| Intro | American-born Argentine professional footballer |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | Argentina |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 9 May 2001, Miami, USA |
| Age: | 19 years |
| Star sign | Taurus |
Matko Mijael Miljevic (born 9 May 2001) is an American-born Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Argentinos Juniors.
Club career
Prior to signing for Argentinos Juniors in 2011, Miljevic had a short stint with the Boca Juniors academy. The 2018–19 campaign saw the midfielder appear in senior football, firstly as an unused substitute for league fixtures with Tigre and Huracán in November/December 2018. Miljevic was named as a substitute for a Copa de la Superliga round of sixteen match against San Lorenzo in the succeeding April, subsequently making his professional bow in a 1–0 first leg win at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona. His Primera División debut arrived on 26 August versus Huracán, while his first goal came on 31 August against Gimnasia y Esgrima.
International career
Miljevic is eligible to play for Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia or the United States at international level. He played for latter’s U16s at the 2017 Montaigu Tournament, before appearing for the Argentina U20s in a friendly with Uruguay in August 2018. July 2019 saw Miljevic receive a call-up from the Argentina U18s for the L’Alcúdia International Tournament in Spain. He scored on matchdays one/two against Mauritania and Spain respectively. In August 2019, Tab Ramos called Miljevic up for September friendlies with the United States U20s but Argentinos denied his release. On 8 January 2020, Miljevic was released to the United States U20s for January friendlies.
Personal life
Miljevic was born in Miami, Florida after his parents had moved to the United States due to the 1998–2002 Argentine great depression. He is of Croatian descent, via his grandfather who was born in Banja Luka (now Bosnia and Herzegovina). He began the process of applying for a Croatian passport in 2018. Miljevic took part in taekwondo as a youngster, notably winning the Argentina Open on two occasions; in 2014 and 2015 respectively.
Career statistics
- As of 2 October 2019.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Argentinos Juniors | 2018–19 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||