Partizan Milošević started playing football at the age of six and spent his youth in the
Drina Valley. At the age of 14, he was spotted by
Partizan scouts, who convinced the club to secure his transfer for 5,000
Deutsche Mark. In 1992, Milošević made his senior debut for Partizan, scoring 14 goals in 31 games during his first season at the club. He went on to score an impressive 21 and 30
league goals in his next two seasons respectively – competition-bests in both years – as the
Belgrade-based club won back-to-back national championships, including the
double in the
1993–94 season.
Aston Villa In the summer of 1995, then
Aston Villa manager
Brian Little bought Milošević from Partizan for £3.5 million, a club record at the time. His spell in England lasted three seasons, during which time he earned the tabloid nickname "Miss-a-lot-ević" owing to his frequent goalscoring dry spells. However, Milošević did score 33 goals in 117 games for Villa (29 in the
Premier League), including one in the
1996 Football League Cup final, a 3–0 win against
Leeds United.
Zaragoza Milošević signed for
La Liga club
Real Zaragoza in 1998 for £8.5 million, again recording some impressive goalscoring performances, notably netting 21 in the
1999–2000 season as the team secured fourth place.
Parma After rediscovering his form in Spain, Milošević joined
Parma in the summer of 2000 for €25 million. He was a regular starter in his
first season in Italy, playing in 21 out of 34 Serie A matches and scoring 8 goals; in the
next season, however, he was sparingly used. Milošević was loaned back to Spain in January 2002, re-joining his former club Zaragoza to replace
Blackburn Rovers-bound
Yordi. He scored six times during his second spell, finishing as the club's joint top scorer – alongside Yordi and
Roberto Acuña. His second spell at Zaragoza ended unsuccessfully, with the club
eventually relegated. In the
2002–03 campaign, Milošević played for
Espanyol on loan, again finishing as his team's top scorer but narrowly escaping relegation, a fate that would befall him
the following year with
Celta de Vigo. Milošević was able to help Celta
reach the round-of-16 in their first ever appearance in the
UEFA Champions League, with his one goal in seven appearances in the competition coming in a 3–2 group stage home win against
Ajax.
Later years in 2008 In mid-July 2004, aged 30, Milošević signed a three-year contract with another Spanish top flight club,
Osasuna. In
his second season with the
Navarrese, he scored 11 goals in 32 games to help the team
qualify for the Champions League. Though Milošević failed to score in ten appearances in the subsequent
UEFA Cup semi-final run, he did provide two
assists in a 3–0 away win against
Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of the quarter-final (which Osasuna won 4–0 on aggregate). In the summer of 2007, Milošević's contract expired and he left Osasuna after three seasons at the club. He took an eight-month break from competitive football, during which – in October 2007 – he had a trial with
Major League Soccer's
Toronto FC with a view of signing with them for the
2008 season. The deal fell through and, on 8 March 2008, he agreed terms with
Rubin Kazan prior to the start of the
Russian Premier League campaign. On 2 November 2008, Milošević scored the decisive goal for Rubin in a game against
Saturn Ramenskoye, securing the team their first ever national championship. He retired shortly afterwards, aged 35. ==International career==