Mile Svilar

About

Mile Svilar (Serbian Cyrillic: Миле Свилар; born 27 August 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Roma. Born in Belgium, he played for the Serbia national team.

Svilar is a product of the Belgian youth teams of KFCO Wilrijk and Beerschot AC. In 2010 he joined Anderlecht, signing his first professional contract with the club in 27 August 2015. He was promoted to the first team in the 2016–17 season as the third choice goalkeeper, he was first included in the match day squad in the Belgian Cup match against Charleroi. He was also amongst the unused substitutes in Anderlecht’s victory in the 2017 Belgian Super Cup.

Svilar signed a five-year contract with Portuguese champions Benfica on 28 August 2017. On 14 October, he made his debut with the club in a 1–0 victory over Olhanense, becoming the youngest goalkeeper to ever play for Benfica. In international competition, he broke Iker Casillas’ record as the youngest goalkeeper to ever play in the Champions League on 18 October 2017, in a 1–0 home defeat to Manchester United, aged 18 years and 52 days. In the return leg against the English…