Mile Svilar

Mile Svilar (Serbian Cyrillic: Миле Свилар; born 27 August 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Benfica as a goalkeeper.

Mile Svilar
Svilar in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mile Svilar
Date of birth (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 1
Youth career
KFCO Wilrijk
Beerschot A.C.
2010–2017 Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Anderlecht 0 (0)
2017– Benfica 6 (0)
2019– Benfica B 22 (0)
National team‡
2014 Belgium U15 3 (0)
2014–2015 Belgium U16 3 (0)
2016 Belgium U17 7 (0)
2016 Belgium U18 1 (0)
2016–2017 Belgium U19 5 (0)
2019–2020 Belgium U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:05, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Anderlecht

As the third choice goalkeeper, Svilar was part of the Anderlecht first squad during 2016–17 season[2] but he did not appear in any game.

Benfica

Svilar signed a five-year contract with Portuguese champions Benfica on 28 August 2017.[3] On 14 October, he made his debut with the club in a 1–0 victory over Olhanense,[4] becoming the youngest goalkeeper to ever play for Benfica.[5] In international competition, he broke Iker Casillas's record as the youngest goalkeeper to ever play in the Champions League on 18 October 2017, in a 1–0 home defeat to Manchester United, aged 18 years and 52 days.[6][7] In the return leg against the English side, aged 18 years and 65 days, he became the youngest goalkeeper ever to save a penalty in a Champions League match. In the same match, which ended in a 2–0 away defeat, he also became the youngest player ever to score an own goal in the competition.[8][9]

International career

Youth

Svilar was a member of Belgium U-16, Belgium U-17, Belgium U-18 national teams and was also a member of Belgium U-19. He was the first choice goalkeeper for the Belgium U-17 team at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan.

Senior

Born in Belgium to a Serbian father and a Belgian mother, Svilar is eligible to represent Belgium or Serbia.[10] On 4 November 2017, he announced that he would play his first game for the Serbia national team in March 2018, as he accepted the call from the Football Association of Serbia.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 10 December 2019[12][13]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Anderlecht 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 0000000000
Benfica 2017–18 Primeira Liga 3010302090
2018–19 Primeira Liga 10500040100
Total 40603060190
Benfica B 2018–19 LigaPro 10———10
2019–20 100———100
Total 110———110
Career total 150603060300

Honours

Anderlecht

Benfica

Personal life

Svilar has a Serbian passport.[15] His father, Ratko, is a former Serbian goalkeeper.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Svilar - Official Profile". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. "Anderlecht 2016-2017". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  3. Garcia, Filipa Fernandes (28 August 2017). "Svilar assina por cinco épocas" [Svilar signs for five seasons]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  4. "Taça de Portugal Placard 2017/2018 - Third Round: Olhanense 0-1 Benfica". thefinalball.com. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  5. Svilar, o mais novo de sempre na baliza do Benfica Maisfutebol (in Portuguese)
  6. "Benfica's Svilar breaks Casillas' Champions League record against Man United".
  7. Michael Yokhin (31 October 2017). "Meet Mile Svilar, the youngest keeper in Champions League history". ESPN FC. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  8. "Man. United 2-0 Benfica". uefa.com. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  9. Mark Critchley (31 October 2017). "Manchester United make it four from four on another night to forget for Benfica youngster Mile Svilar". The Independent. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  10. "Mladi Srbin protiv Manchester Uniteda srušio rekord Lige prvaka". index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  11. "Svilar odlucio - igra za Srbiju". rts.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  12. Mile Svilar at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  13. "BDFutbol Player Profile". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  14. "Mile Svilar Titles". thefinalball.com. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  15. "Jedan Srbin može protiv Junajteda da ispiše istoriju Lige šampiona". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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