Rodich Milan (Milan Rodič; born April 2, 1991, Serbia) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a left-back. In the 2013–2014 season, he played for Nizhny Novgorod's Volga on loan from St. Petersburg's Zenit.[1]
Career before Zenit
Rodich made his professional debut at the Belgrade club OFK, where he first took the field in the starting lineup at the age of 18. From 2008 to 2013, he played 99 matches for the club, scoring 5 goals and providing 6 assists.[1] In January 2013, Rodich signed a contract with St. Petersburg's Zenit and made his debut for the team on February 21 — in a Europa League round of 32 match against England's Liverpool.[1] He played 8 matches for the Serbia under-21 national team.[1]
At Nizhny Novgorod's Volga
Having failed to secure a place in Zenit's starting lineup, Rodich moved to Nizhny Novgorod's Volga on loan in September 2013.[4] At the team, he was given the number 33.[1] During the winter 2014 transfer window, the St. Petersburg club had the right to recall the player early but did not make use of this option, and Rodich stayed at Volga until the end of the season.[2] According to a statistics website, he played 18 matches for Nizhny Novgorod in the 2014 Russian championship, scoring no goals but receiving 6 yellow cards.[4]
Later career
After Volga, Rodich returned to Zenit, for whom he played 1 match in the 2015 Russian championship, and also played 4 games for the farm club Zenit-2 in the FNL in 2016.[4] He subsequently played for Samara's Krylia Sovetov: in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, he played 16 and 15 matches respectively for the club in the Russian championship, scoring one goal in each season, and played 2 more matches in the 2018 FNL season.[4]
Sources
- Vremya N — Aldonin, Rodich, and Pareyko Strengthen the Lineup of Nizhny Novgorod's "Volga"
- Newsroom24 — Nizhny Novgorod's "Volga" to Play Yuri Semin's Team — Sports
- google.com — Search for Cheap Tickets Here: Yerevan — Google Flights
- football.kulichki.net — Milan Rodich, Defender of Football Club 0