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.
 Susak in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Milan Susak | ||
| Date of birth | 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
editEarly years
editSusak 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
editIn 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
editIn 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
editOn 10 December 2015, he transferred to Yangon United FC.
Club statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Adelaide United | 2007–08 | A-League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 2008–09 | 3. Liga | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |
| 2009–10 | 3. Liga | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| Total | 55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 56 | 1 | |||
| Brisbane Roar | 2010–11 | A-League | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |
| Adelaide United | 2011–12 | A-League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| Tianjin Teda | 2012 | CSL | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Sepahan | 2012–13 | Iran Pro League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Al Wasl | 2013–14 | UAE Arabian Gulf League | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| East Bengal | 2014–15 | I-League | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 152 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 173 | 11 | ||
Honours
edit- Brisbane Roar
- Sepahan
References
edit- ^ "Susak rewarded". Adelaide Advertiser. 27 July 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ "Unterhaching verpflichtet Susak" (in German). SpVgg Unterhaching. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
- ^ "Brisbane secures Susak". The World Game. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ "Susak Swaps Adelaide For China". FourFourTwo Australia. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ "East Bengal rope in Milan Susak". Goal. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ^ "'I want to win trophies for East Bengal' - Milan Susak". Goal. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ^ "Milan Šušak > Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "M. Susak". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2015.