# Milan Gajić (footballer, born 1996)

Milan Gajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Гајић; born 28 January 1996) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or left-back for Russian club CSKA Moscow.

## Club career
### Early career

Born in the eastern Slavonian city of Vukovar, Croatia, Gajić spent his childhood in the northern Serbian city of Pančevo where he began practicing football at the age of six with Dinamo Pančevo. He was subsequently recruited by OFK Beograd, making his senior debut in the 2013–14 campaign. Afterwards, Gajić was a first team regular for two seasons, collecting 46 league appearances and scoring four goals.

### Bordeaux

On 22 July 2015, Gajić signed a five-year contract with French club Bordeaux. His transfer from OFK Beograd reportedly cost Bordeaux €800,000. Initially, Gajić saw little playing time as he was the team's second choice to starting right back Youssouf Sabaly.

### Red Star Belgrade

On 4 February 2019, Gajić signed a 3.5-year contract with Red Star Belgrade. Although Red Star qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, coach Vladan Milojević and Red Star's management opted not to register Gajić in their 23-man Champions League squad, ultimately choosing Marko Gobeljić as the starting right-back.

### CSKA Moscow

On 17 June 2022, Gajić signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow. On 8 October 2023, he scored twice in a Main Moscow derby game against FC Spartak Moscow which ended in a 2–2 draw.

## International career

Gajić represented Serbia at the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship, as the team was eliminated in the semi-final by Portugal. He was also a member of the team that won the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In May 2017, head coach of the Serbia U21 side Nenad Lalatović included Gajić in the final squad for the 2017 UEFA Under-21 Championship in Poland.
He made his debut for Serbia national football team on 24 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Ireland.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 12 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| OFK Beograd | 2013–14 | Serbian SuperLiga | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 3 |
| OFK Beograd | 2014–15 | Serbian SuperLiga | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 |
| OFK Beograd | Total | Total | 46 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 5 |
| Bordeaux | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Bordeaux | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bordeaux | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bordeaux | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bordeaux | Total | Total | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2018–19 | Serbian SuperLiga | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2019–20 | Serbian SuperLiga | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2020–21 | Serbian SuperLiga | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | — | — | 49 | 3 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2021–22 | Serbian SuperLiga | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 43 | 1 |
| Red Star Belgrade | Total | Total | 92 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 6 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 0 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 42 | 1 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 0 |
| CSKA Moscow | Total | Total | 70 | 3 | 31 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 102 | 6 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 236 | 13 | 50 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 314 | 18 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Appearance in Russian Super Cup

### International

    As of 21 March 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Serbia | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Serbia | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbia | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbia | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 2 | 0 |

## Honours
### Club
#### Red Star Belgrade

* Serbian SuperLiga (4): 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
* Serbian Cup (2): 2020–21, 2021–22

#### CSKA Moscow

* Russian Cup: 2022–23

### International
#### Serbia

* FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2015