Milan Susak

Milan Susak (Serbian: Milan Šušak, born 29 January 1984) is an Australian retired footballer who last played for Yangon United as a defender. He is currently a trainer at the youth soccer team of western Sydney.

Milan Susak
Susak in 2013
Personal information
Full name Milan Susak
Date of birth (1984-01-29) 29 January 1984
Place of birth Fairfield, Australia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1996–1998 Bonnyrigg White Eagles
1998–2001 Sydney Olympic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Sydney Olympic 0 (0)
2002–2007 Vojvodina 22 (0)
2003–2004 → Veternik (loan) 20 (3)
2006–2007 → ČSK Čelarevo (loan) 9 (0)
2007–2008 Adelaide United 12 (0)
2008–2010 SpVgg Unterhaching 55 (1)
2010–2011 Brisbane Roar 29 (0)
2011 → Minangkabau (loan) 12 (0)
2011–2012 Adelaide United 9 (0)
2012–2013 Tianjin Teda 16 (1)
2013 Sepahan 11 (0)
2013–2014 Al Wasl 8 (0)
2015 East Bengal 12 (0)
2015 Yangon United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:09, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Club career

Early years

Susak is also of Serbian descent. He penned a one-year deal on 26 July 2007 after impressing coach Aurelio Vidmar in pre-season games against Melbourne and Perth.[1]

Susak's previous club was FK Vojvodina in the Meridian Superliga in Serbia and Montenegro, for whom he made 22 appearances having also played on loan in two lower league clubs, FK Veternik and FK ČSK Čelarevo.

In April 2008, he was able to go out on a high by playing the full 90 minutes of Adelaide's successful Asian Champions League campaign while not conceding a goal to allow the Reds to advance to the quarter-finals of the competition.

On 5 June 2008, Susak signed a one-year contract with the German club SpVgg Unterhaching with the option of another year after being recommended for a trial by fellow Australian Paul Agostino.[2]

After two years at Unterhaching he returned home and signed for Brisbane Roar in the A-League In the same year he won the Premiership and Championship going undefeated in 26 matches.[3]

In 2011, he stated on his Twitter account that he signed a loan deal with Liga Primer Indonesia outfit Minangkabau FC.

On 27 September 2011, he signed a two-year contract with his old club Adelaide United returning to Australia after a short stint in Indonesia.

In October 2011, Holger Osieck selected Susak for the upcoming national team training camp.

Later years

In February 2012, it was announced that Chinese Super League club Tianjin Teda had signed Susak for $200,000.[4] He made his official debut for Tianjin on 25 February, in a 2–1 CFA Super Cup defeat against Guangzhou Evergrande. On 5 December 2012, he signed a contract with Iranian champions Sepahan.

Susak is the only Australian footballer who has played in three Asian Champions League campaign's with three clubs in different countries.

In June 2013 it was announced that UAE Pro League club Al Wasl had signed Susak from Sepahan for an estimated $500,000 transfer fee.

East Bengal

In November 2014, Susak signed for I-League giant East Bengal for one year.[5] He said that he wanted to win trophies for the club besides the opportunity to play in the AFC Cup attracted him to join the Kolkatan outfit.[6]

Yangon United

On 10 December 2015, he transferred to Yangon United FC.

Club statistics
As of 20 April 2015[7][8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Adelaide United 2007–08 A-League 1200020140
SpVgg Unterhaching 2008–09 3. Liga 34110—351
2009–10 3. Liga 21000—210
Total 55110—561
Brisbane Roar 2010–11 A-League 29000—290
Adelaide United 2011–12 A-League 9000—90
Tianjin Teda 2012 CSL 1610050211
Sepahan 2012–13 Iran Pro League 1100040150
Al Wasl 2013–14 UAE Arabian Gulf League 8050—130
East Bengal 2014–15 I-League 12040160
Career total 15216015017311

    Honours
    Brisbane Roar
    Sepahan

    References
    1. "Susak rewarded". Adelaide Advertiser. 27 July 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
    2. "Unterhaching verpflichtet Susak" (in German). SpVgg Unterhaching. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
    3. "Brisbane secures Susak". The World Game. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
    4. "Susak Swaps Adelaide For China". FourFourTwo Australia. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
    5. "East Bengal rope in Milan Susak". Goal. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
    6. "'I want to win trophies for East Bengal' - Milan Susak". Goal. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
    7. "Milan Šušak > Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
    8. "M. Susak". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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