Milan Borjan

Milan Borjan in the jersey of Sivasspor (2013 )

Milan Borjan ( Serbian Cyrillic Mилaн Бopjaн; born October 23, 1987 in Knin, SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Serbian- Canadian soccer goalkeeper. Since 2011 he is also in the squad of the Canadian national soccer team.

Club career

Youth career on three continents

Its active football career began born in Knin in Croatia today in 1987 Borjan still in his former home at FK Radnički Belgrade. After he was born in the Croatian town today, he moved with his family of Serbian origin still in young age to Belgrade to make a few years later during the Yugoslav wars another move to Canada, where the family first settled in Winnipeg. Previously, the family had some difficulties with the entry as they ansuchten in the United States or Australia for a visa, but this declined and there was only approved by Canada. After only one year in Winnipeg was finally moved to Hamilton, Ontario, where have attended other family members. There sat Borjan his career at the local Mount Hamilton Youth Soccer Club continues. In the following years his family had to work hard for his career in football, mainly because Milan Borjan wanted to continue his career path in Europe. Borjan, who always claimed to have continued his career for his parents but especially for his father, came by his parents and at different sample training with larger local clubs. Through relationship as a player from Hamilton Thunder was his father, who once played himself in the offspring of Hajduk Split, in contact with various South American clubs. Through his father, the 17- year-old finally came to Argentina, where he briefly for the Argentine wholesale club CA Boca Juniors took before he moved to Uruguay, where his father had agreed tryouts for him. After he finally stood up to 2006 in the local squad, he was taken to the next major Argentine club River Plate CA, in conjunction. After initial difficulties Borjan was finally taken up only in the second team of Argentina, which he, however, only a year later left again to go for another change, this time to the Quilmes AC, one of the oldest clubs in Argentine football, brought him. There he stood until 2009 partly also in the senior squad, although he never brought it to a professional duty stake in the course of his holdings there. Against the experienced players like Marcelo Luis Agustín Gómez and Pontiroli or originating from their own offspring Julio César Salvatore Borjan had little clout at this time.

Move to Europe

Just a few days before the end of the transfer window Borjan completed a successful trial with FK Rad in which he stood in the squad after his admission only as third goalkeeper. During this time was also Branislav Danilović, his character Serbian U-21 national team, the squad of the capital club. Borjan was even after the rise of Danilović for the first goalkeeper, brought to the disposal of Damir Kahriman, as a substitute in the team. His debut was already relatively soon after the first goalkeeper of the team after problems with the papers got momentarily no eligibility and failed due to an injury of the second set as Goalkeeper. After his Super League debut in a 3-2 win against FK Smederevo 16 August 2009 Borjan has been used in numerous other championship games and had to end of the season in 13 games completed accept 16 goals, but also played four times to zero. In the first few laps without using up Borjan established from Round 4 as first-choice goalkeeper of Belgrade and was subsequently used in almost every league game of the club. With 16 goals conceded and 12 games to zero at 23 events he developed into one of the best goalkeepers in the league, which meant that you even thought about a convocation Borjans in the Serbian national team. Due to its performance and the Canadian national team coach Stephen Hart and his assistant coach Tony Fonseca on the young goalkeeper was attentive. After talking with his father and his Serbian manager to Milan Borjan decided in the case of a notice you can not represent his second home in Canada. Even as he was with the FK Rad on success run in the highest Serbian league, which in 2011/12 ended with a fourth place and the opportunity to participate in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, he was first convened by the Canadian national team coach in the squad.

For the season 2011/12 he moved to the Turkish first division club Sivasspor. Here he fought his way to a permanent place immediately. In February 2014 he left Sivasspor

National team career

For the friendly international against Greece on 9 February 2011 was followed by the first convocation Borjans, which was brought together with the experienced Lars Hirschfeld in the squad. In the 0-1 defeat against the Greeks, he was the full time in use and next to the players Tosaint Ricketts and David Edgar one of three players who came that evening to their debut for Canada. For the match against Belarus on 29 March 2011 a further convening Borjans followed in the national squad, where he eventually but had to alternate with Norway Legionnaire Hirschfeld in goal itself. Even before a further 90 -minute friendly match against Ecuador use the native Yugoslavian by Stephen Hart was brought into the Canadian squad, which at the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 participates in June.