Milan Borjan
Milan
Borjan

Born
23 October 1987
Age
36
Club
ŠK Slovan Bratislava
Birthplace
Knin, YUG
Height
195 cm
Where they grew up
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
TEAM HONOURS (11)
Stats
International "A" - CAN MNT
80 Appearances
77 Starts
35 cleansheets

Bio

Milan Borjan

Mилaн Бopjaн... speaks Serbian, English, Spanish... soccer family (father Boško, brother Nikola)... his father Boško was born in Drnis, YUG while his mother Mirjana was born Knin, YUG... he was eight years old when his family moved from Knin to Belgrade; he was 13 years old when his family moved to Winnipeg, MB and then 14 years old when his family moved to Hamilton, ON a year later... he grew up participating in soccer, volleyball and badminton... he was three years old when he started playing soccer for Radnicki JP (but eight years old when he started playing goalkeeper)... enjoys reading...

represented Canada at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022... Concacaf champion (first place in 2021-22 Concacaf Final Round of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers)... won a Concacaf Silver Medal with Canada (2022-23 Nations League)...

in Serbia with FK Crvena zvezda (Red Star Belgrade), a six-time SuperLiga winner (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23) and two-time Kup Srbije winner (Serbian Cup in 2021 and 2022)... in Bulgaria with PFC Ludogrets, an A Grupa winner (2015-16)...

part of the Canada Soccer team that met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on 15 November 2021 ahead of their FIFA World Cup Qualifiers match one day later in Edmonton (a surprise visit by the Prime Minister at a training session)...

from the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, was noted by the Technical Study Group for making “very good saves and (providing) team direction”...

said Borjan in 2011, "it means a lot playing for Canada because Canada helped my family when we had a bad time back home in Serbia; they helped us to come over here and make a better life for me and my family"...

said Jonathan Osorio in January 2022, “Milan, I mean, he just comes up huge for us time and time again I have no words for the performances that he has been putting out there for us and making these huge saves for us in big moments and you know this is a guy that loves this program”...

For Country

he was 23 years old when he made his debut for Canada on 9 February 2011... represented Canada at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup... represented Canada in 2011-12 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Brazil 2014... represented Canada at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup...

represented Canada in 2015-16 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Qualifiers... represented Canada at the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup...

represented Canada in 2018-19 Concacaf Nations League Qualifying... represented Canada at the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup... represented Canada in 2019 Concacaf Nations League A... he made his 50th international “A” appearance for Canada on 25 March 2021 in Orlando, FL, USA... helped Canada finish first in 2021-22 Concacaf / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (Canada qualified for Qatar 2022)... represented Canada at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022...

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