Djordje Aleksandar Mihailovic [1]
Date of birth (1998-11-10) November 10, 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Colorado Rapids
Number 10
Youth career
2003–2013 Chicago Blast
2013–2017 Chicago Fire
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 Chicago Fire 73 (7)
2021–2022 CF Montréal 61 (13)
2023–2024 AZ 23 (1)
2024– Colorado Rapids 7 (2)
International career‡
2016–2017 United States U19 6 (3)
2019–2021 United States U23 9 (1)
2019– United States 11 (3)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Runner-up CONCACAF Gold Cup 2019
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 6, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 12, 2023

Djordje Aleksandar Mihailovic [lower-alpha 1] (born November 10, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids and the United States national team.

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Personal life

As the son of former Washington Diplomats midfielder Aleksandar "Alex" Mihailović, [3] Djordje was introduced to soccer at an early age. His sister, Aleksandra, played soccer at the University of New Mexico. He is of paternal Serbian and maternal Macedonian descent. [4]

Club career

Early career

Mihailovic grew up playing for his father's club, Chicago Blast. He joined the Chicago Fire youth academy in the fall of 2013, starting with the under 16s, and moving up to the under 18s the following year. Mihailovic totaled 41 goals in 66 matches during his tenure with the academy. [5]

Chicago Fire

The Chicago Fire signed Mihailovic as a homegrown player on January 27, 2017. The 18-year-old became the ninth Homegrown signing in Fire history and the first player born after the club's founding in 1997. [6] He made his MLS debut on March 11, 2017, in a 2–0 home victory over Real Salt Lake. He was subbed on for Michael de Leeuw in the 93rd minute. [7] He scored his first MLS goal on September 27, 2017, in a 4–1 away victory over the San Jose Earthquakes. His goal, assisted by Matt Polster, came in the 14th minute and was the first of the match. [8] During the Knockout Round clash with the New York Red Bulls, Mihailovic was diagnosed with a ruptured ACL after a tackle that left him in serious pain. Mihailovic would miss 6–8 months before returning to the field. [9]

CF Montréal

On December 17, 2020, Mihailovic was traded to CF Montréal in exchange for $400,000 in 2021 General Allocation Money, $400,000 in 2022 General Allocation Money, as well as $200,000 in conditional General Allocation Money. Mihailovic also signed a new three-year deal with Montreal. [10] In 2021, he had 16 assists, establishing a new CF Montréal club record. [11]

AZ

On August 24, 2022, Montreal announced a transfer had been agreed with Eredivisie side AZ for Mihailovic, effective January 1, 2023. [12] He made his debut on January 7 against Vitesse. [13]

Colorado Rapids

On January 8, 2024, Mihailovic returned to the United States, joining Colorado Rapids for a reported transfer fee of around $3 million. [14] [15]

International career

As a U.S. Youth International who spent time in the U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida, Mihailovic scored three goals for the U-19s in 2016 including the game winners against Mauritania in the 2016 COTIF Tournament [16] in Valencia, Spain on July 28 and against Hungary in the Stevan-Vilotic Cele Tournament in Topola, Serbia [17] on September 5. [6]

Mihailovic made his senior team debut on January 27, 2019, against Panama, where he scored his first senior international goal. Mihailovic was included on the 23 man roster for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup where he made two appearances during the group stage.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played April 6, 2024 [18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chicago Fire 2017 MLS 17110—1 [lower-alpha 3] 0191
2018 91———91
2019 27310——283
2020 202———202
Total73720—10767
CF Montréal 2021 MLS34410——354
2022 279—4 [lower-alpha 4] 12 [lower-alpha 3] 23312
Total61131041226816
AZ 2022–23 Eredivisie 151104 [lower-alpha 5] 0—201
2023–24 80—8 [lower-alpha 5] 1—161
Total23110121—362
Colorado Rapids 2024 MLS72———72
Career total16423401623218727
  1. ↑ Serbian: Ђорђе Александар Михаиловић, romanized: Đorđe Aleksandar Mihailović; Macedonian: Ѓорѓе Александар Михаиловиќ
  2. ↑ Includes U.S. Open Cup, Canadian Championship and KNVB Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
  4. ↑ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  5. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played July 12, 2023 [19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States 201951
202010
202100
202200
202352
Total113
Scores and results list United States' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mihailovic goal.
List of international goals scored by Djordje Mihailovic
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1January 27, 2019 State Farm Stadium, Glendale, United StatesFlag of Panama.svg  Panama 1–03–0 Friendly
2June 28, 2023 CityPark, St. Louis, United StatesFlag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–06–0 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
36–0

Honors

CF Montreal

Notes

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