Football Player's Biography 7: Miloš Krasić

Full name	Miloš Krasić
Date of birth	1 November 1984 (age 26)
Place of birth	Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Winger

Playing style

Miloš Krasić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Красић, born 1 November 1984 in Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Juventus and the Serbian national team.
Krasić is a right-sided midfielder/winger, noted for his powerful dribbling technique and speed.^[1]^[2]

Club career

Early years

After starting out with the hometown side FK Rudar Kosovska Mitrovica, Krasić was noticed by FK Vojvodina in 1999 and he made a switch northwards at age 14. He spent the next 4 and a half seasons in Novi Sad where he further raised his level and became the team captain.

CSKA Moscow

FK Vojvodina and CSKA Moscow were in negotiations over Krasić's transfer since January 2004, but the deal stalled. The player himself even made several unsuccessful trips to Moscow.^[3] Finally, during summer 2004 the deal got completed and the winger was on his way to Russia. He featured in three games during the club's UEFA Cup 2004–05 winning run, including a cameo appearance in the final. He also helped them win the Russian title in 2005 and 2006, the Russian Cup in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009, and the Russian Super Cup in 2006, 2007 and 2009.

Juventus

After much speculation in the summer of 2010, Juventus and CSKA Moscow agreed on a fee for Krasić reported to be in the range of about €15 million. Krasić officially became a Juventus player on 21 August and was given shirt number 27.^[4] Krasić was instrumental in his home début against Sampdoria, assisting a goal and creating many chances. The game ended 3–3. In his second away game in the Serie A, against Udinese, Krasic proved once again instrumental in their 4–0 victory, assisting Quagliarella and Marchisio for a goal each. Krasić scored his first Juventus goals against Cagliari on 26 September 2010, hitting a hat-trick. He scored his first European goal for Juventus, helping his side salvage a point against Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg in the Group A tie of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, in a match which finished 1–1. On 26 October 2010, he was given a two-match ban after diving, although successfully winning a penalty, during the league match against Bologna. Krasic scored a goal in a 0-2 away win over Genoa after Eduardo put a ball in his own net on 18th minute. On December 12th 2010, in the game against Lazio, Krasic scored a very late, match winning goal in which his attempted cross deflected off Lazio goalkeeper Fernando Muslera and into the net. The match ended immediately after the goal in a 2-1 victory for Juventus.^[5]

International career

Under-21

Krasic has been an important part of Serbia-Montenegro under-21 squad on the last two European U-21 championships, as well as at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
He was in the team that finished as runners-up in the 2004 European under-21 Championship in Germany, but did not play in any games. Two months later, he was part of the Serbia and Montenegro squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In May 2006, Krasić was playing a leading role for Serbia-Montenegro in the 2006 European under-21 Championship in 2007 against Kazakhstan. He also played in the match against Portugal on 28 March at the Red Star Stadium at Belgrade. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. He was an important player for the Serbia national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. He scored one goal in the match against Lithuania, another in the game against Austria and set up three in the game against Romania, which sealed qualification.